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· 2 min read

Changes compared to 18.6.5

  • Display more detailed explanation when Let's Encrypt refuses to provide you an SSL certificate

  • Display more detailed explanation when the Delegate service fails to launch from saved credentials

Enhancements

  • Enable the "Take filesystem snapshot" (VSS) option by default for new "File and Folder"-type Protected Items
  • Auto-detect bucket region for Wasabi storage
  • Support maximising the report dialog window in Comet Backup
  • Improve backup performance on Windows by supplying more accurate hints to the OS disk cache
  • Improve performance of compressing new data chunks for backup

· One min read

Changes compared to 18.5.7 and 18.6.4

New Features

  • Support setting Windows Network Authentication credentials for "File and Folder" Protected Items
  • Support copying multiple selected rows from the Comet Backup report dialog, including timestamps

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 18.6.3

New Features

  • Support setting Windows Network Authentication credentials for Comet Backup Storage Vaults and for Comet Server Storage Role storage
  • Built-in support for Wasabi Cloud Storage (S3-Compatible)

· One min read

Changes compared to 18.5.5

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue with bucket authentication, preventing loading the "Storage Buckets" page in the Comet Server web interface
  • Fix an issue with file access failures appearing in backup job reports for excluded files

· One min read

Changes compared to 18.5.6 and 18.6.2

  • Display original error message in addition to fallback error message on Backup Operators-mode read failure

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue with upgrading installed Pre-Logon Service to the new Delegate service

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 18.5.4

  • Support the new password format from 18.6.2, but preserve in backward-compatible format

Enhancements

  • Support remotely initiating a cross-device restore when logged in as an administrator to the Comet Server web interface
  • Updated "New user" guide text in the Comet Server web interface
  • Improve performance for the full-scan phase of storage-role replication, by reducing CPU usage on the replica server

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 18.5.5 and 18.6.1

  • Remove "Run in popup" from Comet Server Service Manager (it can be misleading as it runs as a different Windows user account; better to check the log files.)

New Features

  • Track bucket / user / device / booster numbers over time, for a new homepage widget in the Comet Server web interface
  • Redesign server log page - search, navigate between log days

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 18.5.4 and 18.6.0

New Features

  • Policy options to hide Import feature, software version and codename in Comet Backup
  • Easy weekday picker for backup job schedules
  • Support "log" and "other" VSS modes for Application-Aware Writer backups