Release Notes for Zabbix 1.9.7

27 Oct 2011

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.

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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

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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

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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 1.9 Manual