Release Notes for Zabbix 6.2.1

25 July 2022

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 6.2.1.

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. A complete text of the license is available at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt.

This document contains the release notes for Zabbix 6.2.1. Download it from here.

The following sections describe the release in details and provide late-breaking or other information that supplements its main documentation.

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New Features and Improvements

ZBXNEXT-2878	Added new vmware.*.property items Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-7814	Updated max supported MariaDB version to 10.8 Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-5229	Added support for VMware tags for hv, vm, ds, cl and dc Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-2043	Added new VMware keys *.alarms.get Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-7633	Added HPE Synergy template Templates
ZBXNEXT-7802	Added namespaces in templates HashiCorp Consul by HTTP Templates
ZBXNEXT-6300	Added checksum failure triggers to PostgreSQL by Zabbix agent 2 template Templates

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-7706	Improved performance of graph.get and graphprototype.get methods API Frontend
ZBX-21291	Fixed aggregation by sum for the graph widget; fixed approximation function for aggregate values Frontend
ZBX-21290	Fixed displaying extra reporting periods in SLA reports when filtered by date Frontend
ZBX-21294	Fixed macros not being updated in JavaScript preprocessing step Proxy Server
ZBX-21310	Fixed SSL_shutdown() error in zabbix_server.log when receiving active check heartbeat Agent
ZBX-21269	Fixed missing custom time period icon in graph widgets when editing dashboards Frontend
ZBX-21110	Fixed time string parsing in graphs with items without data Frontend
ZBX-19731	Fixed problems page and problems widget table layout issues when long names are used Frontend
ZBX-21314	Fixed locale for Digital clock widget Frontend
ZBX-20523	Fixed symlink names expansion in vfs.dir.get and vfs.file.get Agent
ZBX-20448	Improved error message when failed to accept incoming connection Agent
ZBX-20860	Fixed Zabbix agent 2 build on mipsle and mipsle64 Linux Agent
ZBX-21218	Fixed deadlocks between server and frontend when discovering items with LLD Server
ZBX-21021	Fixed services actions not executing scripts Server
ZBX-20586	Free TLS C resources when closing TLS connection on agent 2 Agent
ZBX-21301	Fixed ambiguity and inability to set character set for MariaDB connection by setting utf8mb3 character instead of utf8 Proxy Server
ZBX-17450	Added check for minimal amount of data with forecast/timeleft functions and polynomial fit Server
ZBX-19001	Fixed wmi.getall[] and wmi.get[] to report invalid queries Agent
ZBX-21282	Fixed graph widget missing data option Frontend
ZBX-20908	Fixed interface type labels in host edit form Frontend
ZBX-21157	Fixed warning message overlaying error message when cloning a host Frontend
ZBX-20667	Fixed timeout issue for agent 2 checks in test run mode Agent
ZBX-20467	Fixed z-select options with long labels Frontend
ZBX-21159	Improved logging in the case of permission errors during HA startup Server
ZBX-20962	Improved error message when trying to use foreach function with single item query Server
ZBX-20880	Changed HA cluster node discovery to return empty array in standalone mode Server
ZBX-20203	Fixed agent 2 log* item large file support on windows Agent
ZBX-21044	Fixed JavaScript preprocessing output conversion to utf-8 Server
ZBX-21125	Fixed incorrect filter results with empty multiselect fields in Monitoring Problems Frontend
ZBX-18957	Fixed not displaying years on X axis of classic graphs Frontend
ZBX-21061	Fixed incorrect error message position on Authentication page Frontend
ZBX-20978	Fixed trigger popover layout error in high-contrast themes Frontend
ZBX-20682	Fixed unexpected tab being opened in item configuration after saving the host in popup Frontend
ZBX-20849	Fixed hotkeys occasionally not working in popups Frontend
ZBX-20974	Updated CFormList to CFormGrid in Administration->Authentication Frontend
ZBX-20669	Fixed focus on fields when clicking on labels Frontend
ZBX-20854	Fixed missing headers in Columns field in Top hosts widget configuration form Frontend
ZBX-21172	Fixed host group names and added IPv6 support in Templates Kubernetes by HTTP Templates
ZBX-20965	Fixed positioning of change indicator in Item value widget Frontend
ZBX-21040	Fixed widget configuration form flickering when switching widget types Frontend
ZBX-20887	Added missing documentation link in Dashboard sharing popup form Frontend
ZBX-20743	Fixed error handling in compression with Apache licensed TimescaleDB 2.x API Frontend Server
ZBX-20629	Fixed auto refreshing for graphs on Monitoring -> Hosts page Frontend
ZBX-19955	Fixed script item in Cloudflare template Templates
ZBX-18534	Fixed name autocomplete when select element has been selected in map navigation tree Frontend
ZBX-20781	Fixed overlapping of subfilter options Frontend
ZBX-10615	Fixed missing translations context for strings used as headers in small tables Frontend
ZBX-19205	Fixed item preprocessing in PostgreSQL by Zabbix agent 2 template Templates
ZBX-20473	Fixed evaluation period macro in disk space triggers for NetApp FAS3220 template Templates
ZBX-21199	Fixed space utilization items in HPE MSA 2040 and 2060 templates Templates
ZBX-18035	Updated README.md for Slack and Mattermost media types Documentation
ZBX-20960	Fixed SVG graph widget throwing error when attempting to plot item with valid user macro defined in history storage period Frontend
ZBX-21143	Changed API URL in Express.ms media type to a new version Templates
ZBX-21163	Fixed "Host inventory overview" page behavior when selected host group was removed Frontend
ZBX-20584	Fixed possibility to open graph in a full screen from graph widget Frontend
ZBX-20233	Fixed handling of empty configuration parameters $ZBX_SERVER and $ZBX_SERVER_PORT the same as if they were not defined API Frontend
ZBX-20029	Fixed deprecated keys in IIS by Zabbix agent templates Templates
ZBX-20888	Improved out of memory error message readability Proxy Server
ZBX-21020	Improved "ServerActive" configuration option description Documentation
ZBX-20855	Fixed preprocessing not to discard event log specific data Proxy Server
ZBX-20638	Fixed handling of DB version higher than supported Frontend Proxy Server
ZBX-21015	Fixed web scenario tags disappearing from Monitoring -> Hosts -> Web scenario on page auto refresh Frontend
ZBX-20847	Fixed inability to attach any host groups after removing already attached ones Frontend
ZBX-20534	Fixed popup layout for importing when horizontal scroll was not visible Frontend
ZBX-20496	Fixed delete missing import option for templated dashboards Frontend
ZBX-20591	Fixed draggable block position in preprocessing Frontend
ZBX-21086	Fixed regexp matching not to check for UTF-8 validity Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-21350	Fixed cross-site scripting vulnerability in backurl parameter Frontend

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Installation and Upgrade Notes

Installation

See Zabbixマニュアル for full details.

アップグレードサービス

See Upgrade procedure for upgrade options and instructions. For version specific upgrade notes, see Upgrade notes for 6.2.1.

Commercial support

Zabbix Company provides a full range of Professional Services. We also provide trouble-free Upgrade Service for easy migration from earlier versions of Zabbix. Please 営業への問い合わせ for pricing and more details.

• Zabbix Enterprise Support
• Zabbix トレーニング
• Zabbix Development Services

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References

Zabbix 6.2 Manual