Changes compared to 18.3.7

New Features​

• Option to configure new Comet Server for Windows installations using your cometbackup.com credentials instead of a serial number
• Write job report logs to Windows Event Log in Comet Backup for Windows

Changes compared to 18.2.5

Bug Fixes​

• Fix an issue with sending backup report emails to multiple recipients
• Fix an issue that could occur with rebuilding indexes during retention passes
• Fix an issue that could prevent importing settings from AhsayOBM 6.x if a custom in-file-delta schedule was set

Changes compared to 18.3.6 and 18.2.6

New Features​

• Support importing Microsoft SQL Server Protected Items from AhsayOBM 6.x
• Option to display ID on job list page, advanced option to navigate directly to job report by ID in the Comet Server web interface

Changes compared to 18.2.4

Bug Fixes​

• Fix an issue with pointlessly retrying VSS snapshots in Comet Backup when encountering error 0x8004230e for a volume that is not supported by VSS
• Fix an issue with "lost+found" directories when restoring data from some "Files and Folders" backups with multiple UNC paths selected
• Fix a cosmetic issue with explanation text when setting up a exclusion for a "Files and Folders" Protected Item in Comet Backup on certain old versions of Windows

Changes compared to 18.3.5 and 18.2.5

Enhancements​

• Improve responsiveness of cancelling some types of backup jobs
• Improve webfont loading performance for the Comet Server web interface
• Add tooltips for navigation bar icons in the Comet Server web interface
• Cosmetic toggle extraneous columns in the Comet Server web interface, to better fit mobile devices
• Display an explanation message when failing to take a VSS snapshot of a non-NTFS filesystem
• Improve compatibility with some types of FTP server

Changes compared to 18.2.3

Bug Fixes​

• Fix an issue with Comet Backup crashing when quickly navigating back and forward through the Restore dialog
• Fix an issue with "unelevate.exe" process crashing at the end of the Comet Backup installer, in some multi-user or remote situations
• Fix an issue with "panic" error messages when one location in a Spanned storage configuration is unavailable
• Fix an issue with indeterminate progress bars for restore jobs after selecting individual files and folders for restore in Comet Backup
• Fix a cosmetic issue with "Invalid profile" errors when clicking the Comet Backup dock icon on macOS when Comet Backup is open but still at the login dialog
• Fix a cosmetic issue with multiple loading animations displayed when quickly navigating back and forward through the Restore dialog in Comet Backup

Changes compared to 18.3.4 and 18.2.4

• Comet Server now always keeps a minimum of 10 days' of job history

New Features​

• Support cancelling a running job from the Comet Server web interface
• Support Hyper-V backup on Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2, where Hyper-V module for Powershell is unavailable
• Automatically clean up old "In Progress" job records that are no longer running

Changes compared to 18.2.2

Enhancements​

• Improve performance of initialising a Storage Vault for the first time in Comet Backup

Changes compared to 18.3.3 and 18.2.3

• Remove the default "Unlimited" quota pie-chart in Comet Backup

New Features​

• Display pie-chart rings for Storage Vault quotas in Comet Backup
• Support "Copy (as cURL)" / "Copy (as wget)" when downloading Comet Backup for Linux
• Support renaming devices in the Comet Server web interface
• Display user account creation time, and allow searching/sorting by user account creation time in the Comet Server web interface
• Display Protected Item sizes on user detail pages in the Comet Server web interface, linking to job that produced the information
• Display IP address of live-connected devices in the Comet Server web interface (column is hidden by default)
• Automatically unlock Storage Vaults when safe to do so

Changes compared to 18.2.1

Bug Fixes​

• Fix an issue that could cause resource starvation and hanging when using Azure Blob Storage as a storage type in Comet Server, by reverting to the 18.2.0 behaviour
• Fix an issue that could cause Comet Backup to crash when contacting an unresponsive Comet Server