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· One min read

Changes compared to 20.8.4 and 20.9.3

Enhancements

  • Add new AdminStorageBucketProperties API for individual properties and re-measuring bucket size
  • Minor performance improvement for restoring only selected items from a backup job snapshot containing large directories

· One min read

Changes compared to 20.9.1

Enhancements

  • Add Properties tab on the Live Connected device dialog in the Comet Server web interface
  • Reduce Comet Server's peak memory requirements for producing large user/device lists, large job search results and large job reports
  • Minor performance improvement for generating backup job email reports
  • Store Comet's generated device ID in the Windows registry, for correlation with other software such as an RMM agent

· One min read

Changes compared to 20.8.2

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue with detecting direct-to-Wasabi Storage Vaults in Constellation
  • Fix an issue with displaying special characters in bucket IDs and news entry IDs in the Comet Server web interface

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 20.8.3 and 20.9.0

New Features

  • Support new "Rebrand Storage" option on individual Storage Vaults, to prevent users from viewing the actual storage type
  • Support preconfiguring the Rebrand Storage option for new Storage Vaults created via the Request system

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 20.8.2

  • Change some Windows Event Log event IDs used by the background service manager (56, 57)

New Features

  • Support sub-organizations in Comet Server. Each organization has their own private set of users, policies, branding, news entries, and storage buckets
  • New boot experience for the USB Recovery Media, with cosmetic redesign and easy access Tools menu
  • Option to add additional custom drivers to the USB Recovery Media
  • Support a token system to silently install the Comet Backup desktop app without specifying the username/password in plaintext (AdminCreateInstallToken API used with /TOKEN= parameter)

· One min read

Changes compared to 20.8.1

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue with "Device not ready" error messages when taking a Disk Image backup of a harddrive with no removable media present (e.g. SD Card reader / USB-SATA adapter)
  • Fix an issue with "x509: certificate signed by unknown authority" when using FIDO U2F with some brands of U2F key
  • Fix an issue with 'nil' responses from the AdminMetaWebhookOptionsGet API
  • Fix an issue with Comet Server restarting when creating a new user account if webhooks have been configured
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with not updating some parts of the main Comet Backup user interface when the translation language is dynamically changed
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with additional source-map URL error messages in the web browser console
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with NaN dates appearing around "snapshots: exit status 1" error messages in some job reports

· 4 min read

Changes compared to 20.5.0

New Features

  • Disk Image backup support
  • USB Recovery Media creation tool
  • Updated translations for German, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Europe), and Russian
  • Option to quickly select common backup source paths when creating new Protected Items in the Comet Backup desktop app. This currently includes Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Videos, Favorites, Outlook, and Windows Mail
  • New design for progress bars and running jobs in the Comet Backup desktop app, to help make actions more discoverable
  • Policy option to add default Protected Items for new devices
  • Policy option to add default schedules for new Protected Items
  • New webhook API for live change notifications in Comet Server
  • Support viewing and basic editing of Hyper-V and Application-Aware Writer Protected Items in the Comet Server web interface
  • Support restoring files as zip / tar / tar.gz / SquashFS archive format
  • Option to reset a customer's 2FA from the Actions menu in the Comet Server web interface
  • Option to connect to Microsoft SQL Server using 32-bit OLEDB instead of native bitness
  • Show the number of users using the corresponding policy in group policy page in the Comet Server web interface
  • Allow restricting Comet Server admin accounts to access the branding and/or Requestable Storage parts of the Setup Wizard only
  • Allow restricted Comet Server admin accounts to change the branding and/or Requestable Storage server settings without requiring a full daemon restart
  • Allow preventing other Comet Server admin accounts from changing their own password via their My Account page. When coupled with the pre-existing ability to prevent access to the Setup Wizard, this can entirely prevent a Comet Server admin account from changing their own password

· One min read

Changes compared to 20.6.7

Enhancements

  • Reduce memory usage required for Storage Role replication in Comet Server
  • Reduce memory usage for generating email job reports in Comet Server
  • New Comet Server API to retrieve job reports as JSON format instead of plaintext
  • Use more specific Comet Server API error code when trying to create a user with an existing username
  • Cosmetic rename 'Account' to 'Settings' in the Comet Backup desktop app
  • Cosmetic hide unavailable Protected Item types on macOS in the Comet Backup desktop app