Alexei
27-03-2009, 12:52
ZABBIX SIA is proud to announce the availability of ZABBIX 1.6.3.
ZABBIX is an enterprise-class open source distributed monitoring solution. ZABBIX is released under the GPL, thus it is free of charge for both commercial and non-commercial use. A complete text of the license is available at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt.
It is highly recommended to upgrade from 1.6, 1.6.1 and 1.6.2.
This document contains the release notes for ZABBIX 1.6.3.
The following sections describe the release in details and provide late-breaking or other information that supplements its main documentation.
Important
It is recommended to create the following indexes in order to speed up performance of ZABBIX front-end as well as server side:
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX history_log_2 on history_log (itemid,id);
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX history_text_2 on history_text (itemid,id);
CREATE INDEX graphs_items_2 on graphs_items (graphid);
What's New in 1.6.3
:: Dynamic Menu
The main menu is made dynamic in order to simplify switching from one screen to another.
:: New Supported Checks
Added support of vfs.dev.read/write under FreeBSD. Also added support of <mode> for system.cpu.util under Solaris. Linux agent supports iowait,interrupt,softirq and steal for system.cpu.util.
:: Much Faster Dynamic SNMP Indexes
Added caching of dynamic SNMP indexes, which makes execution of complex SNMP checks much faster. The development work was sponsored by XS4ALL (http://www.zabbix.com/forum/../users.php#xs4all), the best ISP in the Netherlands!
:: Flexible Configuration of Default Dropdown Behaviour
New defines ZBX_DROPDOWN_FIRST_ENTRY and ZBX_DROPDOWN_FIRST_REMEMBER in file include/defines.inc.php can be used to change what dropdown entry is selected by default and if ZABBIX front-end should remember older selection. This can be very useful for large ZABBIX installations.
:: Other Improvements and Bug Fixes
improved item template-update
added support of text items for functions str, regexp and iregexp
"Cannot open Json object" message replaced with a better one in agent log
trailing newline added in the end of exported xml
when graph shows current time values, ">>" character is shown near end time
events duration now counts weeks instead of months, small GUI typos fix
Distributed monitoring: added update of Last check and Last value fields
historical data is now available for "not supported" items
added host name of deppended trigger
default autologout time is set to 900
improved performance of processing of log and text items
details box is open by default if any error occured
the behaviour of the agent's key "vfs.fs.size" improved to be similar to the "df" command
added entity counts on interfaces
improved queries in "Graphs" page
the purpose of the configuration parameter StartAgents precised
added new default user group "Disabled"
improved {ESC.HISTORY} macro in recovery notifications
expanded details box added for triggers copying messages
added tooltip in "status of ZABBIX" report for number of items and triggers parameter
allowed processing of non-agent based checks for unreachable hosts
added Polish locale
improved performance of the graph related screen due to missing index
fixed month representation in seconds in most busy triggers report
fixed bad performance of the string functions - added two database indexes
fixed Windows agent crash when using incorrect third parameter in proc_info metric
fixed memory leak while processing proc.num metric under Win2008
fixed data loss of text values processed by proxy
fixed problem with lost actions when upgrading database to 1.6.x
fixed "System status" cell colors with 0 active triggers
fixed hosts massupdate with "new group" and "use profile"
fixed problem with adding the graphs on an autodiscovered hosts
fixed SQL error when try to activate auto-login in profile
fixed SQL error on login screen when postgre is used, small GUI typos fix
Distributed monitoring: PosrgeSQL related fixes
Distributed monitoring: fixed deadlocks
fixed server memory leak in processing remote commands in actions
fixed error when try to remove trigger comment
fixed undefined argument on graph delete
changed disabled auto-logout indication
added extension to hosts when importing graph to template
display correct error message if file import fails
fixed zabbix server status when frontend and backend are on different servers
fixed screen clock set to server time showed local time
fixed min autologout value to 90 seconds
fixed wrong aggregate graph drawing
fixed template linkage not working properly
fixed incorrect processing of net.tcp.listen
fixed "invalid URL" when use small popup menus like ping etc
fixed "invalid URL" when add user to user group
fixed problem with "Too many open files" by agent under Solaris 2.5, 2.6
fixed displaying "no status update" error for template triggers
fixed processing of existing data when -n parameter is used for zabbix_server
fixed "Undefined index error" during frontend installation
fixed filter in audit filtering only logs
fixed evaluation of {ITEM.LASTVALUE} if the trigger expression consists of several items
fixed wrong action count in audit log
fixed resetting of web graph periods
fixed possible Windows agent crash when processing eventlog[]
fixed Wrong URL when add rights to user group
edited configure.in file to make some error messages more sensible
corrected some typos in misc/conf/zabbix_server.conf
corrected some typos in test/env/standalone/conf/template_server.conf
fixed processing of four-character-long item keys
trigger description in "Last 20 issues" is link to the URL defined in trigger parameters + minor GUI typos fix
fixed SNMP-related compilation problem with undefined 'localname' under some platforms
fixed web graphs start time not changing
fixed recursion detection in Include directive for config files
fixed minor GUI text errors
fixed wrong caption for graph item editing form
all templates linked to group Templates in default config
fixed "Invalid URL" error when choose History from history submenu
fixed "values per second" having too many decimal places
fixed duplicating entries in hosts groups after import
improved item graph exporting
fixed simple/advanced item filter switch
fixed sql error when filter items by host group
fixed element validation in sysmap elements
fixed audit log record for graph update action "added" -> "updated"
fixed possible server crash when using {TRIGGER.NAME} for notifications
fixed PostgreSQL errors with out of range string data
fixed import of triggers with {HOSTNAME} macro
fixed handling of -c parameter in zabbix_sender. Thanks to Jakov Sosic
fixed timeout handling for SNMP connect
fixed memory leak if trigger evaluation fails
removed "Step" field for recovery messages from Event details
fixed login while entering any page with HTTP auth enabled
default number of HTTP pollers was decreased to one
fixed sql problem with deletion of many hosts
fixed wrong result of function "nodata" after server restart
removed net-snmp debug messages from server logs
fixed support of quotation marks in command in UserParameter's
fixed deadlocks in dbcache module
added define for menu caching
fixed latest data auto-refresh cripples filter viewing issue
fixed warning zbx_malloc: allocating already allocated memory in json.c
fixed frontend vulnerabilitiesInstallation and Upgrade Notes
Installation
See ZABBIX Manual (http://www.zabbix.com/forum/../downloads/ZABBIX%20Manual%20v1.6.pdf) for full details.
Upgrade
Recompile ZABBIX binaries and update front-end PHP files, no database patching needed. See ZABBIX Manual (http://www.zabbix.com/forum/../downloads/ZABBIX%20Manual%20v1.6.pdf) for a detailed upgrade procedure. No upgrade of agents required, yet recommended.
Pre-release testing
ZABBIX Server
ZABBIX Server has been tested on the following platforms:
Ubuntu Linux, AMD64, kernel 2.6.11, MySQL 4.x
Ubuntu Linux, Intel, kernel 2.6.15, MySQL 5.0.22ZABBIX Agents
ZABBIX Agents have been compiled and tested on the following platforms:
AIX 5.2
FreeBSD 4.x, 5.x, 6.x
HP-UX 10.x, 11.x
Linux 2.4.x, 2.6.x
Linux CentOS
NetBSD 2.0
OS/X 10.2
Solaris 8, 9, 10
Tru64 5.1B
Windows XP, 2000, 2003, 2008, VistaNote that agents are available pre-compiled from http://www.zabbix.com/download.php (http://www.zabbix.com/forum/../download.php) for a limited number of versions and platforms.
Commercial support
ZABBIX Company provides a full range of professional services. Please contact our sales (sales@zabbix.com) department for pricing and more details.
References
ZABBIX 1.6 Manual (http://www.zabbix.com/forum/../downloads/ZABBIX%20Manual%20v1.6.pdf)
ZABBIX Forums (http://www.zabbix.com/forum (http://www.zabbix.com/forum/../forum))
ZABBIX Support (http://www.zabbix.com/support.php (http://www.zabbix.com/forum/../support.php))
ZABBIX is an enterprise-class open source distributed monitoring solution. ZABBIX is released under the GPL, thus it is free of charge for both commercial and non-commercial use. A complete text of the license is available at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt.
It is highly recommended to upgrade from 1.6, 1.6.1 and 1.6.2.
This document contains the release notes for ZABBIX 1.6.3.
The following sections describe the release in details and provide late-breaking or other information that supplements its main documentation.
Important
It is recommended to create the following indexes in order to speed up performance of ZABBIX front-end as well as server side:
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX history_log_2 on history_log (itemid,id);
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX history_text_2 on history_text (itemid,id);
CREATE INDEX graphs_items_2 on graphs_items (graphid);
What's New in 1.6.3
:: Dynamic Menu
The main menu is made dynamic in order to simplify switching from one screen to another.
:: New Supported Checks
Added support of vfs.dev.read/write under FreeBSD. Also added support of <mode> for system.cpu.util under Solaris. Linux agent supports iowait,interrupt,softirq and steal for system.cpu.util.
:: Much Faster Dynamic SNMP Indexes
Added caching of dynamic SNMP indexes, which makes execution of complex SNMP checks much faster. The development work was sponsored by XS4ALL (http://www.zabbix.com/forum/../users.php#xs4all), the best ISP in the Netherlands!
:: Flexible Configuration of Default Dropdown Behaviour
New defines ZBX_DROPDOWN_FIRST_ENTRY and ZBX_DROPDOWN_FIRST_REMEMBER in file include/defines.inc.php can be used to change what dropdown entry is selected by default and if ZABBIX front-end should remember older selection. This can be very useful for large ZABBIX installations.
:: Other Improvements and Bug Fixes
improved item template-update
added support of text items for functions str, regexp and iregexp
"Cannot open Json object" message replaced with a better one in agent log
trailing newline added in the end of exported xml
when graph shows current time values, ">>" character is shown near end time
events duration now counts weeks instead of months, small GUI typos fix
Distributed monitoring: added update of Last check and Last value fields
historical data is now available for "not supported" items
added host name of deppended trigger
default autologout time is set to 900
improved performance of processing of log and text items
details box is open by default if any error occured
the behaviour of the agent's key "vfs.fs.size" improved to be similar to the "df" command
added entity counts on interfaces
improved queries in "Graphs" page
the purpose of the configuration parameter StartAgents precised
added new default user group "Disabled"
improved {ESC.HISTORY} macro in recovery notifications
expanded details box added for triggers copying messages
added tooltip in "status of ZABBIX" report for number of items and triggers parameter
allowed processing of non-agent based checks for unreachable hosts
added Polish locale
improved performance of the graph related screen due to missing index
fixed month representation in seconds in most busy triggers report
fixed bad performance of the string functions - added two database indexes
fixed Windows agent crash when using incorrect third parameter in proc_info metric
fixed memory leak while processing proc.num metric under Win2008
fixed data loss of text values processed by proxy
fixed problem with lost actions when upgrading database to 1.6.x
fixed "System status" cell colors with 0 active triggers
fixed hosts massupdate with "new group" and "use profile"
fixed problem with adding the graphs on an autodiscovered hosts
fixed SQL error when try to activate auto-login in profile
fixed SQL error on login screen when postgre is used, small GUI typos fix
Distributed monitoring: PosrgeSQL related fixes
Distributed monitoring: fixed deadlocks
fixed server memory leak in processing remote commands in actions
fixed error when try to remove trigger comment
fixed undefined argument on graph delete
changed disabled auto-logout indication
added extension to hosts when importing graph to template
display correct error message if file import fails
fixed zabbix server status when frontend and backend are on different servers
fixed screen clock set to server time showed local time
fixed min autologout value to 90 seconds
fixed wrong aggregate graph drawing
fixed template linkage not working properly
fixed incorrect processing of net.tcp.listen
fixed "invalid URL" when use small popup menus like ping etc
fixed "invalid URL" when add user to user group
fixed problem with "Too many open files" by agent under Solaris 2.5, 2.6
fixed displaying "no status update" error for template triggers
fixed processing of existing data when -n parameter is used for zabbix_server
fixed "Undefined index error" during frontend installation
fixed filter in audit filtering only logs
fixed evaluation of {ITEM.LASTVALUE} if the trigger expression consists of several items
fixed wrong action count in audit log
fixed resetting of web graph periods
fixed possible Windows agent crash when processing eventlog[]
fixed Wrong URL when add rights to user group
edited configure.in file to make some error messages more sensible
corrected some typos in misc/conf/zabbix_server.conf
corrected some typos in test/env/standalone/conf/template_server.conf
fixed processing of four-character-long item keys
trigger description in "Last 20 issues" is link to the URL defined in trigger parameters + minor GUI typos fix
fixed SNMP-related compilation problem with undefined 'localname' under some platforms
fixed web graphs start time not changing
fixed recursion detection in Include directive for config files
fixed minor GUI text errors
fixed wrong caption for graph item editing form
all templates linked to group Templates in default config
fixed "Invalid URL" error when choose History from history submenu
fixed "values per second" having too many decimal places
fixed duplicating entries in hosts groups after import
improved item graph exporting
fixed simple/advanced item filter switch
fixed sql error when filter items by host group
fixed element validation in sysmap elements
fixed audit log record for graph update action "added" -> "updated"
fixed possible server crash when using {TRIGGER.NAME} for notifications
fixed PostgreSQL errors with out of range string data
fixed import of triggers with {HOSTNAME} macro
fixed handling of -c parameter in zabbix_sender. Thanks to Jakov Sosic
fixed timeout handling for SNMP connect
fixed memory leak if trigger evaluation fails
removed "Step" field for recovery messages from Event details
fixed login while entering any page with HTTP auth enabled
default number of HTTP pollers was decreased to one
fixed sql problem with deletion of many hosts
fixed wrong result of function "nodata" after server restart
removed net-snmp debug messages from server logs
fixed support of quotation marks in command in UserParameter's
fixed deadlocks in dbcache module
added define for menu caching
fixed latest data auto-refresh cripples filter viewing issue
fixed warning zbx_malloc: allocating already allocated memory in json.c
fixed frontend vulnerabilitiesInstallation and Upgrade Notes
Installation
See ZABBIX Manual (http://www.zabbix.com/forum/../downloads/ZABBIX%20Manual%20v1.6.pdf) for full details.
Upgrade
Recompile ZABBIX binaries and update front-end PHP files, no database patching needed. See ZABBIX Manual (http://www.zabbix.com/forum/../downloads/ZABBIX%20Manual%20v1.6.pdf) for a detailed upgrade procedure. No upgrade of agents required, yet recommended.
Pre-release testing
ZABBIX Server
ZABBIX Server has been tested on the following platforms:
Ubuntu Linux, AMD64, kernel 2.6.11, MySQL 4.x
Ubuntu Linux, Intel, kernel 2.6.15, MySQL 5.0.22ZABBIX Agents
ZABBIX Agents have been compiled and tested on the following platforms:
AIX 5.2
FreeBSD 4.x, 5.x, 6.x
HP-UX 10.x, 11.x
Linux 2.4.x, 2.6.x
Linux CentOS
NetBSD 2.0
OS/X 10.2
Solaris 8, 9, 10
Tru64 5.1B
Windows XP, 2000, 2003, 2008, VistaNote that agents are available pre-compiled from http://www.zabbix.com/download.php (http://www.zabbix.com/forum/../download.php) for a limited number of versions and platforms.
Commercial support
ZABBIX Company provides a full range of professional services. Please contact our sales (sales@zabbix.com) department for pricing and more details.
References
ZABBIX 1.6 Manual (http://www.zabbix.com/forum/../downloads/ZABBIX%20Manual%20v1.6.pdf)
ZABBIX Forums (http://www.zabbix.com/forum (http://www.zabbix.com/forum/../forum))
ZABBIX Support (http://www.zabbix.com/support.php (http://www.zabbix.com/forum/../support.php))