Changes compared to 24.3.7

Enhancements​

• Added configuration to the Comet Server to set the maximum number of CPU cores that are allowed to be used when generating new builds of the Comet Backup client software
• Added a new environment variable (COMETD_TMPDIR) to allow configuration of the temp directory used by the Comet Server when running in Linux

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed an issue which caused the SEVT_TENANT_UPDATED event to emit the tenant name instead of the tenant ID
• Fixed an issue where the "Open Folder" button was not visible in the Comet Backup desktop app after a restore job had completed
• Fixed an issue where the "Open Folder" button in the Comet Backup desktop app failed to open a file browser at the location of the restored files for UNC paths
• Fixed an issue where S3 backups showed a Object Lock error about enabling Versioning on the S3 bucket instead of the real failure
• Fixed an issue where audit logs would not be pruned if Authentication Role was set to keep logs indefinitely
• Fixed an issue where setting "If the last job was Missed" on a schedule triggered extra backup jobs if the device's live connection dropped while the scheduled job was still running

Changes compared to 24.3.6

New Features​

• Added support for selecting Windows drives by drive letter when configuring a Disk Image Protected Item

Enhancements​

• Added a label in the Comet Server web interface and the Comet Backup desktop app to distinguish if Protected Items are enforced via the policy
• Added the ability to convert Windows System Backup Protected Items to Disk Image Protected Items via the Users tab and Bulk Actions dropdown in the Comet Server web interface
• Improved Microsoft 365 Drive downloads by adding configurable account concurrency and adding concurrency to single file downloads

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed an issue with default Protected Items, allowing edit and delete options when the configured policy doesn't strictly enforce it
• Fixed an issue with the Comet Backup desktop app deleting DeviceIdentificationEntropy and DeviceIdentificationHardwareIDOverride registry keys when uninstalled
• Fixed an issue causing a deadlock when too many requests to a Storage Vault fail during decompression in a single job
• Fixed an issue causing restores to panic when Comet fails to load a directory included in the files being restored
• Fixed an issue with some search results not appearing when multiple partial matches exist in the Comet Server web interface
• Fixed an issue with search results not appearing for results with non-ASCII characters in the Comet Server web interface
• Fixed an issue allowing search invocation underneath an active dialog in the Comet Server web interface
• Fixed an issue causing Comet Server to segfault when starting on Linux
• Fixed an issue causing clients running on Windows Server 2008R2 and Windows 7 to lose their live connection and become unable to be remotely upgraded after a Comet Server upgrade

Changes compared to 24.3.5

Enhancements​

• Added the ability to configure SQL timeouts for MSSQL restores
• Improved error message output for when a Hyper-V backup fails due to Hyper-V not being installed on the endpoint
• Added additional threading to single file downloads from Microsoft 365, and added retry logic for when the download URL has expired. Expired URLs can cause 401 errors.

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed an issue causing a crash when data from multiple disks is selected for restore during granular restore workflows
• Fixed an issue causing logins requiring 2FA to fail on the Comet Server web interface
• Fixed an issue with the Comet Server web interface settings page to crash when a tenant has been deleted

Changes compared to 24.3.4

Enhancements​

• Added retrying for intermittent errors that occur when restoring data to UNC paths

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed sorting of logs on the Server Logs page on the Comet Server web interface
• Fixed an issue which caused the user detail page to fail to load for usernames with certain lengths in the Comet Server web interface
• Fixed an issue where the Comet Server web interface failed to remember column selections for usernames containing an @ symbol
• Fixed an issue with missing hints for valid usernames in the Comet Server web interface
• Fixed a cosmetic issue with missing or misplaced loading animations in the Comet Server web interface
• Fixed an issue with remote-controlled restores from the Comet Server web interface being unable to write to user home directories
• Fixed an issue with backup job progress bars being left below 100% after the job completed
• Fixed an issue with searching for items in Office 365 backup snapshots
• Fixed an issue with unusable content when attempting to restore EFS-encrypted files to an archive
• Fixed an issue with failing to restore directory timestamps
• Fixed a cosmetic issue with EFS-encrypted files appearing as directories in the Comet Server web interface

Changes compared to 24.2.2

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed an issue with being unable to load a user with an "@" in the username in the Comet Server web interface
• Fixed an issue with "Test Connection" on VMware Protected Items not working when logged in as a normal user

Changes compared to 24.3.3

New Features​

• Added Impossible Cloud as a Storage Template provider
• Added new "Latest VM State (Changed Block Tracking)" option for Hyper-V for improved backup performance

Enhancements​

• Added "days" as a unit to the Object Lock settings field when configuring a Storage Vault with Object Lock in the Comet Server web interface
• Improved load performance of Server Logs page on the Comet Server web interface

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed an issue with being unable to load a user with an "@" in the username in the Comet Server web interface
• Fixed an issue with "Test Connection" on VMware Protected Items not working when logged in as a normal user
• Fixed an issue with some spanned storage targets being absent from the dashboard Storage widget in the Comet Server web interface
• Fixed an issue with exposing S3-compatible hostnames during an early connection phase in the job logs

Changes compared to 24.2.1

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed an issue causing unexpected entries to appear in the snapshot browser and the subsequent restore to fail when restoring from a Hyper-V snapshot using the Comet Server web interface if a VHDX file appears at the root of the snapshot
• Fixed an issue causing no default restore type to be selected in the restore dialog of the Comet Server web interface for Hyper-V and VMware restores
• Fixed an issue causing "undefined" to appear in the breadcrumb in the snapshot browser when restoring from a Disk Image/Hyper-V/VMware snapshot using the Comet Server web interface
• Fixed an issue with tenant email reporting when using the test button as a top-level admin in the Comet Server web interface. The test email is now correctly filtered to the expected tenant
• Fixed an issue with the Protected Items table in the Users page on the Comet Server web interface where it was not possible to run a backup from any page other than the first page
• Fixed an issue when backing up a VMware virtual disk on a vSAN datastore
• Fixed an issue with user email reporting not being enabled by default
• Fixed an issue with restore jobs under reporting the Downloaded size
• Fixed an issue with the Comet Server web interface failing to display the users page
• Fixed an issue with Comet Server stalling user profile operations if there is a high load of live connected devices

Changes compared to 24.3.2

New Features​

• Added new SMB Storage Vault type

Enhancements​

• Refreshed the UI for the Protected Item wizard in the Comet Backup desktop app
• "After" tasks will now run even for jobs which have been cancelled
• Changed "Job History" on the Comet Server web interface to "Job Logs"
• Added an option to the IAM-Compatible Storage Template to choose between creating buckets or subfolders
• Added an option to the IAM-Compatible Storage Template to support Object Lock
• Added an option to the IAM-Compatible Storage Template to support creating buckets in non-default S3 regions

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed an issue causing File and Folder restores to sometimes hang when cancelled
• Fixed an issue with Comet reporting the incorrect uploaded total in the backup job report if uploading to an S3 Storage Vault with Object Lock enabled
• Fixed an issue with missing Comet Storage options in the Constellation dialog in the Comet Server settings page
• Fixed an issue with "Internal Error" messages when viewing the Constellation Bucket Users report page early after Comet Server starts up
• Fixed an issue with the Recent Activity page if a job started at precisely midnight
• Fixed an issue with Comet Server stalling user profile operations if there is a high load of live connected devices

Changes compared to 24.3.1

New Features​

• Added a new permission for enabling/disabling the ability for an admin account to delete a Storage Vault

Enhancements​

• Added "Account Name" as an additional data column to the Devices page in the Comet Server web interface
• Improved the performance of browsing files and folders for granular restores
• Reduced the amount of data downloaded while browsing files and folders for granular restores
• Improved the performance of simulated granular restores
• Implemented restoration of metadata for files and folders restored during granular restore
• Improved the performance of granular restores when restoring directories containing few files
• Improved error handling when a file or folder fails to restore correctly in granular restores

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed an issue that allowed new Storage Vaults to be added using the Comet Server API even if adding a Storage Vault is restricted for a tenant admin
• Fixed an issue where restoring symlinks to a SquashFS archive caused the archive to be invalid
• Fixed an issue where granular restores to SquashFS archives that include files from multiple partitions or disks do not restore all files
• Fixed an issue where selecting a directory containing a virtual disk for granular restore would restore some of the VMDK files as well as the disk contents
• Fixed an issue preventing granular restores from restoring files and folders from inside and outside a virtual disk in the same restore job
• Fixed an issue causing granular restores to archive formats to create symlinks on disk instead of inside the archive
• Fixed an issue causing the "Overwrite if existing file is newer" option to be ignored by granular restores
• Fixed an issue with reduced performance when running Comet Backup for Linux on ARMv7 CPUs

Changes compared to 24.2.0

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed an issue with the Storage Template dialog for tenant administrators displaying incorrect fields after upgrading the Comet Server version
• Fixed an issue applying language selections in the Comet Server web interface