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· 4 min read

Dione is the latest entry in our quarterly rollup series. It branches off from our main rolling Voyager development into a fixed target for our partners to qualify and build upon.

Saturn's moon Dione hides a cool secret. It's not just an icy ball. Underneath its thick, frozen crust, scientists believe Dione harbors a subsurface ocean, much like its famous neighbor Enceladus. This hidden ocean makes Dione a surprising contender in the search for extraterrestrial life.

As for the software, Comet 24.11.0 Dione brings 11 new features and 16 enhancements, including Disk Image for Linux, restoring Disk Image backups to Hyper-V VHDX file format, bulk action improvements and more.

· One min read

Changes compared to 24.9.7

New Features

  • Added support for Disk Image backups on Linux. The feature supports skipping free filesystem sectors on EXT4 and XFS when used with either LVM2 or a custom kernel driver

Enhancements

  • Removed the default Comet Server admin account. The admin account will now be created through the Comet Server Service Manager setup wizard or when first opening the Comet Server web interface

· One min read

Changes compared to 24.9.6

Enhancements

  • Simplified configuration for VMware Protected Items by allowing direct configuration
  • Added support for MySQL backups on Linux without an installed mysqldump binary
  • Changed the behavior of MySQL backups if no installed mysqldump program could be automatically found

· One min read

Changes compared to 24.9.5

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with the Comet Backup delegate service crashing when attempting to import a malformed settings file from another product
  • Fixed an issue where requesting a Storage Vault from an IAM compatible Storage Template with a bucket name provided generated a new policy
  • Fixed an issue with Syncro integration where the "Type" field contained too much information and the "Details" field was empty
  • Fixed an issue with the Comet Server Constellation role when using a Custom IAM-Compatible target configured with a Prefix
  • Fixed an issue when listing Microsoft 365 accounts with no SharePoint Online license
  • Fixed a cosmetic issue when setting a preferred language in the Comet Server web interface if multiple languages are allowed in the web browser

· One min read

Changes compared to 24.9.4

Enhancements

  • Updated super admin policies which have been incorrectly assigned to a tenant will be copied and recreated as tenant owned policies

· One min read

Changes compared to 24.9.3

Enhancements

  • Added the ability to dynamically switch between using domain and workstation details for SMB Storage Vault connections
  • Improved the email filters for "Time since job start" and "Time since job end" to allow configuration by seconds, minutes, hours and days in the Comet Backup desktop app
  • Improved the performance of connecting to a Storage Vault at the start of a backup or restore job if the Storage Vault has many other concurrent jobs running

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 24.9.2

New Features

  • Added support for assigning user policies in bulk in the Comet Server web interface
  • Added Test Connections functionality when using the "Log in to a network share" option in a Files and Folders Protected Item

Enhancements

  • Updated the user's profile page in the Comet Server web interface to use colored badges to more clearly distinguish online and offline devices
  • Extended support for resuming large network downloads from point of failure when Comet encounters a "Connection closed by foreign host" network error

· 3 min read

Changes compared to 24.9.1

New Features

  • Added support for restoring Disk Image backups as Hyper-V VHDX file format

Enhancements

  • Added progress updates when a backup performs some long running actions, such as removing unneeded data packs and removing deleted files from an Object Lock Storage Vault
  • Added a popup dialog for authentication validation failures when testing Storage Vault connections in the Comet Backup desktop app
  • Added an info icon for extra troubleshooting information when testing Storage Vault connections in the Comet Backup desktop app
  • Added a clickable cross-reference in a job log, if the job's execution was blocked by another task in the same Storage Vault
  • Added support for using the Create Recovery Media feature from Linux
  • Added Protected Item names for jobs from other devices in the activity log on the Comet Backup desktop app
  • Added a device name column to the Comet Backup desktop app activity log