Alexei
03-04-2009, 18:06
ZABBIX SIA is proud to announce the availability of ZABBIX 1.6.4.
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, 1.6.2 and 1.6.3.
This document contains the release notes for ZABBIX 1.6.4.
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 (ignore it
if the indexes already exist):
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 1.6.4
:: Support of Quoted SNMP Strings
It is quite important fix to be mentioned as a new feature here. Now
quoted numeric SNMP data can be automatically processed.
:: Other Improvements and Bug Fixes
[ZBX-845] fixed calculation of delayed items for non-local nodes in Queue screen
[ZBX-842] fixed duplicate triggers in "Last 20 issues" in dashboard
[DEV-323] removed master nodes from dropdown
[ZBX-837] removed sid from Zabbix logo link
[ZBX-589] fixed processing of quoted floating point values
[ZBX-836] fixed probem with permissions of proxy shared memory
[ZBX-833] fixed link from maps element to trigger status page
[ZBX-831] DM: fixed synchronization of trends data
[DEV-137] DM: improved performance of historical data synchronization
[ZBX-827] fixed possible bug in actions hints
[ZBX-826] fixed problem displaying disabled web checks
[ZBX-825] fixed problem with changing item status in configuration web and items screens
[ZBX-822] fixed dashboard when logged in as guest
[ZBX-763] fixed warning message displayed at the bottom when saving graphs without items
[ZBX-821] fixed dashboard context menu "Latest data" does not show required host
[ZBX-819] Error in import script
[ZBX-818] In configuration->items, if selected Host All, items hosts are shown in tableInstallation 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, 1.6.2 and 1.6.3.
This document contains the release notes for ZABBIX 1.6.4.
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 (ignore it
if the indexes already exist):
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 1.6.4
:: Support of Quoted SNMP Strings
It is quite important fix to be mentioned as a new feature here. Now
quoted numeric SNMP data can be automatically processed.
:: Other Improvements and Bug Fixes
[ZBX-845] fixed calculation of delayed items for non-local nodes in Queue screen
[ZBX-842] fixed duplicate triggers in "Last 20 issues" in dashboard
[DEV-323] removed master nodes from dropdown
[ZBX-837] removed sid from Zabbix logo link
[ZBX-589] fixed processing of quoted floating point values
[ZBX-836] fixed probem with permissions of proxy shared memory
[ZBX-833] fixed link from maps element to trigger status page
[ZBX-831] DM: fixed synchronization of trends data
[DEV-137] DM: improved performance of historical data synchronization
[ZBX-827] fixed possible bug in actions hints
[ZBX-826] fixed problem displaying disabled web checks
[ZBX-825] fixed problem with changing item status in configuration web and items screens
[ZBX-822] fixed dashboard when logged in as guest
[ZBX-763] fixed warning message displayed at the bottom when saving graphs without items
[ZBX-821] fixed dashboard context menu "Latest data" does not show required host
[ZBX-819] Error in import script
[ZBX-818] In configuration->items, if selected Host All, items hosts are shown in tableInstallation 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))