Expression working in 5.2 not working in 6.0

[gwynll]

In Zabbix 5.2 I have an External Check Item with the following Key:

flexlm.sh["27002","{HOST.NAME}"]

And then I have a Trigger in the same template that's based on the following expression:

{Template - FlexLM licence status 27002:flexlm.sh["27002","{HOST.NAME}"].last()}=0


Then there is a flexlm.sh file in the externalscripts folder of the server that carries out one command. The above all works fine.

However, I try to replicate the exact settings of the above on a new Zabbix v6 installation that I'm currently testing and am having issues. The creation of the Item seems to have gone OK, but when I try to create the Trigger I get the following error:

Cannot add trigger
Invalid parameter "/1/expression": incorrect expression starting from "{Template - FlexLM licence status 27002:flexlm.sh["27002","{HOST.NAME}"].last()}=0".

Has anything changed in the expression syntax between 5.2 and 6.0?

Thanks.

[Markku]

OK thanks. Do you know how I would convert the my syntax to the current format?

By doing a Zabbix server upgrade: it will convert all triggers automatically.

So, take a copy of your 5.2 database, install Zabbix 6.0 server package on a new server, and point it to the database copy. Start the new Zabbix server, and it will convert the database automatically.

New syntax should be last(/Template - FlexLM licence status 27002/flexlm.sh["27002","{HOST.NAME}"])=0 but verify that yourself.

Markku

[Atsushi]

The format of the trigger expression has changed from Zabbix 5.4.

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/6.0/en/manual/config/triggers/expression

[gwynll]

OK thanks. Do you know how I would convert the my syntax to the current format?

I'm reading through the docs but it's not making a great deal of sense to me at the moment

[Markku]

OK thanks. Do you know how I would convert the my syntax to the current format?

By doing a Zabbix server upgrade: it will convert all triggers automatically.

So, take a copy of your 5.2 database, install Zabbix 6.0 server package on a new server, and point it to the database copy. Start the new Zabbix server, and it will convert the database automatically.

New syntax should be last(/Template - FlexLM licence status 27002/flexlm.sh["27002","{HOST.NAME}"])=0 but verify that yourself.

Markku

[gwynll]

Hello. I was unable to do the upgrade-convert on this occasion because they were two separate Zabbix installations (of different versions), where I was simply copying the config. But thanks a lot for the updated syntax - that's worked great.