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24.6.1 Voyager released

· One min read

Changes compared to 24.6.0

Enhancements

  • Added a new option in the admin account policies that allows top-level admins to grant tenant admins permission to configure Software Build Role settings (#4881, !4817)
  • Significantly improved the performance of measuring Storage Vault sizes before a backup job starts (#1846, !4680)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue causing Comet to occasionally crash when performing a granular restore from an NTFS file system (#4890, !4892)
  • Fixed an issue with the impersonating user banner showing incorrectly for direct user SSO logins (#4237, !4883)
  • Fixed an issue with Windows Server 2008 fallback upgrades where the upgrade fails due to support for TLS 1.2 being dropped
  • Fixed a cosmetic issue where the Tenant name and "Online" status in the User's page were not distinguishable in the Comet Server web interface (#5019, !4876)

24.6.0 Voyager released

· 3 min read

Changes compared to 24.5.1

Enhancements

  • Added more device filtering options when creating a Bulk Upgrade campaign in Comet Server web interface
  • Added an option to specify a custom HELO/EHLO hostname when configuring SMTP or MX-Direct email delivery in the Comet Server web interface (#3747, !4800)
  • Added support for configuring IP rate limits in the Comet Server web interface (#4418, !4801)
  • Added support for configuring backup job bandwidth limits in different units such as KB/s, Kbit/s or Mbit/s from the Comet Server web interface (#4418, !4801)
  • Allowed retention passes to safely continue with a warning if Comet is unable to clean up deleted tombstoned file versions from an S3-compatible target (#5037, !4871)
  • Updated the MySQL Protected Item to prefer mariadb-dump over mysqldump on Linux devices (#5025, !4864)
  • Updated Microsoft 365 account listing to append "Disabled" attribute to user mailboxes for later informed inclusion at the UI level (#4744, !4827)
  • Reduced the memory usage when Constellation Role is deleting a very large bucket

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with Comet leaving temporary files in the Storage Vault if an error occurred when attempting a write when using Storage Role
  • Fixed an issue with extra log messages appearing on Linux when locking or unlocking the Comet Backup desktop app user interface
  • Fixed an issue with showing invalid restore options for non-Files and Folders backup jobs in the Comet Server web interface if the Protected Item had been deleted (#3999, !4802)
  • Fixed an issue with showing invalid restore options for some types of backup jobs in the Comet Backup desktop app (#4870, !4802)
  • Fixed an issue where Comet would not retry when cleaning up deleted tombstoned file versions from an S3-compatible target causing the job to fail (#5037, !4871)
  • Fixed an issue with OIDC-based authentication on the Comet Server when the tenant hostname, or request hostname, has mixed-case characters (#5027, !4863)
  • Fixed an issue with granular restore unable to open VMDKs from vSAN and snapshot extents for VMWare Protected Items (#4849, !4870)
  • Fixed an error in Microsoft 365 account listing caused when a personal site is missing an associated user
  • Fixed an issue with backups being triggered on client upgrade when new the user profiles LastStartTime had not yet been set
  • Fixed an issue causing the DenyConstellationRole permission to be respected by Constellation Role-related API endpoints even if the PreventEditServerSettings permission is not enabled
  • Fixed an issue causing the DenyConstellationRole permission to be toggled on when the "Prevent viewing and editing server settings" checkbox is toggled on or off in the Comet Server web interface
  • Fixed an issue with a slightly misleading error message when access to Constellation Role-related API endpoints is denied due to restricted admin permissions
  • Fixed a cosmetic issue with truncating long page title text in the Comet Server web interface (#4951, !4834)

24.3.9 Voyager released

· One min read

Changes compared to 24.3.8

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with backup jobs to the il-central-1 AWS region always failing (#5010, !4852)
  • Fixed an issue with the Constellation title in the Tenant dialog not showing in the Comet Server web interface
  • Fixed an issue with the Comet Server web interface violating the strict CSP policy (#5002, !4854)
  • Fixed an issue causing a white background to show on some loading animations when using dark mode in the Comet Server web interface (#4959, !4835)
  • Fixed an issue with missing branding images in Comet Backup desktop app for Linux (#4532, !4797)
  • Fixed an issue with the message This Storage Vault was unlocked ... appearing incorrectly when a backup job was experiencing network issues (#5004, !4856)
  • Fixed an issue causing alternate data streams on NTFS metadata files to cause errors during granular restores
  • Fixed an issue with invalid filenames when switching from a custom-branded client installer to the pre-built Comet Backup-branded installer (#4477, !4799)
  • Fixed an issue with inconsistent validation between configuring custom client branding at the top-level versus for a Tenant's settings (#4477, !4799)

24.3.8 Voyager released

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 24.3.7

Enhancements

  • Added configuration to the Comet Server to set the maximum number of CPU cores that are allowed to be used when generating new builds of the Comet Backup client software (#1622, !4837)
  • Added a new environment variable (COMETD_TMPDIR) to allow configuration of the temp directory used by the Comet Server when running in Linux (#4919, !4847)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue which caused the SEVT_TENANT_UPDATED event to emit the tenant name instead of the tenant ID
  • Fixed an issue where the "Open Folder" button was not visible in the Comet Backup desktop app after a restore job had completed (#4980, !4843)
  • Fixed an issue where the "Open Folder" button in the Comet Backup desktop app failed to open a file browser at the location of the restored files for UNC paths (#4907, !4845)
  • Fixed an issue where S3 backups showed a Object Lock error about enabling Versioning on the S3 bucket instead of the real failure (#4742, !4842)
  • Fixed an issue where audit logs would not be pruned if Authentication Role was set to keep logs indefinitely (#4966, !4840)
  • Fixed an issue where setting "If the last job was Missed" on a schedule triggered extra backup jobs if the device's live connection dropped while the scheduled job was still running (#4926, !4846)

24.3.7 Voyager released

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 24.3.6

New Features

  • Added support for selecting Windows drives by drive letter when configuring a Disk Image Protected Item (#4838, !4756)

Enhancements

  • Added a label in the Comet Server web interface and the Comet Backup desktop app to distinguish if Protected Items are enforced via the policy (#4975, !4823)
  • Added the ability to convert Windows System Backup Protected Items to Disk Image Protected Items via the Users tab and Bulk Actions dropdown in the Comet Server web interface (#4838, !4756)
  • Improved Microsoft 365 Drive downloads by adding configurable account concurrency and adding concurrency to single file downloads (#4352, !4806)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with default Protected Items, allowing edit and delete options when the configured policy doesn't strictly enforce it (#4975, !4823)
  • Fixed an issue with the Comet Backup desktop app deleting DeviceIdentificationEntropy and DeviceIdentificationHardwareIDOverride registry keys when uninstalled (#2943, !4826)
  • Fixed an issue causing a deadlock when too many requests to a Storage Vault fail during decompression in a single job (#4972, !4822)
  • Fixed an issue causing restores to panic when Comet fails to load a directory included in the files being restored (#4972, !4822)
  • Fixed an issue with some search results not appearing when multiple partial matches exist in the Comet Server web interface (#4958, !4833)
  • Fixed an issue with search results not appearing for results with non-ASCII characters in the Comet Server web interface (#4958, !4833)
  • Fixed an issue allowing search invocation underneath an active dialog in the Comet Server web interface (#4958, !4833)
  • Fixed an issue causing Comet Server to segfault when starting on Linux (#4985, !4830)
  • Fixed an issue causing clients running on Windows Server 2008R2 and Windows 7 to lose their live connection and become unable to be remotely upgraded after a Comet Server upgrade (#4889, !4778)

24.3.6 Voyager released

· One min read

Changes compared to 24.3.5

Enhancements

  • Added the ability to configure SQL timeouts for MSSQL restores (#4942, !4811)
  • Improved error message output for when a Hyper-V backup fails due to Hyper-V not being installed on the endpoint (#4535, !4816)
  • Added additional threading to single file downloads from Microsoft 365, and added retry logic for when the download URL has expired. Expired URLs can cause 401 errors. (#4352, !4806)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue causing a crash when data from multiple disks is selected for restore during granular restore workflows (#4938, !4810)
  • Fixed an issue causing logins requiring 2FA to fail on the Comet Server web interface (#4974, !4818)
  • Fixed an issue with the Comet Server web interface settings page to crash when a tenant has been deleted

24.3.5 Voyager released

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 24.3.4

Enhancements

  • Added retrying for intermittent errors that occur when restoring data to UNC paths (#4899, !4784)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed sorting of logs on the Server Logs page on the Comet Server web interface (#4945, !4793)
  • Fixed an issue which caused the user detail page to fail to load for usernames with certain lengths in the Comet Server web interface
  • Fixed an issue where the Comet Server web interface failed to remember column selections for usernames containing an @ symbol
  • Fixed an issue with missing hints for valid usernames in the Comet Server web interface
  • Fixed a cosmetic issue with missing or misplaced loading animations in the Comet Server web interface (#4898, !4758)
  • Fixed an issue with remote-controlled restores from the Comet Server web interface being unable to write to user home directories (#1267, !4714)
  • Fixed an issue with backup job progress bars being left below 100% after the job completed (#4851, !4714)
  • Fixed an issue with searching for items in Office 365 backup snapshots (#3060, !4714)
  • Fixed an issue with unusable content when attempting to restore EFS-encrypted files to an archive
  • Fixed an issue with failing to restore directory timestamps
  • Fixed a cosmetic issue with EFS-encrypted files appearing as directories in the Comet Server web interface

24.3.4 Voyager released

· One min read

Changes compared to 24.3.3

New Features

  • Added Impossible Cloud as a Storage Template provider (#4577, !4705)
  • Added new "Latest VM State (Changed Block Tracking)" option for Hyper-V for improved backup performance

Enhancements

  • Added "days" as a unit to the Object Lock settings field when configuring a Storage Vault with Object Lock in the Comet Server web interface (#4906, !4785)
  • Improved load performance of Server Logs page on the Comet Server web interface (#4736, !4768)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with being unable to load a user with an "@" in the username in the Comet Server web interface (#4920, !4783)
  • Fixed an issue with "Test Connection" on VMware Protected Items not working when logged in as a normal user
  • Fixed an issue with some spanned storage targets being absent from the dashboard Storage widget in the Comet Server web interface (#4930, !4780)
  • Fixed an issue with exposing S3-compatible hostnames during an early connection phase in the job logs (#4921, !4776)

24.3.3 Voyager released

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 24.3.2

New Features

  • Added new SMB Storage Vault type (#2274, !4744)

Enhancements

  • Refreshed the UI for the Protected Item wizard in the Comet Backup desktop app (#4662, !4706)
  • "After" tasks will now run even for jobs which have been cancelled (#4832, !4754)
  • Changed "Job History" on the Comet Server web interface to "Job Logs"
  • Added an option to the IAM-Compatible Storage Template to choose between creating buckets or subfolders
  • Added an option to the IAM-Compatible Storage Template to support Object Lock
  • Added an option to the IAM-Compatible Storage Template to support creating buckets in non-default S3 regions

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue causing File and Folder restores to sometimes hang when cancelled (#4810, !4764)
  • Fixed an issue with Comet reporting the incorrect uploaded total in the backup job report if uploading to an S3 Storage Vault with Object Lock enabled (#4868, !4765)
  • Fixed an issue with missing Comet Storage options in the Constellation dialog in the Comet Server settings page (#4800, !4742)
  • Fixed an issue with "Internal Error" messages when viewing the Constellation Bucket Users report page early after Comet Server starts up (#1530, !4742)
  • Fixed an issue with the Recent Activity page if a job started at precisely midnight
  • Fixed an issue with Comet Server stalling user profile operations if there is a high load of live connected devices (#4891, !4775)

24.3.2 Voyager released

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 24.3.1

New Features

  • Added a new permission for enabling/disabling the ability for an admin account to delete a Storage Vault (#4447, !4407)

Enhancements

  • Added "Account Name" as an additional data column to the Devices page in the Comet Server web interface (#4883, !4759)
  • Improved the performance of browsing files and folders for granular restores
  • Reduced the amount of data downloaded while browsing files and folders for granular restores
  • Improved the performance of simulated granular restores
  • Implemented restoration of metadata for files and folders restored during granular restore
  • Improved the performance of granular restores when restoring directories containing few files
  • Improved error handling when a file or folder fails to restore correctly in granular restores

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that allowed new Storage Vaults to be added using the Comet Server API even if adding a Storage Vault is restricted for a tenant admin (#4447, !4407)
  • Fixed an issue where restoring symlinks to a SquashFS archive caused the archive to be invalid
  • Fixed an issue where granular restores to SquashFS archives that include files from multiple partitions or disks do not restore all files
  • Fixed an issue where selecting a directory containing a virtual disk for granular restore would restore some of the VMDK files as well as the disk contents
  • Fixed an issue preventing granular restores from restoring files and folders from inside and outside a virtual disk in the same restore job
  • Fixed an issue causing granular restores to archive formats to create symlinks on disk instead of inside the archive
  • Fixed an issue causing the "Overwrite if existing file is newer" option to be ignored by granular restores
  • Fixed an issue with reduced performance when running Comet Backup for Linux on ARMv7 CPUs