Changes compared to 20.9.9

New Features​

• Support adding custom files, directories, and startup commands when creating USB Recovery Media
• Add a "Run" dialog to the USB Recovery Media boot environment

Changes compared to 20.9.8

New Features​

• Support opening multiple tabs in the Comet Server web interface

Changes compared to 20.9.7

New Features​

• Support /TRAYICON=disable command-line parameter and HKLM\Software\backup-tool\TrayIcon registry key, to prevent creating tray icon when installing Comet Backup on Windows

Changes compared to 20.9.6

New Features​

• Support running custom commands immediately after disk snapshot ("Thaw")

Changes compared to 20.9.5

New Features​

• Prompt for Full Disk Access permission on macOS
• Support /SHORTCUT=disable command-line parameter and HKLM\Software\backup-tool\Shortcuts registry key, to prevent creating desktop and Start Menu shortcuts when installing Comet Backup on Windows

Changes compared to 20.9.4

Switching to use the PAX format causes spurious "PaxHeaders.0" directories to appear in current (19.00) versions of 7-Zip. This should be resolved soon by a new 7-Zip update. There is no such problem using GNU Tar or bsdtar/libarchive.

Enhancements​

• Perform network time sync when booting the USB Recovery Media
• Ensure more fidelity for restoring non-ASCII filenames, atime/ctime, and timestamps with sub-second precision inside TAR archives by switching to PAX format
• Automatically select USB device if only one is available when generating USB Recovery Media

Changes compared to 20.8.3

Bug Fixes​

• Fix an issue with not removing some registry keys during software uninstallation
• Fix an issue with "Object name is invalid" error messages during Disk Image backup jobs if StorageCraft ShadowProtect is also installed
• Fix a cosmetic issue with opening the Login dialog after closing the Comet Backup desktop app with the "X" button if the "Always require password to open the application interface" policy is enabled

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

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

Changes compared to 20.9.2

Bug Fixes​

• Fix an issue with fallback from a VSS snapshot to a non-snapshot block device during a Disk Image backup job