Release Notes for Zabbix 1.8.4rc3

23 December 2010

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 1.8.4rc3.

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 1.8.4rc3. 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-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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References

Zabbix 1.8 Manual