ZABBIX 1.3.1 (beta) released
ZABBIX SIA is proud to announce the availability of ZABBIX
1.3.1.
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. The full license is available at
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt.
This document contains the release notes for ZABBIX 1.3.1.
The release supports MySQL and SQLite only. Support of
Oracle and PostgreSQL will be restored in next beta.
Do not use this release in production! It is for early beta
testing only.
The following sections describe the release in detail and
provide late-breaking or other information that supplements
the main documentation.
What's New in 1.3.1
:: XML Import/Export
New XML based import/export allows manipulation with hosts,
items and triggers making it an excellent choice for sharing
common templates. Old bulkloader has been removed.
:: Support of SQLite3
SQLite is an excellent choice for running
zero-administration ZABBIX nodes on an embedded hardware.
Not recommended for large setups due to inefficient locking
mehanism.
:: ZABBIX Manual in PDF format
Download, read and print ZABBIX manual! Find it in directory
doc/ of ZABBIX source distribution.
:: Transactional approach for ZABBIX Server
Use of transactions improves performance of ZABBIX, it also
maintains better integrity and security of ZABBIX data.
:: New configuration parameters for ZABBIX server
* StartPingers
* StartPollersUnreachable
:: New definition of some parameters of ZABBIX server
* StartPollers
* StartTrappers
:: Misc functionality
* better editing of custom graphs
* support of '-n' flag for ZABBIX Server: change Node ID
* improved error displaying
* added 'Host Group' element to graphs
* other improvements and bug fixes
Installation and Upgrade Notes
Installation
See the Installation Guide
http://www.zabbix.com/manual/v1.4/install.php for full
details. See
http://www.zabbix.com/manual/v1.4/in...source_web.php for
information about Installation Wizard.
Upgrade
No upgrade script are provided for migration from 1.1.x.
Please do not upgrade! The release may or may not work on
your system. It has been tested on a very limited number of
systems.
Pre-release testing
ZABBIX Server
ZABBIX Server has been compiled and tested on the following
platforms:
* Ubuntu Linux, AMD64, kernel 2.6.11, MySQL 4.x
* Ubuntu Linux, Intel, kernel 2.6.15, MySQL 5.0.22
ZABBIX Agents
ZABBIX Agents have been compiled and tested on the following
platforms:
* Linux 2.6.11 (Ubuntu)
* Windows XP
* Windows XP 64bit
Note that agents are available pre-compiled from
http://www.zabbix.com/download.php for a limited number of
versions and platforms.
Commercial support
ZABBIX Company provides full range of professional services.
Please contact our sales department for pricing and more
details.
References
* ZABBIX v1.1 Manual
http://www.zabbix.com/manual/v1.1/index.php
* ZABBIX v1.3 (beta) Manual
http://www.zabbix.com/manual/v1.4/index.php
* ZABBIX Forums (http://www.zabbix.com/forum)
* ZABBIX Support (http://www.zabbix.com/support.php)
1.3.1.
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. The full license is available at
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt.
This document contains the release notes for ZABBIX 1.3.1.
The release supports MySQL and SQLite only. Support of
Oracle and PostgreSQL will be restored in next beta.
Do not use this release in production! It is for early beta
testing only.
The following sections describe the release in detail and
provide late-breaking or other information that supplements
the main documentation.
What's New in 1.3.1
:: XML Import/Export
New XML based import/export allows manipulation with hosts,
items and triggers making it an excellent choice for sharing
common templates. Old bulkloader has been removed.
:: Support of SQLite3
SQLite is an excellent choice for running
zero-administration ZABBIX nodes on an embedded hardware.
Not recommended for large setups due to inefficient locking
mehanism.
:: ZABBIX Manual in PDF format
Download, read and print ZABBIX manual! Find it in directory
doc/ of ZABBIX source distribution.
:: Transactional approach for ZABBIX Server
Use of transactions improves performance of ZABBIX, it also
maintains better integrity and security of ZABBIX data.
:: New configuration parameters for ZABBIX server
* StartPingers
* StartPollersUnreachable
:: New definition of some parameters of ZABBIX server
* StartPollers
* StartTrappers
:: Misc functionality
* better editing of custom graphs
* support of '-n' flag for ZABBIX Server: change Node ID
* improved error displaying
* added 'Host Group' element to graphs
* other improvements and bug fixes
Installation and Upgrade Notes
Installation
See the Installation Guide
http://www.zabbix.com/manual/v1.4/install.php for full
details. See
http://www.zabbix.com/manual/v1.4/in...source_web.php for
information about Installation Wizard.
Upgrade
No upgrade script are provided for migration from 1.1.x.
Please do not upgrade! The release may or may not work on
your system. It has been tested on a very limited number of
systems.
Pre-release testing
ZABBIX Server
ZABBIX Server has been compiled and tested on the following
platforms:
* Ubuntu Linux, AMD64, kernel 2.6.11, MySQL 4.x
* Ubuntu Linux, Intel, kernel 2.6.15, MySQL 5.0.22
ZABBIX Agents
ZABBIX Agents have been compiled and tested on the following
platforms:
* Linux 2.6.11 (Ubuntu)
* Windows XP
* Windows XP 64bit
Note that agents are available pre-compiled from
http://www.zabbix.com/download.php for a limited number of
versions and platforms.
Commercial support
ZABBIX Company provides full range of professional services.
Please contact our sales department for pricing and more
details.
References
* ZABBIX v1.1 Manual
http://www.zabbix.com/manual/v1.1/index.php
* ZABBIX v1.3 (beta) Manual
http://www.zabbix.com/manual/v1.4/index.php
* ZABBIX Forums (http://www.zabbix.com/forum)
* ZABBIX Support (http://www.zabbix.com/support.php)