Release Notes for Zabbix 1.9.7

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 1.9.7.

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 1.9.7. Download it from downloads.

The following sections describe the release in details and provide late-breaking or other information that supplements its main documentation.

New Features and Improvements

ZBX-1346
 add example user parameter to monitor mail queue length from mailq 
ZBXNEXT-429
 make range select work in a more intuitive fashion 
ZBXNEXT-910
 redesign Configuration->Maintenance 
ZBX-4222
 added more clear labels 'Escalation period' and 'Default escalation period' in configuration of actions 
ZBXNEXT-485
 improved simple checks key syntax as in other item keys 
ZBXNEXT-916
 redesign Administration->Users, Users groups, User Profile 
ZBXNEXT-951
 added possibility to calculate CPU load per processor: system.cpu.load[percpu,avgX] 
ZBXNEXT-965
 added redirect to a special warning page when user browser is not supported by Zabbix 
ZBX-4167
 updated requirements screen for frontend 
ZBXNEXT-918
 redesign Administration->Media types 
ZBXNEXT-915
 redesign Administration->Authentication 
ZBXNEXT-966
 update jQuery to 1.6.4 
ZBX-1357
 updated Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, German, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Slovak and Ukrainian translations; thanks to Zabbix translators

Bug Fixes

ZBX-3892
 added support for low-level discovery template to action condition check 
ZBX-4169
 fixed filter reset after timeline change in Monitoring->latest data->History of log item 
ZBX-3753
 fixed possibility to remove host interface that is in use 
ZBX-4238
 fixed resolving of discovery macros in 'Formula' field for calculated items, 'Executed script' for SSH and Telnet items and 'Additional parameters' for Database monitor items 
ZBX-4153
 fixed links to acknowledge and returning back to requester page 
ZBX-4174
 made database monitor items not require interface 
ZBX-3881
 fixed delay being set to 0 when changing item type from trapper to agent in item update form 
ZBX-4115
 added support for $(DESTDIR) for installing Zabbix Java proxy 
ZBX-1020
 added support for --sysconfdir, changed default installation directories 
ZBX-3912
 fixed popup object selection for IE 
ZBX-4132
 fixed checkbox cookie work 
ZBX-3635
 fixed situation when templated trigger can reference items from another template not linked to a host 
ZBX-4107
 fixed map element configuration form layout 
ZBX-4219
 replaced {HOSTNAME} by {HOST.NAME} in data.sql 
ZBX-3540
 removed unused node properties: timezone, history keeping, trend keeping 
ZBX-3275
 fixed deleting of master node, it shouldn't delete other nodes 
ZBX-4209
 fixed warning in latest data when navigating from monitoring->hosts page 
ZBX-4208
 fixed Brazilian Portuguese being reported as just Portuguese in locale code 
ZBX-4151
 fixed timer crash due to heap memory corruption 
ZBX-3755
 fixed latest values in cloned items 
ZBX-3165
 fixed layout of item prototypes form 
ZBX-3342
 fixed translation of graphs "Generated in x sec" stamps 
ZBX-3926
 fixed "Hide/Show selected" filter in history of log items 
ZBX-4119
 fixed items like simple check require agent interface on host, now any interface is enough 
ZBX-3745
 fixed error message when link template with discovery rule to host that does not have needed interface 
ZBX-3896
 fixed broken triggers after removed item that is used in trigger 
ZBX-4106
 fixed layout of "Status of host triggers" screen element 
ZBX-4061
 fixed errors when try to delete already deleted regular expression 
ZBX-4058
 fixed working time updating in Administration->General->Working time 
ZBX-4060
 fixed error when save map with link updated to connect new element 
ZBX-4166
 fixed error in dashboard when configured to show unacknowledged only 
ZBX-4003
 fixed error when try to use not existing host group as group for discovered hosts 
ZBX-4165
 fixed failing insert into proxy_dhistory queries on the proxy side 
ZBX-2882
 fixed wrong item vfs.file.cksum[/vmlinuz] for some templates 
ZBX-3870
 fixed data deletion order in proxy configuration synchronization 
ZBX-3707
 fixed possible empty action conditions 
ZBX-4171
 fixed server crash in add_value_suffix() under DebugLevel=4 
ZBX-3930
 fixed errors when return to some specific screens from profile screen 
ZBX-3400
 fixed calculation of graph header font size, Zabbix will decrease it to fit graph width 
ZBX-4105
 fixed removal of host groups in configuration of dashboard, thanks to Pustovalov Alexey 
ZBX-3939
 fixed warning messages when looking at the history of several selected log items 
ZBX-3493
 fixed warnings when removing and clearing a template 
ZBX-4143
 fixed cases with upgrade patch sometimes attempting to reference tables that were not created yet 
ZBX-3618
 extended allowed syntax for host interface DNS names 
ZBX-3999
 fixed map border 
ZBX-3946
 fixed errors when create trigger with dependencies 
ZBX-3921
 fixed change link shown for maps in slide show 
ZBX-4082
 fixed error in Monitoring->Triggers when acknowledges are disabled 
ZBX-4080
 fixed host header info shown for creation form 
ZBX-3987
 fixed errors when change host in Monitoring->Graphs 
ZBX-4114
 fixed icon maps form height on dragging 
ZBX-4101
 fixed excess borders in screen cell configuration form 
ZBX-3786
 fixed incorrect inheritance of items when template is linked to another template linked to host 
ZBX-1207
 fixed host full clone with custom graphs

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.

References

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