Release Notes for Zabbix 1.8.2

29 March 2010

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 1.8.2.

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 1.8.2. Download it from download.

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-2116	fixed black images instead of vertical text in monitoring->overview
ZBX-2084	fixed JSON decoding class, which didn't work due to PCRE backtrace limit, enabled native PHP JSON functions, rewrote code with sockets
ZBX-2239	fixed mutex (un)locking so that zabbix_server does not become forever defunct when killed
ZBX-1983	fixed port validation in host agent port, IPMI port and in discovery checks ports (now supports port ranges like "21-80,465")
ZBX-2228	fixed compilation under FreeBSD with enabled LDAP
ZBX-2236	fixed processing of Telnet checks by Zabbix proxy
ZBX-2234	fixed icon for mass open action in status of triggers
ZBX-2233	fixed processing of action condition 'Trigger <>'
ZBX-1357	updated French translation; thanks to alixen
ZBX-2048	fixed sorting in screens dropdown
ZBX-2221	fixed expanding/collapsing categories in "Latest Data"
ZBX-2225	fixed linkage if templated items are used in graphs as Y axis min and max values
ZBX-2225	complete rewrite of the server code for template linkage
ZBX-2210	added template replace option for hosts mass update
ZBX-2219	fixed graphs data in data.sql
ZBX-1345	time filter redesigned, sliders moved to top inside filter
ZBX-2151	fixed header sorting in overview for items and triggers
DEV-456	added filter to dashboard
ZBX-2191	remove broken trigger from the default dataset
ZBX-2172	fixed object available scripts sorting alphabetically
ZBX-2217	fixed JS error in status of triggers page in IE
ZBX-2199	fixed time output format when time is less then 1 ms
ZBX-1956	fixed deletion of last row or col in screen
ZBX-1956	added cursor pointer on minus (remove) icons in screens
ZBX-1347	added support of hostnames and keys with spaces in sender input file
ZBX-2189	fixed compilation under AIX 5.3
ZBX-1229	added comparison between IPv4, IPv4-mapped and IPv4-compatible allowed server addresses
ZBX-1949	fixed "housekeeping" procedure for the table "housekeeper" itself, added configuration parameter "MaxHousekeeperDelete" for the server
ZBX-2173	fixed too long URL for webgraph when many websteps are defined
ZBX-2139	fixed collecting of active checks after configured with user macro
ZBXNEXT-238	added a command line option to zabbix_sender to send metrics in real time when reading from stdin
ZBX-1000	enabled zabbix_sender to read its input from stdin; thanks to leo
ZBX-2011	fixed e-mail sending format to meet 'SMTP/MIME e-mail' standards since UTF-8 is used. Thanks to Olexiy Zagorskiy.
ZBX-2136	fixed handling of logitems with logtimefmt in db cache
ZBX-2193	updated Russian translation; thanks to dotneft
ZBX-2185	added view of parent template of linked template to host
ZBX-2179	fixed errors connected with Triggers Info screen element
ZBX-2184	added maintenance info to dashboard latest issues
ZBX-1772	changed frontend timezone to match PHP server
DEV-455	added configurable filter to "Status of triggers" screen element
DEV-454	implemented screen export
ZBX-2144	fixed internal and aggregate checks for hosts monitored by a proxy
ZBX-2052	fixed sending of regexps to agents
ZBX-2129	fixed links from monitoring to configuration when All nodes are selected
ZBX-2146	fixed error when try to view slideshow without slides
ZBX-2161	added permission checks for map link triggers
ZBX-2169	fixed adding dependencies to triggers on mass update
ZBX-2157	fixed script permissions
ZBX-2135	fixed screens ignore nodes "All" option in selection dropdown
ZBX-1954	fixed config file errors if special chars are used in db password
ZBX-2075	admins now have access only to users they share usergroup with [action operations]
ZBX-2147	fixed permission check for item configuration
ZBX-2158	fixed map image deletion
ZBX-2155	ipv6 addresses are now case insensitive
ZBX-2005	fixed graph being deleted when any of its items are deleted
ZBX-2163	fixed possibility to acknowledge events regardless of GUI events settings
ZBX-2160	fixed permission issue in reports when accessing by user or admin
ZBX-1346	explicitly note that hostname in configuration files is case sensitive
ZBX-2006	added explicit dependency on "lber" library to gain better portability on upcoming Fedora "ld" changes. Thanks to Dan Horak.
ZBX-1575	added UnsafeUserParameters configuration option for agents
ZBX-2108	added checking double values for "out of range" errors for the MySQL
ZBX-2114	improvements in SQL filtering of hosts and templates by nodes
ZBX-18, ZBX-1018, ZBX-1070, ZBX-1123, ZBXNEXT-96, ZBX-2143	dealing with database problems in a uniform way for all database engines
ZBX-2089	fixed computing calculated items for proxied hosts
ZBX-2109	disabled Web monitoring for disabled hosts and hosts under maintenance
ZBX-2121	events from Windows eventlog with type 'EVENTLOG_SUCCESS' are treated as 'Information' in Zabbix as in Windows
ZBX-1994	using /proc/sys instead of the deprecated sysctl() on Linux
ZBXNEXT-236	added support of comma delimited list of host groups in aggregate checks
ZBXNEXT-236	added support of item keys with brackets ("") in aggregate checks
ZBXNEXT-236	added support of arrays in item key parameters
ZBX-1371	improved performance of the configuration screens hostgroups, templates, hosts
DEV-452	support of s,m,h,d,w,T suffixes in trigger expressions and functions
ZBX-1357	added Ukrainian translation; thanks to zalex_ua
ZBX-2013	fixed error in trigger test screen
ZBX-2087	fixed permission scheme in actions
ZBX-2067	fixed undefined variable errors in actions screen
ZBX-2053	fixed evaluating of case sensitivity on the server/agent side of regular expressions
ZBX-2077	added support of Failure/Success Audit eventlog severity
ZBXNEXT-257	added support of time-based disabling of data collection for items
ZBX-2051	fixed memory leak in processing of calculated items
ZBX-886	removed duplicate and outdated strings from locales
ZBX-1790	restored support of the hyphen (-) in item key names
ZBX-1962	explicit 'not monitored' response for active agents on disabled hosts
ZBX-1522	fixed server crash on an undefined user macro
ZBX-2039	fixed pattern matching in function count
ZBXNEXT-119	added support for time shifted functions
ZBX-1878	reverted map label background drawing
ZBX-2016	fixed code with "_itow_s()" and "zbx_wsnprintf" to avoid possible run-time memory corruption. Thanks to Takanori Suzuki.
ZBX-2059	fixed special char treatment in XML export
ZBX-1655	improved error message on map saving with circular reference
ZBX-1823	improved map element labels expansion in map editing screen
ZBX-1991	added sequences for autoincrement fields to oracle.sql
ZBX-2045	fixed trigger editor not preserving element ordering
ZBX-2003	fixed evaluation of division and subtraction
ZBX-2029	fixed monitoring triggers showing triggers with true dependencies
ZBX-1902	fixed error when creating dependency for a trigger that belongs to the same template
ZBX-1705	fixed various front-end problems with Oracle database
ZBX-1299	added check for the minimal (1.0.0) libssh2 library version
ZBX-1975	fixed permission check in graphs with web items
ZBX-2023	improved trigger configuration page
DEV-453	implemented import/export of Zabbix maps
ZBX-1320	fixed graph header alignment
ZBX-2041	minor configuration comment change about LogFile parameter for Windows agent
ZBX-1876	added remarks to configuration files of Zabbix server and proxy about fping6
ZBX-1876	fixed processing of ICMP pings when "fping" or "fping6" binaries are missing
ZBX-1995	fixed errors when save/update web scenario with existing name
ZBX-2014	fixed pie chart in screen renders last hour of data only
ZBX-2025	fixed deletion of actions
ZBX-3	fixed logging into syslog, Zabbix log levels are properly linked to syslog levels
ZBX-2022	fixed link colour picker in maps in IE7
ZBX-1968	fixed error in log item history in IE8
ZBX-2020	added requirements check for PHP max_input_time
ZBX-1958	fixed problem with a lot of digits in float values
ZBX-1853	fixed template/host full clone with triggers with dependencies
ZBX-1999	fixed bug when cannot create simple check item with macro in parameters
ZBX-1269	fixed offscreen popups
ZBX-1679	fixed error sometimes appearing when using Print button
ZBX-1980	added requirements check for PHP upload_max_filesize
ZBX-2002	refresh timer is now restarted instead of stopped when checkbox is checked
ZBX-1961	added support of '%' prompt for telnet.run[] check
ZBX-1939	fixed errors when unicode chars are used in item keys
ZBX-1996	fixed JS error in IE7 in maps
ZBX-1328	improved host group mass deletion caption
DEV-450	added support of LogSlowQueries option
ZBX-1974	removed "Dropdown first entry" "1.6.2 comp mode" option
ZBX-1826	fixed error when changing node in monitoring web
ZBX-1943	fixed refresh time selection in dashboard widgets
ZBX-1929	include eventlog.c and eventlog.h files in distribution package
ZBX-1897	include CREDITS file in distribution package
ZBXNEXT-229	further updates for Brazilian Portuguese translation; thanks to murilex
ZBX-1945	speed improvement for synchronization between nodes
ZBX-1940	fixed map creation if Zabbix doesn't contain images
ZBX-1938	fixed permission check inefficiency in charts
ZBX-1957	fixed compilation errors under OpenBSD
ZBX-1869	fixed graph max Y most top value calculation
ZBX-1948	fixed node disappearing after node deleted and then created with same ID
ZBXNEXT-225	update Brazilian Portuguese translation; thanks to murilex
DEV-137	add basic bootstrap script
ZBX-1944	fixed no permission error when trying to view simple graph from childnodes
ZBX-1871	made Zabbix not require mbstring_overload to be enabled
ZBX-1862	fixed host creation with link to templates with trigger dependencies
ZBX-1879	fixed unnecessary line breaks in IE7
ZBX-1931	fixed process of sending active checks to ensure every active item is located in the server cache
ZBX-1935	remove incorrect item and fix minor typo in the default Windows template
ZBX-1650	allowed to pass "-" (dash) in parameters for "UserParameter" flexible parameters
ZBX-1923	fixed processing of data sent by 1.4, 1.6 agents not allowing wrong "eventid" values
ZBX-1763	fixed SLA showing red line when there is no problem
ZBX-1922	fixed compilation of Zabbix agent under ac AIX 5.1/5.2
ZBX-1899	fixed sticky starttime in graphs
ZBX-1785	fixed starttime in screens, slides on screen/slide switch
ZBX-1784	improved displaying big numbers and units in graphs
ZBX-1764	fixed right Y axis problem if on left Y axis no data
ZBX-1912	fixed nonstandard font vertical text display
ZBX-1915	fixed template/host name check on creation/update
ZBX-1820	fixed graph preview in configuration graph form
ZBX-1777	fixed evaluating of the maintenance periods
ZBX-1513	fixed resetting user password when updating user and HTTP auth is enabled
ZBX-1904	fixed naming procedure for discovered IPv6 hosts without DNS provided by replacing all not-allowed symbols with '_'
ZBX-1877	template itself in template linkage popup is now disabled
ZBX-1896	fixed no permission error when trying to view history for a web item
ZBX-1860	fixed line breaks at the beginning of exported XML file
ZBX-1881	fixed checkbox selection cookies
DEV-163	improved the description of "perf_counter" check in the "help_items" table
ZBX-1324	replaced more user visible strings ZABBIX with Zabbix
ZBX-1859	fixed map element image
ZBX-954	fix minor typos and removed // comments

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Installation and Upgrade Notes

Installation

See Zabbix Manual for full details.

Upgrade

Recompile Zabbix binaries and update front-end PHP files. Execute a database patch if migrating from Zabbix 1.8.x. See Zabbix manual for a detailed upgrade procedure.

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 Contact sales for pricing and more details.

• Zabbix Enterprise Support
• Zabbix Training
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References

Zabbix 1.8 Manual