Release Notes for Zabbix 1.8.3

16 Aug 2010

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 1.8.3.

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 1.8.3. Download it from downloads.

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-2875	Updated japanese translation; thanks to kodai terashima
ZBX-2856	Removed debug info
ZBX-2855	Fixed new line symbol for latest opera browser
ZBX-2226	Fixed template item update, when linked to host with existing item with same key
ZBX-2853	Updated ukrainian translation; thanks to zalex_ua
ZBX-1324	Replaced more user visible strings zabbix with zabbix
ZBX-2836	Fixed text items history not displaying all spaces in text
ZBX-2835	Improved screen permission checks in frontend
ZBX-2829	Fixed web item graphs favourites
ZBX-2812	Updated french translation; thanks to alixen
ZBX-2823	Updated russian translation; thanks to pustovalov alexey
ZBX-2817	Fixed history links for history and media types
ZBX-2833	Fixed js error in monitoring events screen
ZBX-2819	Fixed showing trends for symbolic items
ZBX-2825	Made profile form redirect to the last visited page on successful save
ZBX-2809	Fixed login problem in case of guest user being disabled
ZBX-2807	Fixed email notifications being broken when their subjects have line breaks
ZBX-2203	Fixed superfluous line breaks for values returned by eventlog[]
ZBX-2803	Added detection of the proper type to use in place of socklen_t
ZBX-2822	Fixed js error on node selection
ZBX-2821	Fixed reference to removed icons
ZBX-2784	Changed icons style
ZBX-2820	Fixed minor visual bugs
ZBX-2766	Fixed triggers info in status of triggers page in fullscreen mode
ZBX-2799	Fixed map element host in maintenance
ZBX-2781	Fixed timeline in case of usertime going over possible period
ZBX-2803	Fixed agent compilation on hp-ux with the native hp-ux c compiler
ZBX-2745	Improved performance of screen element "history of events"
ZBX-2774	Fixed gui messaging in dm setup
ZBX-2786	Fixed errors in trigger dependency mass update popup
ZBX-2536	Fixed agent crash when processing proc.mem[] and proc.num[] on netbsd
ZBX-2671	Fixed detection of various system headers during ./configure
ZBX-2800	Fixed undefined variable if updating a trigger with incorrect function
ZBX-2789	Forbid active agent items to have 0 interval
ZBX-2794	Fixed sorting in configuration web
ZBX-2792	Fixed status sorting in maintenances
ZBX-2726	Fixed statuses for discovery events
ZBX-2785	Creation of empty slideshows prohibited
ZBX-2791	Fixed host menu in "top 100 triggers" in ie7
ZBX-2790	Fixed maintenance times reset while configuring maintenance
ZBX-2773	Changed buttons css for dark orange theme
ZBX-2777	Fixed map labels when "status only" option is set
ZBX-2775	Updated brazilian portuguese translation; thanks to murilo moreira de oliveira
DEV-468	Improved theme colouring in ie
ZBX-2767	Fixed time stamp in german locales
ZBX-2764	Fixed database monitor values not being accepted from proxy
ZBX-2752	Improved text colouring
ZBX-2748	Fixed compilation on openbsd 4.7 due to undefined kern_proc
ZBX-2758	Fixed underlined filter label in opera
ZBX-2763	Fixed saving user profile
ZBX-2759	Fixed item form not saving params field
ZBX-2762	Fixed sql error when "all" hosts is selected in application popup
ZBX-2757	Fixed calendar colours in dark orange theme
ZBX-2754	Fixed possible undefined variables in frontend
ZBX-2761	Improved performance in search page
ZBX-2683	Minor updates for the latvian translation
ZBX-2741	Updated french translation; thanks to alixen
ZBX-2700	Updated czech translation; thanks to jakub kalas
ZBX-2739	Fixed empty list of items when "all" selected in items popup
ZBX-2747	Improved sql when saving triggers
ZBX-2750	Fixed undefined index when deleting graph
ZBX-2742	Fixed item deletion with postgre
ZBX-2738	Fixed problems with ukrainian locales
ZBX-2740	Fixed js errors in items section in ie
DEV-468	Added new frontend theme - dark orange
ZBX-2731	Fixed permissions problem with hostgroup names containing '[]'
ZBX-2733	Fixed the timer process so that it does not recalculate extraneous triggers for an item
ZBX-2729	Improved host-group and host filter selection
DEV-465	Added messaging system
ZBX-2697	Forbid creation of maintenance without hosts/groups
ZBX-2711	Added links to host profile in dashboard "last 20 issues" host menu
ZBX-2719	Fixed events delay for one minute in frontend
ZBX-2720	In actions conditions trigger host is now displayed
ZBX-2685	Fixed map elements not always change position when coords are manually set
ZBX-2664	Fixed viewed period and filter status reset in web monitoring
ZBX-2683	Removed dead entries and added some translated strings for the latvian translation
ZBX-2682	Added czech translation; thanks to jakub kalas
ZBX-2669	Fixed not showing map label when background image is used
ZBXNEXT-436	Added unacknowledged problem display for maps
ZBX-2561	Refactored usergroups api, improved item deletion
ZBX-2634	Fixed instability of zabbix processes on solaris due to them crashing in signal handlers
ZBX-2670	Make it clear in the 'configure' help output that full path to odbc_config should be specified
ZBX-2666	Fixed detection of resolv.h and net/if.h
ZBX-2657	Fixed bugs with non closing item select popups in bar reports
ZBXNEXT-425	Added new macros for acknowledged events count
ZBX-2642	Fixed items multiplier field
ZBX-2639	Now when do full clone template, linkage list is cleared
ZBX-2598	Fixed labels with linebreak in maps
ZBXNEXT-426	Added dashboard option to show unack problems
ZBX-2555	Fixed simple checks for ftp, pop, and nntp protocols so that they close sessions properly
ZBX-2553	Fixed simple checks ignoring server replies
ZBX-2612	Fixed system.stat showing cpu idle and i/o wait time over 100% on aix
ZBX-1324	Replaced more user visible strings zabbix with zabbix
ZBX-2616	Bundled dejavu font upgraded from 2.30 to 2.31
ZBX-2562	Improved sessions store
ZBXNEXT-424	Enhanced status of trigger filter
ZBX-2599	Fixed processing of hexadecimal or octal data by proxy
ZBX-2597	Fixed processing of telnet results with long prompts
ZBX-2595	Fixed logformat field showing
ZBX-2593	Fixed possibility to copy item between templates that are linked to same host
ZBX-2585	Removed spaces from charts title & fixed date format for chart4.php
ZBX-2592	Added support of comma character (,) for scripts in action remote commands
ZBX-2575	Removed outdated and undocumented environment variables from alert scripts
ZBX-2574	Improved fixed graph y axis measurement
ZBX-2576	Small text changes in administration/audit
ZBX-1857	Fixed item form correct processing, removed refreshing when item type is changed
ZBX-2528	Fixed default language loading before using phrases, warning messages removed which were displayed after login
ZBXNEXT-343	Added possibility to unlink and clear templates when mass update hosts templates
ZBX-1930	All top indents of icon labels now is equal
ZBX-2152	Fixed names of snmpv3 security levels
ZBX-2563	Fixed warnings in m4/libunixodbc.m4 with newer autotools
ZBX-2543	Fixed password reset when edit user profile and auth type is not internal
ZBX-2524	Fixed deleting media types
ZBX-2557	Fixed incorrect message when add proxy with name that already exist
ZBX-2492	Fixed japanese translation, all sprintf and their placeholders have been removed from phrases from all languages
ZBX-2551	Fixed not shown errors in configuration/triggers
ZBX-2552	Fixed multiple events for triggers with complicated expressions
ZBX-2532	Fixed outdated information in "server info" screen element
ZBXNEXT-377	Added support of passive mode for proxies
ZBX-2556	Added dropdown length limit in frontend
ZBX-2548	Fixed sorting in items popup when adding items to simple graph, disabled dropdown with tooltip showing filtration added as well
ZBX-2547	Fixed errors in installation
ZBX-2277	Fixed menu position on screen
ZBX-2339	Fixed height of row in resource "plain text" in screens
ZBX-2459	Fixed setting trigger value to unknown on disabling
ZBX-2414	Added php session module check as requirement in dashboard and installation
ZBX-2526	Fixed graph refresh problem when referred from screens page
ZBX-2525	Improved actions api code
ZBX-2324	Fixed guest user settings not being stored
DEV-461	Improved map creation/editing by adding align option
ZBX-2518	Fixed new map saving
ZBX-2469	Fixed screen api
ZBXNEXT-396	Added optional parameters 'from' and 'to' to zabbix[queue]
ZBX-2511	Fixed compilation on freebsd with ipv6 due to fd_setsize being undefined
ZBX-2503	Fixed server and proxy crash with oracle in cases dbuser and dbpassword parameters were not specified
ZBX-2074	Fixed web scenarios showing incorrect speed
ZBX-2486	Fixed syntax error in 1.6 postgresql upgrade script
ZBX-2336	Fixed 'system.hostname' being empty on windows hosts with names longer than 15 characters
ZBX-2251	Removed error displaying in area of graphics
ZBX-1327	Page is now remembered correctly after performing actions
ZBX-1211	Fixed cell spacing in empty cells
ZBX-2372	Fixed bug with date in local language, now short and long month names shown correctly
ZBX-2385	Added macro {trigger.problem.events.problem.unack}
ZBX-2040	Annoying "double check" popups removed from copy to & mass update actions of items and triggers
ZBX-2482	Fixes in chart graphs avg calc
ZBX-1477	Fixed moving screen elements with spans
ZBXNEXT-279	Added links to parent elements for item and trigger form
ZBX-2376	Port parameter to tcp and tcp_perf is now mandatory
ZBX-2376	Added ldap, ldap_perf, ntp, and ntp_perf simple checks
ZBX-808	Renamed service.ntp parameter of net.tcp.service{.perf} to ntp
ZBX-2011	Plain ascii subjects are no longer base64-encoded, fixes issues with email to sms gateways
ZBXNEXT-319	Multirow inserts are now used for postgresql 8.2 and higher
ZBXNEXT-392	Our daemons no longer crash after "strace -p"
ZBXNEXT-138	Our daemons can now listen on multiple ips, see listenip configuration parameter
ZBX-2031	Fixed comparison of empty strings with oracle that led to duplicate rows in dservices
ZBX-2409	Fixed server crash when deleting unreachable hosts in discovery
DEV-461	Changes in gui configuration menu
ZBX-2473	Fixed timescroll most right position when "now"
ZBX-1193	Improved macros form
ZBX-2035	Fixed host full cloning
ZBX-1986	Fixed empty y axis if item values are zeros
ZBX-2492	Updated japanese translation; thanks to kodai terashima
ZBX-1357	Update hungarian translation; thanks to laszlo szabo
ZBX-2489	Fixed server crash when receiving data using the old protocol
ZBX-2474, ZBXNEXT-378	Fixed page refresh on filter change, now all filters hiding and showing works without refresh
ZBX-2488	Changed filter from web monitoring to external check
ZBX-2483	Fixed showing latest data by filter when clicking from dashboard with gui option 'dropdown first entry' -> none
ZBX-1529	Fixed macros expand to nothing in templates
ZBX-2461	Fixed complex bugs with trigger expressions
ZBX-1357	Updated german translation; thanks to peter schultz
ZBX-2319	Fixed escaping locales on download
ZBX-2460	Fixed auto adding host group to updated host
ZBX-2367	Improved using distinct rule in queries in api
ZBX-2408	Fixed mute button in status of triggers page
ZBX-2477	Fixed dynamic graphs disappear from screens
ZBX-1346	Clarify some parameter values in the example configuration files
ZBX-2471	Fix location of the space in a translatable string
ZBX-954	Fix hungarian language name
ZBX-2457	Change 'type' keyword to 'engine' for table creation in mysql schema
ZBX-2466	Fixed item filter form
ZBX-1607	Now trigger line is visible in all zabbix themes in all states and severity in corresponding severity colour mixed with opposite colour which stored in defines in hex
ZBX-2105	Fixed acknowledging events from dashboard for different nodes
ZBX-2441	Fixed handling of begin/commit/rollback statements with temporarily unavailable sql server
ZBX-2432	Fixed warning message in templates when template has linked templates
ZBX-2325	Improved groups/hosts selecting for filter dropdowns
ZBX-2433	Fixed time not updated on slides when now is selected
ZBX-2452	Fixed parsing of integer values from snmp's hex-string
ZBX-2313	Forbid to add graph from templates to screen
ZBX-1503	Added information message after host delete action, about host being deleted
ZBX-2418	Fixed bug with javascript url parser, anchor was recognized as part of file
ZBXNEXT-323	Improved bad performance of the trends for large number of items
ZBXNEXT-327	More intuitive load balancing of pollers with a single item queue
ZBXNEXT-326	More efficient synchronization of configuration data
ZBX-2153	Fixed server crash due to unaligned memory access
ZBX-2092	Fixed label line height in maps, now all lines have the same line height
DEV-377	Improved global search
ZBX-1510	Fixed history view bound by minute issue
ZBX-2339	Fixed row height for type of information "text"
ZBX-2201	Improved history page
ZBX-2359	Fixed graph lines for fixed y axis with items draw functions "all"
ZBXNEXT-335	Links starting with http(s) are now clickable in hosts inventory
ZBX-1537	Fixed multiple displaying of same host, from which were deleted graph, when deleting mass graphs
ZBX-1263	Fixed misleading log messages that referenced agent for any kind of unsupported item
ZBXNEXT-58	Added zabbix[{history_log,history_text,history_uint,trends_uint}] internal checks
ZBX-2446	Fixed compilation on aix 5.3 with os level 5300-05 or earlier
ZBX-2027	Fixed selecting wrong host after cancelling trigger comment
ZBX-2253	Fixed delete confirmation dialogue referring to empty element
ZBX-2370	Fixed duration value in monitoring events for multiple problem triggers
ZBX-507	Made userparameters work with zabbix_agent(d) -p and -t
ZBX-2326	Fixed xss vulnerability in triggers page; later independently discovered by vupen security
ZBX-2326	Fixed dynamic chart titles, now all symbols are rendered correctly
ZBX-2250	Value mapping is now applied for {item.lastvalue} macro inside triggers description
ZBX-1436	Fixed trigger events display after next steps monitoring -> triggers -> click on any event time
ZBX-1532	Added screen name to visual screen editing form (when adding screen rows and cols)
ZBX-2438	Fixed configuration of ssh2 on freebsd. thanks to alex deiter
ZBX-2423	Added custom colour input for link elements
ZBX-2100	Fixed group with templates but without hosts breaks map editing issue
ZBX-1591	Fixed "advanced icons" for image type map elements
ZBX-2379	Fixed trigger expression editing with trigger builder
ZBX-1882	Fixed selecting items from disabled hosts for graphs
ZBX-1126	Fixed large numbers processing for values stored as 'delta'
ZBXNEXT-241	Extended proxy screen to show proxy vps and item count
DEV-460	Improved host-group and maps icons info in zabbix maps
ZBXNEXT-338	Added caching of eventids
ZBX-1438	Fixed not deleting data from trends_uint table when deleting an item
ZBX-2276	Fixed dashboard discovery status header
ZBX-2377	Fixed converting html special chars in graphs' legend
ZBX-2311	Fixed host group empty value selection for items filtering
ZBXNEXT-313	Implemented string pool for configuration cache
ZBX-2417	Fixed timeout handling for passive checks on agent side
ZBX-1873	Added slideshow delay multiplier and fixed slides not showing graphs
ZBX-2282	Fixed availability updating of ipmi hosts, monitored by proxy
ZBX-2412	Fixed deleting maps with api
ZBX-2341	Fixed cutting 20 bytes instead of 20 symbols in char/log/text item values
ZBX-2407	Fixed repeated message on cookie size limit
ZBX-2406	Removed filter from plaintext history
ZBX-2263	Fixed permission checks in bar reports
ZBX-2270	Fixed item filtering
ZBX-2401	Fixed host name in dynamic graphs in screens
ZBXNEXT-325	Added startdbsyncers parameter for parallel writing to db
ZBX-1906	Fixed possibility to add identical checks for discovery
ZBX-2384	Fixed status of triggers elements in screens
ZBX-1824	Fixed parsing map labels containing item references with user macros
ZBXNEXT-321	Decreased number of selects from db while processing trends data
ZBX-1505	Fixed user macros not resolved in frontend
ZBX-1902	Fixed some possibilities to create incorrect linkage
ZBX-2386	Rows per page limit increased
ZBX-2306	Fixed zoom position
ZBX-2306	Improved starting zoom on edges
ZBX-2132	Added date format constants to locales, changed zbx_date2str function to meet regional formats and date translation
ZBXNEXT-311	Improved speedup dbconfig synchronization
ZBX-2360	Added multiple acknowledging for ok>unknown>ok and problem>unknown>problem events
ZBX-2374, ZBX-2633	Updated ukrainian translation; thanks to zalex_ua
ZBX-2347	Fixed last 20 issues in event details showing less than 20 issues
DEV-459	Made improvements in discovery page generation
ZBX-2148	Added preview button in graphs form
ZBX-2337	Fixed error when selecting a web item in trigger configuration
ZBX-2306	Fixed links for graphs in screens
ZBX-633	Removed linkage of openipmi library to agents in "configure" script
ZBX-633	More debug information in checks_ipmi.c module
ZBX-2362	Fixed processing of logrt[] checks under windows
ZBX-2356	Fixed error while performing group actions when creating an item
ZBX-2355	Fixed error when trying to massupdate trigger severity
ZBX-2354, ZBX-2635, ZBX-2648	Updated russian translation; thanks to dotneft and zalex_ua
ZBX-2352	Fixed typo in the default locale
ZBX-2312	Fixed event order in "monitoring triggers" and "last 20 events"
ZBX-2264	Added opportunity to translate class.cuser.php and config.inc.php
ZBXNEXT-311	Improved the speed of dbconfig synchronization
ZBX-2378	Renamed calculated item field 'expression' to 'formula', changed trigger option 'multiple true events' to use 'problem' instead
ZBX-2329	Fixed screen renaming
ZBX-2315	Fixed multiple issues with js scrollbar
ZBX-2321	Fixed log items appearing in the wrong order
DEV-458	Added marks on maps if elements trigger changed status recently
ZBX-2290	Added export/import of map images
ZBX-2290	Fixed image update with oracle db
ZBX-2317	Updated french translation; thanks to alixen
ZBX-2283	Fixed incorrect time calculating in slidebar
ZBX-2261	Fixed username hiding in acknowledge comments
ZBX-2305	Fixed actions getting lost in an event-busy environment
ZBX-2303	Fixed get/post methods in processing web scenario steps. thanks to hannu ylitalo
ZBXNEXT-293	Processes now provide more information on why they terminate
ZBX-2304	Fixed "no permission" error when screen contains simple graphs with web item
ZBX-2268	Denied creation of pie/exploded graphs with more than one sum item
ZBX-2298	Added constant to defines to be able configure default y axis position: left or right
ZBX-2174	Fixed a small memory leak in snmp checks
ZBX-1648, ZBX-2300	Fixed caching of "database monitor" items. thanks to kirill fateev
ZBX-2290	Fixed screen cells moving
ZBX-2301	Fixed "configure" script with libssh2-1.0.0 library
ZBX-2296	Fixed possible heavy loaded server crash when using internal checks
ZBX-2295	Added additional units to graphs y axis
ZBX-2285	Fixed sending of active items multiple times
ZBX-2266	Fixed server crash when processing malformed calculated items
ZBX-1346	Use single quotes in example frontend configuration file
ZBX-2274	Fixed trigger expression corruption with trigger wizard
ZBX-2273	Add support of macro {trigger.events.unack} for map labels
ZBX-2279	Fixed error when changing graph name case
ZBX-2252	Fixed server crash and infinite looping in telnet checks
ZBX-2275	Fixed loss of the log-data if zabbix server is unavailable
DEV-457	Improved dashboard favourite selection
DEV-457	Improvements in dynamic map link indicators form
ZBX-2258	Fixed applications import
ZBX-1357, ZBXNEXT-376, ZBXNEXT-412	Update brazilian portuguese translation; thanks to edson
ZBX-2254	Added update time for monitoring triggers screen
ZBX-1886	Added js translations
ZBX-2245	Added missing functions in trigger expression builder
ZBX-2190	Fixed trigger expression check for syntax
ZBX-2242	Fixed agent crash on hp-ux when processing logrt[] items
ZBXNEXT-288	Improved server performance by not storing function lastvalue in database
ZBX-1753	Added permission check for trigger sound notifications
ZBX-2246	Added trigger wizard for logrt item
ZBX-2241	Fixed graph x axis for big periods
ZBX-2241	Fixed text collide in graphs
ZBX-2232	Fixed bug with last event duration time in event details
ZBX-2243	Fixed bug when cannot select template for item filter by host
ZBX-2240	Fixed "undefined index" in monitoring latest data
ZBX-954	Fix minor typos

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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
• Zabbix Development Services

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References

Zabbix 1.8 Manual