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19.12.5 ‘Voyager’ released

· One min read

Changes compared to 19.12.4

  • Remove IE8 support for the Comet Server web interface

Enhancements​

  • Minor reduction in web browser memory usage when browsing the Comet Server web interface
  • Include the total retry duration in retried error messages
  • Add warning message when removing a Spanned storage target

19.12.4 ‘Voyager’ released

· One min read

Changes compared to 19.12.3

New Features​

  • Support deleting files/folders from inside a past backup job snapshot
  • Support custom codesigning and notarising of the Comet Backup for macOS installer, by configuring a Mac SSH server
  • Retrieve detailed operating system version, show on the Connected Devices page in the Comet Server web interface
  • Show free disk space and Spanned balancing information for Comet Server Storage Role on the About This Server page

19.12.2 ‘Voyager’ released

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 19.12.1

  • Comet Backup for macOS now requires OS X 10.10 Yosemite or higher (increased from 10.9 Mavericks)

New Features​

  • Support remotely deleting historic backup snapshots from the Comet Server web interface
  • Periodic schedule type
  • Show upcoming schedule times when configuring a new schedule time, in Comet Backup and in the Comet Server web interface
  • Option to allow backup jobs to have Success status even if they didn't back up any files

19.12.1 ‘Voyager’ released

· One min read

Changes compared to 19.12.0

Enhancements​

  • Update Croatian translation
  • Add banner warning to the Vault Analysis dialog in the Comet Server web interface if the information is definitely outdated
  • Support preserving any customized LOCAL SYSTEM user account for Delegate service when upgrading from 19.12.1 or later
  • Add Version column to job history tables in the Comet Backup desktop app
  • Add hover tooltip to "outdated" badge showing outdated version number, on the Recent Activity page in the Comet Server web interface

19.11.2 ‘Juno’ released

· One min read

Changes compared to 19.11.1 previously appearing in 19.12.7

Bug Fixes​

  • Fix an issue with SSL connections to some Microsoft SQL Server databases using self-signed certificates
  • Fix an issue that could cause Comet Server to fail to start up randomly
  • Fix an issue with "Internal Error" messages if changing the type of existing Protected Item to File without configuring any File settings in the Comet Server web interface
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with left-click on an uninitialized Storage Vault in the Comet Backup desktop app still showing an (un-saveable) Vault settings dialog even if the Prevent Editing Storage Vaults policy was set

19.9.7 ‘Voyager’ released

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 19.9.6

  • Renew our company's codesigning certificate for Windows. This may cause temporary SmartScreen popups for 1-2 weeks while reputation is rebuilt

  • Hide Android 'coming soon' message in the Comet Server web interface, as this doesn't need to be customer-facing at this stage

New Features​

  • Support custom Windows authentication credentials for Microsoft SQL Server backups
  • Support importing "Windows Server System State" and "Windows System Backup" Protected Items from Ahsay v6