Changes compared to 24.12.5
New Features
Comet Server Roles and Features Renamed
As part of our efforts to improve the usability of Comet, all Comet Server Roles have been renamed.
- Auth Role has been renamed to Management Console.
- Storage Role has been renamed to Storage Gateway.
- Constellation Role has been renamed to Cluster Manager.
- Software Build Role has been renamed to Backup Agent Downloads (and moved to a setting of the Management Console).
These changes better reflect the capabilities of each role making it easier for new and existing customers to understand what each role does.
As part of this change, the Comet Server Service Manager (CSSM) has been renamed to the Comet Core Service Manager (CCSM).
The Comet Server web interface has also been update to reflect this changes, grouping the related side menu pages and settings under each of the new names.
Storage Templates Setting Moved To Own Section
Self-Hosted Comet Management Console Only
Storage Templates are Comet's recommended way to configure and deploy Storage Vaults for your backup infrastructure. Findng the Storage Templates settings on a Self-Hosted Management Console has been made significantly easier.
In older versions of Comet, the Storage Template settings were found as part of the Management Console (previously Auth Role) settings. This has now been moved to it's own settings section which is a lot easier to find.
Enhancements
Improved Webhook event selection on the Comet Management Console
When configuring a new webhook on the Comet Management Console, it is now much easier to select and control which Comet events should trigger the webhook.
The "Allow all event types" now includes all webhooks when selected, and unchecks all events when it is unselected.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the Comet Core Service Manager app could fail to find the correct web URL to open
- Fixed an issue with invalid memory when restoring to VMware vSphere from a Disk image Protected Item backup
- Fixed an issue causing the Comet Backup desktop app to crash when restoring to VMware vSphere from a Disk image Protected Item backup
- Fixed an issue with legacy 3DES ciphersuites for TLS1.2 connections
- Fixed an issue with the Comet Backup desktop app crashing on Athlon II CPUs without SSSE3 support
- Fixed an issue in Comet Backup desktop app preventing the Test Connection button from appearing on the Storage Vault editor
- Fixed an issue with S3 Object Lock settings being visible for storage types that do not support Object Lock in the Storage picker on the Comet Management Console
- Fixed an issue where the "Add Storage Vault" button in the Comet Management Console wouldn't show Storage Vault options
- Fixed issues with layout and scroll behaviour on the Comet Management Console at narrow mobile resolutions
- Fixed an issue causing mobile 'hamburger' menu items to be visible outside the menu during transitions on the Comet Management Console
- Fixed an issue causing mobile menu items to appear with the wrong text color under specific conditions on the Comet Management Console
- Fixed a cosmetic issue with missing the option for tar.zstd file format when restoring an archive of files into Program Output via the Comet Management Console or the Comet Backup desktop app
- Fixed a cosmetic issue with missing spacing when restoring Office 365 Protected Items back to the cloud via the Comet Management Console