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· 2 min read

Changes compared to 25.6.1

New Features

Automatically Create New Storage Vaults Using Policies Protected Items

Since Comet 24.12.0, a new user setting has been available to choose if devices that share the same user account login should back up Protected Items to a shared Storage Vault or isolated Storage Vaults.

This has been extended to interact with Comet's Policy system to set Default Protected Items. A Default Protected Item is a great way to ensure Protected Items are automatically created when a new device is registered to a user.

Now, when the Policy setting under the Storage Vaults tab Automatically create Storage Vault for new devices is configured, new devices registered to a user will have a Default Protected Item created and will have a Storage Vault automatically provisioned and ready to back up.

To make the most out of the Default Protected Item feature you will need to set a Schedule when configuring the Default Protected Item.

When the Storage Vault for the Schedule is set to The Latest Storage Vault any new device registered to the user with this policy set will automatically have a Protected Item and new Storage Vault created and will back up data to this new Storage Vault based on the Schedule.

· One min read

Changes compared to 25.6.0

Enhancements

Book Onboarding Call From Getting Started Guide

First time users of a Comet Management Console will now see a Schedule an onboarding call button at the top of the Getting Started guide. This improvement aims to help first time users of Comet get assistance quicker.

· 3 min read

Changes compared to 25.5.0

Enhancements

Comet Management Console Table Overhaul

In Comet 24.12.0, we made changes to the Users table in the Comet Management Console to support the new User Groups feature. Comet 25.6.0 brings the rest of the tables in the Comet Management Console in line with the Users table, improving consistency and adding a variety of small improvements such as faster table loads, better page navigation in large tables, and inline column filters.

· 5 min read

Hyperion 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.

This Quarterly release is named after Saturn's moon Hyperion. Fun fact: Hyperion is potato shaped and its deeply cratered surface resembles a sponge. Hyperion rotates chaotically, tumbling unpredictably through space as it orbits Saturn.

As for the software, Comet 25.5.0 Hyperion brings 3 new features and 9 enhancements, including automatic Storage Vault unlocking, automatically switching jobs to use on-disk indexes, a new option to backup everything in a Microsoft 365 domain, and more.

As always for a new quarterly release, there are two changelogs for 25.5.0 depending on whether you are coming from the previous quarterly release or the previous Voyager release:

Changes compared to 25.2.4

· One min read

Changes compared to 25.3.7

NOTE: The Impossible Cloud eu-central-1 region has been deprecated. Existing Storage Vaults and Storage Templates using this region will remain configured.

· 3 min read

Changes compared to 25.3.6

New Features

Automatically Switch Jobs To Use On-Disk Indexes

Comet makes use of in-memory indexes to optimise backup and retention pass jobs to maintain a list of where the data is in the Storage Vault. For larger Storage Vaults, this can lead to a large amount of data held in memory. On devices that have a lower amount of RAM, this can cause a job to fail as there is not enough available memory to complete the job. Comet's solution is to store the indexes on-disk using temporary files instead. This is because devices can often have more free disk space than available RAM.

When a scheduled backup or retention pass requires more RAM than is available, Comet will now automatically switch to store the indexes using temporary files on disk.

Enhancements

New Translations

Comet 25.3.7 updates the translations for 13 languages. These are Danish, German, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Europe), Russian, Polish and Thai.

Comet Backup Desktop App Windows Tray Icon "Show Interface" Changes

When the policy setting "Prevent opening the application interface" is enabled, clicking the "Show Interface" button from the Comet Backup desktop app tray icon on Windows will now open the login dialog prompt.

This change allows another user to log into Comet Backup. Previously, this button had no action.

· One min read

Changes compared to 25.2.3

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue causing retention passes to crash if a snapshot references a pack that isn't present in the Storage Vault
  • Fixed an issue with retention passes failing to run when backup job retries were enabled.

· One min read

Changes compared to 25.3.5

New Features

Bulk Cancel Jobs using Comet Management Console

It is now possible to cancel running jobs in bulk from the Job Logs page on a Comet Management Console. This is an effective way to stop all currently running backup jobs with one click.