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Changes compared to 18.9.5

New Features

  • Allow editing existing Mandatory Exclusions in policies in the Comet Server web interface
  • Allow uploading branding files directly in the Setup Wizard in the Comet Server web interface

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Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue with Comet Server downloading more data than necessary from server-side cloud storage during restore and deep-verify passes (basic fix)
  • Fix an issue with Comet Backup for Linux on ARMv6 and ARMv8 CPUs on some Linux distributions
  • Fix an issue with not supporting cancellation during the "finding snapshots" phase of a backup job
  • Fix an issue with running "Windows System Backup" jobs on Windows Server 2008
  • Fix an issue with "Prevent editing Storage Vault" policies causing deep-verify passes to repeatedly run, and for vault analysis data to be lost
  • Fix an issue with "Prevent editing ..." policies causing encrypted material to be invalidly preserved during password rotation, causing "invalid padding" errors

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Changes compared to 18.9.2

New Features

  • New custom email report system
  • Allow defining a job filter for email reports
  • Allow defining multiple email reports per recipient email address in a single user account

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Changes compared to 18.9.0

New Features

  • Allow browsing snapshots for restore in the Comet Server web interface
  • Display email queue length and success/failure statistics on the About this Server page in the Comet Server web interface
  • Add optional "simple" mode to Comet Server stats API endpoint, to coalesce some redundant data points

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Changes compared to 18.8.2

  • Require one single successful post-backup Deep Verify pass on all Storage Vaults upgraded from previous versions of Comet

Enhancements

  • Reduce bandwidth requirements of "deep verify" Storage Vault repair tool, significantly increasing performance

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Changes compared to 18.8.3

  • Remove support for Internet Explorer 8 (IE 9 or later is now required; IE 9 can be installed on Server 2008 via Windows Update)

  • Remove support for replacing CSS in the Comet Server web interface (may be reinstated in a better way in the future)

  • Remove support for TOTP-only logins with no supplied administrator password

New Features

  • Support FIDO U2F keys for two-factor login to the Comet Server web interface as administrator