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· 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

· One min read

Changes compared to 23.8.2

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with 'not found in index' error messages when restoring from some recent backup job snapshots that were created simultaneously with a retention pass

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 23.8.1

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with the Comet Server stats endpoint returning Internal Error in some specific scenarios.
  • Fixed an issue with the Comet Server stats processing returning incorrect stats for previous days
  • Fixed an issue with browsing and restoring one or more files from Hyper-V backup
  • Fixed an issue with CVE-2023-44487 HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Attack
  • Fixed an issue with Files and Folders Protected Items being configurable through the Comet Server web interface while restricted by policy
  • Fixed a cosmetic issue with pixelated text in the Comet Backup desktop app on multi-screen setups
  • Fixed a cosmetic issue with the 'Configure' text being in the wrong location in the Comet Backup desktop app
  • Fixed an issue with Storage Vault configuration if the Object Lock duration was set to zero days
  • Fixed an issue with Virtual Storage Vault policy options being available incorrectly when configuring a schedule for a Protected Item
  • Fixed an issue with the list of allowed Storage Vault types not being immediately visible when editing admin permissions in the Comet Server web interface for an admin user with the "Restrict available Storage Vault types" setting enabled
  • Fixed an issue with a non-existent empty Protected Item being shown in the Comet Backup desktop app after restoring a snapshot from other device
  • Fixed an issue with the Restore dialog in the Comet Backup desktop app showing snapshots from another devices as if they were from the current device
  • Fixed an issue with the Policy Protected Items getting multiple unknown entries when the dialog for the OS picker is cancelled.
  • Fixed an issue where Microsoft 365 email backups would error instead of warn for server-side retrieval failures
  • Fixed an issue with the desktop application not launching after installation when "Launch Comet Backup" is checked on Windows Server
  • Fixed an issue with handling unexpected files inside an S3-compatible storage location