Notas de la versión de Zabbix 1.8.4

4 Enero 2011

El equipo Zabbix se complace en anunciar la disponibilidad de Zabbix 1.8.4.

Zabbix es una solución de monitoreo distribuido de código abierto y de clase empresarial. Zabbix se publica bajo la GPL, por lo que es gratuito para uso comercial y no comercial. El texto completo de la licencia está disponible en http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt.

Este documento contiene las notas de lanzamiento de la versión de Zabbix 1.8.4. Descárgalo desde download.

Las siguientes secciones describen la versión en detalle y proporcionan información reciente u otra información que complementa la documentación principal.

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Fixes and minor improvements

ZBX-3351	fixed broken support of 1.4.x style configuration file format for WEB interface
ZBX-3256	added automatic detection of fping command line option to use for specifying source IP address
ZBX-3333	fixed icmppingloss[] returning bad values when NIC bonding is used
ZBX-1985, ZBX-2394	fixed icmppingloss[] returning bad values when fping is capable of pinging both address families
ZBX-2825	fix after saving the profile it stays in the profile page
ZBX-1294	disabled GUI interface action elements for editing a templated trigger
ZBX-3306	fixed minimal value limit for action escalation period
ZBX-3320	fixed host.create, template.create permission error for admin users
ZBX-266	made debugging output for Web scenarios more useful
ZBX-1181	fixed infinite looping when failing cURL initialization and showing of such errors in the GUI
ZBX-1181	fixed download speed, response time, and response code not being saved for failed Web scenario steps
ZBX-2851	fixed Apache hanging when frontend connects to empty database
ZBX-2647	made some of hard coded strings translatable
ZBX-3294	fixed host status change confirmation dialog
ZBX-3301	fixed server crash after libssh2_userauth_list() when processing SSH checks
ZBX-2395	fixed sending of the same message to the same user using different media types
ZBXNEXT-586	added sensor[device,sensor,<mode>] check for Linux 2.4
ZBXNEXT-586	added sensor[device,sensor,<mode>] check for OpenBSD; thanks to Robert Nagy
ZBX-3252	fixed graph height calculations when graph height was less then 120px
ZBX-3261	fixed second level template deletion
ZBX-3295	fixed compilation warnings in eztexting module if code configured without cURL library
ZBX-2862	it is now not possible to delete host group or user group used in scripts
ZBX-3281	fixed system.cpu.util[] for all processors combined on NetBSD
ZBX-3006	fixed some forms <input> elements are put inside <table> tag
ZBXNEXT-176	added Zabbix server name input during setup
ZBX-3253	added schema selection for db2 setup and a configuration file parameter on the server
ZBX-3239	fixed error in Proxies screen on Oracle, when no proxy defined
ZBX-3273	removed renewed auto registration notifications for already created hosts
ZBX-1294	disabled "Add" and "Toggle input method" for templated trigger expressions
ZBX-3223	it is now possible to gather network interface statistics under a normal user on OpenBSD; thanks to Robert Nagy
ZBX-3270	fixed server crash when processing calculated items with non-numeric user macros
ZBXNEXT-564	added new {PROXY.NAME} and {HOSTNAME} macros for auto registration notifications
ZBXNEXT-564	added support of {PROXY.NAME} macro for discovery and trigger notifications
ZBX-3269	fixed processing of vfs.dev.read/write metrics for devices with trailing digits
ZBX-3115	fixed returned data type for net.tcp.listen under Solaris and FreeBSD
ZBX-3115	fixed returned data type for system.users.num metric
ZBX-3267	fixed trigger updating through API
ZBX-3259	fixed log trigger wizard functionality: now it can be used for any item with value type = log, text or char
ZBX-2672	added internal checks zabbix[*] to help items in data.sql
ZBX-3255	fixed string escaping under IBM DB2
ZBX-3201	fixed evaluation of calculated items with multiline expressions
ZBX-3210	fixed incorrect height scaling in graphs
ZBX-3231	improved item key validation in the GUI and notification macro parser on the server
ZBX-3061	fixed screen import problem with "Status of triggers" screen type
ZBX-3249	added define for frontend graphing on partitioned DB data store
ZBX-3216	fixed setup not catching existing configuration file on step 6
ZBX-3240	updated Russian translation; thanks to dotneft and zalex_ua
ZBX-3229	improved output of configure script
ZBX-3222	fixed Zabbix returns to incorrect page from acknowledge form
ZBX-2577	fixed template trigger update affects downstream triggers
ZBX-3221	fixed host deletion through API
ZBX-3220	fixed error when delete host on postgresql db
ZBX-2293	fixed server terminating when sending "database down" alerts using scripts
ZBX-3184	fixed 1000 vs. 1024 multipliers for bits, bytes, and other units in notification macros
ZBX-3184	fixed negative values with unit suffixes in notification macros
ZBX-3211	updated Ukrainian translation; renamed locale to uk_ua; thanks to zalex_ua
ZBX-3085	fixed possible stop to send data from proxy after shutdown of MySQL server; thanks to Takanori Suzuki
ZBX-3169	updated French translation; thanks to Alixen
ZBX-3218	server and proxy are no longer built with libcurl by default
ZBX-3145	fixed user macros resolving
ZBX-3215	fixed filtering by group in trigger selection popup
ZBX-3144	removed parsing of existing expression in trigger expression popup
ZBX-3207	fixed possibility to click on web items in trigger expressions
ZBX-3021	fixed possibility to create dependency between host and template triggers
ZBX-3205	fixed incorrect event duration count
ZBX-3183	fixed maintenance permission issue
ZBX-3183	added screenname GET parameter support to screens.php
ZBX-2639	added net.if.total and net.if.list items in the help_items table
ZBX-1600	added support of value mapping for {ITEM.VALUE} macro in notifications
ZBX-3065	fixed undefined variables in maps.php when logged as guest and no maps defined
ZBX-3206	fixed timeout for simple checks (removed hardcoded timeout 3 sec)
ZBX-2787	it is no longer possible add invalid time for IT services, like 1:111 or 23:67 or 4:66 and so on
ZBXNEXT-557	added TL compatibility information when executed AIX agent with --version flag
ZBX-3195	fixed slow sync of trends data while server shutdown
ZBXNEXT-549	added trigger function strlen()
ZBX-3156	fixed integer trends for child node on master; thanks to Łukasz Reszka
ZBX-3040	guest users now can't edit trigger comments
ZBX-3123	fixed Oracle SQL errors in processing of IT services
ZBXNEXT-205, ZBXNEXT-355	added support of user macros in community, OID, security name and passphrases fields of SNMP items
ZBXNEXT-357	added support of user macros in parameters field of database item; thanks to Kirill Fateev
ZBX-3179	fixed memory leaks and 100% CPU usage for proxy with SQLite3
ZBXNEXT-538	include ibm_db2.sql and images_ibm_db2.sql files in distribution package
ZBX-3107	fixed graph bugs: problem with large values, problem with uptime format
ZBX-2349	unicode support for macros and web scenario steps
ZBX-3137	fixed errors related to deleting an application that is used in a web scenario
ZBXNEXT-538	added support for IBM DB2
ZBX-1362	optimized alert performance
ZBX-2852	fixed map not updating in slideshow
ZBX-1346	update example agent daemon configuration file for Windows with parameters from Zabbix manual
ZBX-2984	fixed incorrect trigger line in graphs. For line drawing was used axis from first item not trigger item
ZBX-3059	different titles for popup menu depending on data type
ZBX-2861	fixed error when adding users to usergroups
ZBX-1492	added confirmation dialog when deleting macros
ZBX-3135	add an example for using standard input in zabbix_sender manpage
ZBX-2616	bundled DejaVu font upgraded from 2.31 to 2.32
ZBX-2630	fixed ability to translate various strings in the frontend depending on their context
ZBX-3091	fixed error when updating proxy
ZBX-3120	fixed error when creating a new map
ZBX-3042	fixed submitParent field error
ZBX-1038	fixed last(), prev(), diff(), change(), and abschange() not working properly with long textual values
ZBXNEXT-532	specify timestamp format in zabbix_sender manpage and help output; hint at required item configuration in zabbix_sender manpage
ZBX-3103	updated French translation; thanks to Alixen
ZBX-3095	fixed processing of 'Host template' condition in actions
ZBX-2981	removed unnecessary queries in map permission checks
ZBX-3080	fixed javascript not cached by browsers
ZBX-2661	improved displaying discovery checks in configuration
ZBX-3086	fixed errors when edit hostgroup linkage for hosts and templates
ZBX-3025	resurrected unreachable pollers and StartPollersUnreachable configuration parameter
ZBX-2351	fixed server trying to insert duplicate eventids into the database
ZBX-3069	renamed monitoring graphs combobox "All" entry to "not selected"
ZBX-2872	greatly improved API methods consistency
ZBX-3070	fixed event date format inconsistency
ZBX-3068	fixed possible crash of server while processing passive proxies
ZBX-3068	fixed server memory leak while processing passive proxies
ZBX-2749	fixed length parameter being ignored for web.page.regexp[]
ZBX-2749	fixed agent crash in web.page.regexp[] on very long matched fragments
ZBX-2913	fixed agent becoming unresponsive due to web.page.* checks
ZBXNEXT-430	added support of net.tcp.listen and net.udp.listen under Linux
ZBX-453	fixed --disable-static enabling static compilation
ZBX-2992	acknowledges are now hidden in event details when turned off
ZBX-3050	fixed that host can be named like an existing template and otherwise
ZBX-3019	fixed templated graphs not being copied to discovered hosts in DM setup; thanks to Alexander Ignatyev
ZBX-2860	fixed usergroup renaming
ZBX-3027	avg, delta, max, min, sum functions in popup_trexpr.php have a time shift input, so that this parameter now can be specified through GUI
ZBX-2827	added checks when adding or updating maintenances, so that duplicate names could not be added
ZBX-2978	fixed graphs import with Y axis set to an item
ZBX-2507	minimal graph dimension size is set to 20 pixels
ZBX-2665	web scenario steps on graphs now are in correct order
ZBX-2995	fixed crash in zbx_mem_realloc(), reduced memory usage and memory fragmentation in configuration cache
ZBX-3024	in trigger expression selection popup, expressions are now filtered, depending on item type
ZBX-3023	fixed repeated notifications after maintenance period
ZBX-3017	fixed error when try to add dependency to template trigger that is linked to a host
ZBX-3008	fixed server generating multiple unknown events for triggers with multiple items
ZBX-3011	passwords are no longer shown in HTML when editing media types
ZBXNEXT-510	sending of SMS messages through Ez Texting is now integrated into Zabbix
ZBX-1425	option ALL is added to host group dropdown when adding or editing host group
ZBX-1675	fixed map element coordinates do not update after the element has been dragged
ZBX-1292	item names are now prefixed with host names, if they are from different hosts in trigger description popup
ZBX-2844	added HTML escaping of screen names in combox box output in monitoring
ZBXNEXT-373	added support for NTLM authentication to Web monitoring
ZBX-1486	when multiple map elements are selected, pressing "Remove" in editing form removes all selected elements
ZBX-1442	when linking objects during map editing, link "apply" does not close the form any more
ZBX-2986	acknowledges now are hidden in last 20 issue popup when turned off
ZBX-2988	fixed {ITEM.VALUE} macro in Monitoring/Events screen
ZBX-2974	fixed possibility to delete templated applications
ZBX-1172	added sorting for audit resource dropdown
ZBX-2982	added IP and port of Zabbix server in dashboard widget "Status of Zabbix"
ZBX-2964	fixed processes failing to start when no IPv6 is available on the system
ZBX-2977	fixed removing unused records in node_cksum table; thanks to Łukasz Reszka
ZBX-2946	fixed building from FreeBSD ports with libexecinfo installed; thanks to Dmitry Yakovlev
ZBX-2957	changed mime type for downloadable locale file
ZBX-2493	fixed obsolete macro used by default; start using different subject and message for default action messages
ZBX-2976	fixed server crash when processing zabbix[items_unsupported] under DebugLevel=4
ZBX-2950	added popup menus for map elements
ZBX-2967	added filter for hosts configuration screen
ZBX-2962	fixed template macro update
ZBX-2572	added configuration define for zapcat compatibility mode
ZBX-2690	added validation for screens XML
ZBX-2942	increased minimum interval for ICMP pings to 20 ms; thanks to nelsonab
ZBX-2945	email sender now knows how to handle multiline responses from SMTP servers
ZBXNEXT-360	zabbix_sender now allows "-" for default hostname in input files; thanks to Dennis Jacobfeuerborn
ZBX-1908	fixed file and socket descriptors leaking to child processes; thanks to Dan Horak
ZBX-2960	split agentd userparameters out using includable files, add more MySQL examples
ZBXNEXT-458	user macros (e.g., {$MACRO}) can now be used in item and trigger descriptions
ZBX-2959	fixed trailing whitespace & missing trailing newline in downloaded translations
ZBX-2910	fixed 'strerror_from_system undefined' compilation warning on Windows; thanks to Takanori Suzuki
ZBX-2902	fixed system.cpu.load[] and system.cpu.util[] being slightly exaggerated on Windows; thanks to Kodai Terashima
ZBX-2954	fixed translations in template delete popups
ZBX-2938	fixed not showing problems on map for hosts in maintenance
ZBXNEXT-238	made zabbix_sender gather as much data as possible before sending
ZBX-2948	fixed export of trigger dependencies
ZBX-2949	fixed Templates screen Go action 'Delete'
ZBX-2934	added new conf. constants for roundoff configuration
ZBX-2907	fixed errors when action condition has trigger from another node
ZBX-2928	fixed "triggers info" unknown counter, added not classified triggers count
ZBX-2914	Gentoo initscript cleanup
ZBX-2914	fixed incorrect references in Fedora initscripts
ZBX-2925	empty values for translations won't be written to resulting file
ZBX-2933	fixed js error in IE when Print button pressed
ZBX-2937	fixed missing style files for IE
ZBX-2864	fixed print button creating multiple sid url parameters
ZBX-2899	fixed slideshow delays broken after upgrade from 1.8.2
ZBX-2923	fixed triggers that depend on problem trigger are shown as problem on map
ZBX-2683	minor updates for the Latvian translation
ZBX-2916	fixed duplicate parent map links in monitoring maps
ZBX-2905	fixed single trigger name expanding, unknown problem count and duplicate elements count in network maps
ZBX-2914	unified pidfile path in example Debian initscripts with example config files
ZBX-886	removed duplicate locale string S_ACTIONS_BIG
ZBX-633	fixed server crash on disconnected IPMI devices
ZBX-2904	fixed some unknown triggers not shown in status of triggers screen
ZBX-2900	added spaces to "From:" and "To:" email headers
ZBX-2894	fixed multiple references on same line in map labels
ZBX-2888	fixed host profiles export
ZBX-2890	fixed parsing of negative values in trigger expressions
ZBX-2798	added more checks for unknown nodes to communication between nodes
ZBX-2716	make all example initscripts point to sbin for daemon path

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Notas de instalación y actualización

Instalación

Ver Manual de Zabbix para conocer todos los detalles.

Actualizar

Ver Procedimiento de actualización for upgrade options and instructions. For version specific upgrade notes, see Upgrade notes for 1.8.4.

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Referencias

Zabbix 1.8 Manual