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Comet Backup
Technical Questions
Backup and restore
Backup and restore
agent-to-server connectivity, service start-up, and OS-specific quirks. Backups and restore jobs.
How to restore data or view contents from a deleted Protected Item or device in Comet Backup
VSS Error during a backup in Comet Backup: Another shadow copy creation is already in progress. Wait a few moments and try again.
Comet Backup agent fails to back up the home directories (/var/directory) of the system user on Linux
Backup, reindex and deep scan jobs consistently fail with in Comet Backup during the retention pass: unexpected EOF
Error during backup or retention pass: Out of memory error encountered. Temporary files are being used to reduce RAM consumption.
Backup is failing with elevator service is missing error in Comet Backup
Backup or reindex job fails in Comet Backup: zero-byte pack file
Hypervisor VM fails to back up with warning: not present in any index - Disk '...' was captured by RCT but is not present in the backup checkpoint
Backup job fails with the error in Comet Backup: Cannot proceed - another task needs to finish using the Storage Vault first - Locked by device
Microsoft 365 backup fails with error: Access to this site has been blocked. StatusCode: 423
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