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· 2 min read

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

· One min read

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

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 18.3.2

Enhancements

  • Display (always-enabled) compression and deduplication status in Storage Vault property dialogs
  • Display number of databases and backup mode in Microsoft SQL Server backup job reports
  • Improve performance for loading the Comet Server web interface
  • Rename backup types for Microsoft SQL Server, to clarify the behaviour

· One min read

The 17.11.x "Luna" series is in Extended support only.

Changes compared to 17.11.5, also appearing in 18.2.1

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an important issue that could prevent data from being backed up from UNC paths, if both UNC and drive paths were selected in a Protected Item
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with not showing the New Users help area in the Comet Server web interface

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 18.2.0

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an important issue that could prevent data from being backed up from UNC paths, if both UNC and drive paths were selected in a Protected Item
  • Fix an issue that could cause high system resource usage when backing up to an SFTP or Azure Blob Storage destination
  • Fix an issue with the Comet Server web interface when a live-connected device has no available import sources
  • Fix an issue with timer precision in Comet Backup for Windows that could cause battery drain on laptops, and high CPU usage inside virtual machines
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with not showing the New Users help area in the Comet Server web interface

· One min read

Changes compared to 18.2.1 and 18.3.1

  • In Comet Server's web interface, prevent closing dialogs when clicking the background, to avoid accidentally closing dialogs when only refocusing the window

Enhancements

  • Reduce idle memory consumption of Comet Server web interface
  • Allow configuring the option to reduce number of disk access threads in the Comet Server web interface
  • Write Comet Server log files in Notepad-compatible format on Windows
  • Add proactive defence layers against possible clickjacking and XSS attacks against the Comet Server web interface

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 18.3.0

New Features

  • Updated Croatian translation
  • Option to reduce number of disk access threads during backup
  • Auto-refresh button when viewing backup job reports in Comet Server web interface
  • Button to copy backup job report content in Comet Server web interface

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 17.11.6

New Features

  • Comet Backup for macOS
  • IP-based bandwidth rate limiting in Comet Server
  • Support silent install of Comet Backup for Windows
  • Live-connection action to import settings from other installed backup products
  • Croatian translation
  • Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation