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· One min read

Changes compared to 23.12.1

Notice: The deb and rpm installers for Comet Server now require glibc 2.25 or later. There are no changes to the system requirements for the tar package version of Comet Server.

· One min read

Changes compared to 23.12.0

Enhancements

  • Updated the appearance of badges for cross-organization users when logged in as the top level admin. Instead of displaying "Other Tenant" the badge now displays the tenant name on the Users, User detail, Client news and Storage buckets page

· 5 min read

Saturn 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 is the sixth planet from the Sun and is the second-largest planet in our solar system, after Jupiter. It is large enough that it can fit more than 760 Earths inside it.

Despite its enormous size, Saturn has a relatively fast rotation. A day on Saturn lasts only about 10.7 hours. This rapid rotation causes the planet to flatten slightly at the poles and bulge at the equator.

Saturn has been known since ancient times, and its rings were first observed by Galileo Galilei in 1610. The true nature of the rings was identified by Christiaan Huygens in 1655.

As for the software, Comet 23.11.0 Saturn brings 8 new features and 23 enhancements, including our new VMware Protected Item type.

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 23.9.10

New Features

  • Support new "Latest VM State (Changed Block Tracking)" option for Hyper-V for improved backup performance.

  • Added support for VMware ESXi hosts running on a free license. Comet now supports both the free and paid versions of VMware for backups and restores.

  • Added the ability to enforce policies created by a top-level administrator onto tenant administrators and tenant users. This allows top-level administrator to enforce settings and preferences across an entire Comet Server.

Enhancements

  • Improved the admin accounts dialogue to have a separate Policies tab in the Comet Server web interface.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with the Comet Backup desktop app not refreshing the Job History when a new backup job is started.
  • Fixed an issue with hourly scheduler where it failed to adjust correctly to the USA Daylight Savings Time (DST)
  • Fixed an issue with the Comet Backup desktop app jumping to a different Protected Item view when there is a Protected Item being edited. This usually occurred when a scheduled backup was run.
  • Fixed an issue where VMware snapshots created in CBT mode had incomplete chunks.
  • Fixed an issue with the My Devices chart on the Comet Server web interface failing to render.

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 23.9.9

Enhancements

  • Significantly improved performance when restoring directories containing only a few files from a File and Folder Protected Item
  • Lowered memory usage when uploading to S3-backed Storage Vaults in some use cases
  • Removed the device dropdown in web UI when adding a protected item when there's only one device