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· One min read

Changes compared to 22.6.5

New Features

  • Feature: IDrive e2 can now be used as a storage template and custom vault
  • Feature: Added 'Overwrite if newer' option to allow restore to only update backed up files which are newer than existing
  • Feature: Allow selecting which device is used for testing the connection of a Storage Vault in the Comet Server web interface

· One min read

Changes compared to 22.6.4

Enhancements

  • AdminDispatcherListActive API call now takes an optional UserNameFilter parameter to restrict fetched results

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue with Office 365 license calculation
  • Fix an issue with unexpected job history search results when clicking on the "Last 24 hours" homepage widgets in the Comet Server web interface
  • Fix an issue with the DSM 7 Synology client package failing to start when the branded name contains an ampersand ('&')
  • Fix an issue with the RPM installer for Comet Server
  • Fix an issue with infinite EndTime / Duration values for incomplete jobs in the AdminGetJobsForDateRange API
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with branding images not displaying with their original aspect ratio
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with showing unbranded error messages from Wasabi in some cases
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with some Wasabi error messages being combined onto the same line

· One min read

Changes compared to 22.5.1

Enhancements

  • Show the server login URL field in the Comet Backup desktop app if a 192.168.x.x address is used

Bug Fixes

  • Fix a security issue with the Storage Vault Test Connections button in the web editor that might cause credential exposure
  • Fix a very rare panic which could occur while performing Files and Folders backups
  • Fix an issue with logging out of the Comet Server web interface when a Tenant administrator tries to create a new account for an existing cross-Tenant username
  • Fix an issue with very long hangs at the start of backup jobs for Comet Server Storage Vaults when the Storage Vault cannot be reached or is invalid
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with "CONTROL INFO" text appearing in some Office 365 backup job reports

· One min read

Changes compared to 22.6.3

Bug Fixes

  • Fix a security issue with the Storage Vault Test Connections button in the web editor that might cause credential exposure
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with NaN appearing when clearing fields from scheduler input boxes in the Comet Server web interface

· One min read

Changes compared to 22.6.1

New Features

  • Option to download a prebuilt codesigned client installer (Comet branded)
  • New /SERVER= silent install parameter to the Comet Backup on Windows silent install, to override the default login URL

Enhancements

  • Renamed all references of 'Requestable storage' to 'Storage template'

  • Allow reading default URL from Windows installer filename if there is no embedded default URL
  • Show the server login URL field in the Comet Backup desktop app if a 192.168.x.x address is used
  • Tenants can now configure its own SMTP settings to override the default one

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue with Comet Backup on Windows not respecting the 'Require password to open the application' Policy option for a single time after it receives credentials from the Silent Install feature
  • Fix an issue with missed backups generated when the client's time run a earlier than the server
  • Fix an issue with jobs running soon after they are finished

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 22.5.1

Enhancements

  • Support fallback domain controllers when configuring LDAP connection for administrators

Comet Server supports using external authentication sources for admin accounts. If you have a highly-available LDAP server infrastructure using multiple servers, such as an Active Directory failover cluster with primary/fallback domain controllers, you are now able to configure multiple LDAP server addresses in Comet Server. When an admin user tries to authenticate at the Comet Server login screen, if a connection to the first entry on the list fails, Comet will try the remaining entries on the list before denying the authentication attempt.

  • Update Thai translation

  • Improve handling of temporary files on Synology devices using the SPK client installer

During backup jobs, Comet saves some temporary files in the system temporary directory. In the Synology DSM operating system, the default directory for temporary files (/tmp) is a RAM disk. With this change, Comet switches to use a custom temporary directory. This reduces the RAM requirements for running Comet Backup on Synology devices, meaning that large backup jobs on RAM-constrained Synology devices will no longer cause slowdown or freezes due to running out of RAM.

· One min read

Changes compared to 22.5.0

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue with the "Allow administrator to reset password" setting being silently set to "On" for users whose policy set it to "Optional, default Off"
  • Fix an issue with admin logins using WebAuthn 2FA failing with an "Internal Error" message when logging into the Comet Server web interface
  • Fix an issue where editing an existing Hourly schedule in Firefox opened the editor to a Daily schedule instead
  • Fix an issue with hourly schedule using incorrect minute offset
  • Fix an issue with Office 365 where SharePoint backup crashed due to an unexpected metadata error

· 9 min read

Lysithea is the latest entry in our quarterly rollup series. It branches off from our main rolling Voyager development, into a fixed target for our partners to qualify and build upon.

Comet Lysithea takes its name from another moon of Jupiter — it was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson in 1938, and is named after Lysithea, one of Zeus’ lovers.

Lysithea brings 10 features and 15 enhancements, including a new Getting Started guide for first-time Comet Server admins; the ability to codesign macOS client software installers without requiring SSH access to a macOS system; the addition of Amazon AWS and custom IAM-Compatible storage providers as Requestable storage targets; improvements to bulk upgrade campaigns and the Bulk Replace Addresses page in the Comet Server web interface; Synology improvements (including support for Synology devices with Armada CPUs); and more. All users of the previous quarterly series 22.2.x ‘Elara’ and earlier are encouraged to upgrade. We strongly recommend that users of versions older than 22.2.1 ‘Elara’ upgrade, as 22.2.1 contains an important security bugfix.

As always for a new quarterly release, there are two changelogs for 22.5.0 ‘Lysithea’ depending on whether you are coming from the previous quarterly or the previous Voyager.

Changes compared to 22.2.1

New Features

  • Option to codesign macOS client software installer directly. When this option is enabled, Comet Server will perform macOS codesigning locally, without requiring SSH access to a macOS system.

  • Added a new Getting Started guide which walks new Comet Server admins through the first steps of running a Comet Server, from adding their first user to downloading and installing the Comet Backup desktop client to running a backup job. This guide appears the first time an admin logs into a new server and can be dismissed at any time.