Release Notes for Zabbix 1.8.1

27 January 2010

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 1.8.1.

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 1.8.1. Download 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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Fixes and minor improvements

ZBX-1850	fixed warnings when saving host with enabled profile
ZBX-1779	fixed incorrect number of problems in Host Status widget
ZBX-1849	fixed colours of trigger severity in Host Status widget
ZBX-1757	fixed oracle 1.8 upgrade patch, not null constraints
ZBX-1762	fixed errors when editing media types
DEV-445	added support of system.stat[] under AIX
ZBX-1633	fixed sysmaps in PostgreSQL upgrade patch
ZBX-1617	fixed triggers duplicating in template linking for discovered hosts
ZBX-1840	fixed bad performance of the node synchronization - fixed database index
ZBX-1742	fixed processing of "system.uptime" check under Windows to return values as integers
ZBX-1786	fixed not remembered group when using paging in export screen
ZBX-1735	added "ERROR" words to some error messages in data cache module
ZBX-1321	fixed displaying of large unsigned int values in latest data
ZBX-1838	fixed value mapping in overview screen
ZBX-1788	fixed proxy configuration form showing hosts from all nodes
ZBX-954	fix typo in default trigger names
ZBX-1746	fixed problems viewing map element
ZBX-1763	applied patch with translation for some javascript strings
DEV-447, DEV-448	added support of net.if.* under Windows
ZBX-1582	fixed processing ssh.run[...] check to avoid the server crashing on libssh2 timeout
ZBX-1688	hosts, user doesn't have permission to, are shown gray in hostgroup configuration screen
ZBX-1608	fixed notifications after maintenance periods
ZBX-1576	fixed evaluating aggregate items for large host groups
ZBX-1822	added option to expand single problem for hosts,maps,host groups
DEV-360	added support of calculated items
ZBX-1821	fixed map problem if icon element is not selected
ZBX-1177	returned slide-level refresh rate
ZBX-1331	implemented auto adding selected group on host creation
ZBX-1427	fixed adding Actions through API
ZBX-1810	fixed adding user media through API
ZBX-1818	fixed API inner inconsistency in method naming
ZBX-1818	changed API version
ZBX-3	remove a comment saying syslog is used until it works from proxy config file as well
ZBX-1801	fixed action disable link
ZBX-1763	added last week to SLA weekly graph
ZBX-1716	fixed server behaviour (not dying silently) when mysql database user, password or privileges change
ZBX-1800	updated Japanese translation; thanks to Kodai
ZBX-1798	updated Russian translation; thanks to dotneft
ZBX-1783	fixed problem with fixed Y axis in graphs
ZBX-1654	fixed disabled trigger map icon
ZBX-1653	fixed link from maps to events
ZBX-1164	improved error messaging in regexp form
ZBX-1774	fixed error in slide screen in case if no screens defined
ZBX-1758	improved node filtering in sqls
ZBX-1776	fixed js error for ie6 in triggers status screen
ZBX-1752	fixed error showing maps when REGISTER_GLOBALS in PHP is on
ZBX-954	fixed typos in changelog, error messages and frontend item hints
ZBX-1725	fixed graphitem sortorder
ZBX-1635	fixed possible Windows agent crash when using checks based on performance counters
ZBX-1759	fixed bug when bulk acknowledge, acknowledges already acknowledged events
ZBX-1596	fixed checking of allowed hosts for data sent by zabbix_sender
ZBX-1572	fixed processing of the performance counters defined in the configuration file using non-latin symbols
ZBX-1264	added support of simplified syntax for external checks
ZBX-1483	fixed icmppingsec to return seconds as in 1.6.x
ZBX-862	added support of kernel.maxproc[] under Linux 2.6
ZBX-1714	added confirmation dialogue for proxy operations
ZBX-1717	fixed configuration -> ITservices display bugs when nodeid is greater than 99
ZBX-1712	removed empty translation strings
ZBXNEXT-194	added host status widget to dashboard
ZBX-1670	fixed events from slave nodes not shown when all nodes are selected
ZBX-1668	fixed saving graphs with web items
ZBX-1728	fixed expression deletion in log trigger form
ZBX-1357	updated French translation. Thanks to alixen
ZBX-1732	added node and group name for screen widget "triggers info"
ZBXNEXT-196	added "Show with unacknowledged" filter option for triggers screen
ZBX-1729	removed limitation of showings triggers in charts only by one item
ZBX-1729	removed excessive space in chart header, informational messages (triggers, percentile) are separated
ZBX-1577	fixed pie chart display
ZBX-1613	added sorting for user groups members
ZBX-1734	changed severity colouring in events screen
ZBX-1573	fixed colon precedence in user right entries
ZBX-1708	fixed errors in log items history screen
ZBX-1715	fixed errors in IT Services parent selection sceren
ZBX-1652	fixed user media deletion on profile save
ZBX-1641	fixed handling of "Include" statement in configuration files
ZBX-1580	reduced frontend memory usage
ZBX-1663	fixed y axis calculation in stacked graphs
ZBX-1468	fixed editing user media types on node with id > 99
ZBX-1727	add missing S_INCORRECT_EXPRESSION localisation string
ZBX-1659	fixed checked marks on multilabel selection on map
ZBXNEXT-192	added possibility to exclude some services from the result of services[]
ZBX-1478	improved php requirements checks
ZBX-1713	fixed adding user group to email alerts
ZBX-1643	removed edit links from search if no write access to object
ZBX-1661	fixed value mappings retrieval
ZBX-1665	fixed hosts view in graphs configuration screen
ZBX-1673	fixed removing hosts from hosts group, when user with permission only on host group updates it
ZBX-1639	fixed processing of logrt[] check
ZBX-1671	make more strings translatable. Thanks to alixen
ZBX-1669	make more strings translatable. Patch by dotneft
ZBX-1627	fixed errors in monitoring->overview
ZBX-1603	fixed button title when editing maintenance period
ZBX-1638	added host name to link indicator
ZBX-1658	removed "Zabbix Status" from dashboard for non super admins
ZBX-1646	improved permissions check in Dashboard
ZBX-1626	added LDAP authentication to API
ZBX-1624	fixed template linkage popup, when all templates are selected by default
ZBX-1604	extended maintenance period info messages
ZBX-1647	removed displaying of host availability on maps
ZBX-1495	fixed map level label location
ZBX-1629	added colouring of items in trigger configuration screen
ZBX-979	host mass update templates now only link new templates
ZBX-1642	fixed possibility of editing read only host items
ZBX-1242	fixed adding macro in triggers editing form
ZBX-1589	fixed no permission error when try to edit host form from search screen
ZBX-1561	fixed errors when view event info as admin user
ZBX-954	fixed item property reference when adding log item with type other than "log"
ZBX-1493	fixed disabled host icon view
ZBX-1546	fixed processing link triggers on map
ZBX-1476	fixed host links in map
ZBX-1605	fixed map with host element under maintenance
ZBX-1507	fixed userid added instead of ip for some audit actions
ZBX-1563	fixed error when view history for log type item
ZBX-1556	fixed importing graphs with items that does not exist in system
ZBX-1515	fixed json encode/decode with mb overload enabled
ZBX-1623	fixed no proxy listed when admin edits host
ZBX-1456	fixed map update on linkage properties change
ZBX-1625	when mass update hosts, default "connect to" option is set to IP
ZBX-1479	fixed host mass update
ZBX-1628	removed templates from status of triggers screen
ZBX-1508	fixed action map creation
ZBX-1593	fixed errors when admin tries to add hostgroup editin host
ZBX-1621	fixed displaying of ITservices graph text
ZBX-1553	fixed host group mass activate/disable operation
ZBX-1455	added sorting for host/global macros
ZBX-1523	fixed last macros deletion
ZBX-1619	fixed web scenario data not removed from DB when host is deleted
ZBX-1567	fixed availability graph text displaying
ZBX-1581	fixed wrong group saved as discovery group in Administration->General
ZBX-1592	user groups are now sorted in user list and editing form
ZBX-1475	improved elements status checks
ZBX-1598	fixed empty application list when mass update template items
ZBX-1612	fixed "API access" and "Disabled" group permissions; patch by Kodai
ZBX-1606	fixed showing icon errors with qoutes in error text
ZBX-1571	fixed errors when adding proxy
ZBX-1585	fixed editing time in calendar popup in ie6/7
ZBX-1564	fixed processing of performance counters which are represented as number alternatives
ZBX-479	fixed compilation of Zabbix agent under Mac OS/X
ZBX-1385	proxy list in host configuration form is now sorted
ZBX-1560	fixed typo in application API class call
ZBX-1286	Zabbix handles some specified types of errors instead of Windows system, no dialogue boxes pop up
ZBX-1420	fixed warnings in Dashboard and on script execution if Zabbix server is down
ZBX-1584	fixed importing/exporting of IPMI settings
ZBX-1554	fixed errors when saving triggers using "Create log trigger"
ZBX-1530	fixed showing graph from wrong host, when simple graph with dynamic option is clicked on screen
ZBX-1545	fixed showing templated graphs in graph selection combobox
ZBX-1465	fixed adding hostgroup elements on map
ZBX-1528	fixed map permissions
ZBX-1569	fix incorrect state reference in map connector definition
ZBX-1568	make 'Parent service' string translatable; patch by Kodai
ZBX-1457	hosts in export file are now sorted by hostname
ZBX-1462	fixed "Add host" operation for "Discovery" module for trying to add a host name which is already used
ZBX-1547	fixed SQL error while executing discovery action 'remove host'
ZBX-1324	replaced more user visible strings ZABBIX with Zabbix
ZBX-1470	fixed importing triggers with dependencies
ZBX-1440	fixed error when adding global macro
ZBX-1435	fixed exporting triggers with '&'
ZBX-1459	fixed template importing
ZBX-1174	fixed sql in "Add host" operation in "Discovery" module
ZBX-1431	fixed parameters for user.get api method
ZBX-1467	fixed graph copying
ZBX-1502	fixed full clone of hosts
ZBX-1460	forbade creation of circular template linkages
ZBX-1441	fixed incorrectly remembered link line type
ZBX-1498	fixed error when try to create item with custom key "log" and not Log item type
ZBX-1497	fixed evaluation of trigger function 'count'
ZBX-1283	fixed group selection in maintenance edit form
ZBX-1316	fixed missing trigger expressions using expression constructor
ZBX-1473	fixed installation requires mb_string function from php 5.2
ZBX-1454	fixed adding user to one group, removes all other users from group
ZBX-1346	improve example configuration files
ZBX-1369	make more strings translatable

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Installation and Upgrade Notes

Installation

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Upgrade

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References

Zabbix 1.8 Manual