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· 3 min read

  • Documentation: New "Missed Backups" section

  • Documentation: Update "Linux Server installation", "Let's Encrypt" sections

  • Revert back to the logo and interface theme last used in 2.2.0

New Features

  • Remote update Comet Backup from within Comet Server
  • Generate virtual Missed Backup jobs for backups not run on schedule
  • Bulk update the address for Comet Server Storage Vaults
  • Display live online/offline status when viewing user profile in Comet Server
  • Support "$self$" macro to refer to this server address within Comet Server configuration file
  • Replace -Unpacked flag with -WebrootDir flag

· 2 min read

  • Documentation: Update "Let's Encrypt", "Windows Server System State", "Backward Compatibility", "Comet Server Installation on Linux" sections

  • Documentation: New "Microsoft SQL Server", "Windows System Backup", "User Settings" sections

New Features

  • Support backing up Microsoft SQL Server
  • Support backing up Windows System Backup volumes
  • Granular Restore for MySQL database backups
  • Support backing up all databases except selected, for both MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server

· 2 min read

New Features

  • New HTML-based documentation, with updated content
  • New logo and interface theme
  • Bundle documentation with Comet Server (Windows: include link in Start Menu, prompt to open after completing installer)
  • Allow setting custom image for pinned Start Menu tiles on Windows 8.1 / Windows 10

· 2 min read
  • License server address change

New Features

  • Cluster Overseer - find user-bucket relationships, and prune unused buckets across your entire cluster of Comet Servers
  • Comet Server homepage graphs
  • Display how long the Comet Server's serial number can be used offline for
  • Allow deleting storage buckets and all their content from within Comet Server

· One min read

Enhancements

  • Separate log files per day in Comet Server
  • Click through to user profile from the backup job list page
  • Improve performance of restoring large files from remote Storage Vaults (2-4x faster)
  • Improve performance of SSL connections to Comet Server
  • Improve performance of rolling content identification
  • Enable SSL Forward Secrecy on more browsers (improves Qualys SSLLabs test score from "A-" to "A" as of this writing)

· 2 min read

Enhancements

  • Add examples to the Exclude Filter dialog box
  • Add (2), (3) etc suffix to the name of a requested Storage Vault if the name would collide
  • Retry taking VSS snapshots, up to 5 times with 60 second delay
  • Attempt to use IPv6 endpoints for Amazon S3 if IPv6 support is available
  • Merge equivalent Amazon S3 endpoints whenever detected (unifies "US Standard" and "US East-1")
  • Display full text in tooltip on the Items page of the Protected Items editor dialog
  • Auto-fit columns on the Log Browser on first load

· 2 min read

  • BREAKING: Change internal Storage Vault format.

  • Remove the experimental Retention range option "Last # days only when backup was taken" following testing feedback

New Features

  • Apply retention policies to remove old backup job data
  • Allow deleting a single snapshot, by right-clicking it in the Restore wizard
  • Allow bypassing exclusive access locks on a Storage Vault
  • Display backup duration in the Log Browser
  • Cosmetic improvements to the Comet Server web interface

· 3 min read

  • Remove "Encryption Tool" from the server interface

  • Ensure that all Home directories are present and accessible before starting Storage Role operations

New Features

  • Quota limits. The first Quota option available is based on Protected Item storage, and requires a 1.8.0 version or newer on both the client and server.
  • Display bucket sizes on the "Local Storage Buckets" page in the Comet Server
  • Option to prune logs (configure in AuthenticationRole.PruneLogsAfterDays; set zero to disable)
  • Option to automatically refresh the Live Connected Users page in the Comet Server
  • Option to log network access requests to the Comet Server