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· 2 min read

Changes compared to 19.3.3

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue with backing up and restoring paths containing trailing spaces
  • Fix an issue with listening on an IPv6 literal address on Comet Server on Linux
  • Fix an issue with forgetting changes to the Protected Item dropdown in the Run Backup wizard in the Comet Backup app
  • Fix an issue with unresponsive backup job cancellation in some specific situations
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with error messages when attempting to restore from an uninitialised Storage Vault
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with Backblaze B2 storage instructions being below the visible fold in the Comet Server web interface
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with obscuring text entered into the Subdirectory field when editing a Wasabi, S3-Compatible, or Google Cloud Storage location in the Comet Server web interface
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with inconsistent "Blob Prefix" naming scheme for Azure, OpenStack Swift, and Backblaze B2 storage locations, by standardising on "Subdirectory" for all types
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with nonspecific error messages when Comet Server fails to parse an IP address to listen on
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with editing IPv6 listen addresses in the Setup Wizard in the Comet Server web interface

· One min read

Changes compared to 19.2.1

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue with cancelling jobs
  • Fix an issue with "Target username does not match profile username" replication error messages when a large amount of changes are made

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 19.2.2 and 19.3.1

New Features

  • Support LDAP login for administrator accounts
  • Support previewing custom email reports in the Comet Server web interface
  • Option to delete remote user accounts as part of Auth Role replication

· One min read

Changes compared to 19.2.0

  • Upgrade timezone library to 2018i (app), 2018g (web)

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue with minor memory leak in the Protected Item editor dialog in the Comet Backup GUI
  • Fix an issue with authentication errors listing databases on MySQL 8.0
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with restore paths for Application-Aware Writer and Hyper-V backups involving multiple disk drives
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with Constellation connection failure to localhost during early Comet Server startup

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 19.2.0

  • Exclude ".dropbox.cache/placeholder.***" reparse points

  • Downgrade-incompatible on Linux

New Features

  • Support browsing files in job reports in the Comet Server web interface and in the Comet Backup app
  • Support selecting files to restore in the Comet Server web interface
  • Option to indicate whether the customer has consented to the MSP browsing their files (+ Policy control)
  • Option to set MySQL isolation mode
  • Add new backup-daemon-start-background helper script in Comet Backup for Linux

· 3 min read

Changes compared to 18.12.6

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Changes compared to 18.11.6

  • Change Event IDs used by Comet's service manager process

New Features

  • New "Recent Activity" page in the Comet Server web interface
  • New "Account Name" field for users
  • Option to use legacy V2 signing for S3-compatible storage
  • Support EV Authenticode signing via PKCS#11 hardware token in Comet Server
  • Policy option to set default retention policy
  • Policy options to enforce retention policies in Storage Vaults, and to prevent overriding retention policies in Protected Items
  • Portuguese (Europe) translation
  • Update Spanish translation
  • Option to keep deduplication indexes in on-disk temporary files instead of RAM
  • API to allow end-user single sign on to Comet Server web interface
  • API to list all available software platforms
  • API to download more platform-specific variants of Comet Backup installer, for smaller filesize
  • Unbranded registry option for mixing in additional entropy for differentiating device IDs
  • Add Last Job column to the Protected Items table in the Comet Server web interface
  • Optional new Device ID column on the Connected Devices page