Release Notes for Zabbix 2.0.0rc1

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 2.0.0rc1.

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 2.0.0rc1. 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-4751
 removed "WITH OIDS" option from PostgreSQL database scheme 
ZBXNEXT-397
 added support of web monitoring by Zabbix proxy 
ZBX-3531
 configuration export/import 
ZBX-4581
 added time unit symbols support to aggregate items 
ZBX-4333
 implemented dependency validation in trigger::adddependencies 
ZBX-4333
 implemented dependency inheritance in the trigger.adddependencies and trigger.deletedependencies methods 
ZBXNEXT-904
 redesign Configuration->Screens 
ZBX-4600
 trigger dependencies will now be deleted when executing a mass update with no dependencies selected 
ZBX-4563
 changed the hostmacro related UserMacro method interfaces 
ZBX-4563
 improved SQL query debug log design 
ZBX-4537
 improved include_once statements to make Zabbix code easier to reuse 
ZBXNEXT-1113
 redesign Configuration->Host->Discovery rules 
ZBXNEXT-1107
 redesign Configuration->Audit 
ZBX-2604
 added processing of not supported items monitored by a proxy 
ZBXNEXT-903
 redesign Configuration->Items 
ZBXNEXT-909
 redesign Configuration->Discovery

Bug Fixes

ZBX-3528
 fixed letter numbering of long lists 
ZBX-4725
 fixed processing lld rules with macros in a key 
ZBX-4730
 removed incorrect JS function call in the event history screen 
ZBX-3522
 fixed errors when inserting too long values in the user_history and profiles tables 
ZBX-4333
 fixed trigger inheritance when calling trigger.update whithout a trigger expression 
ZBX-4333
 fixed host trigger mass update 
ZBX-4333
 fixed trigger dependency copying 
ZBX-4629
 fixed processing Y axis min/max values for graph prototypes 
ZBX-4641
 fixed errors in a "Discovery checks" popup 
ZBX-4202
 fixed SQL performance in tr_status.php - combined similar queries, user data SQL access only once, triggerids retrieval optimization 
ZBX-4647
 fixed trigger and item prototype inheritance 
ZBX-4467
 fixed the ZBX_MAX_PERIOD constant not affecting the timebar control 
ZBX-4562
 fixed mediatype.update returning incorrectly formatted result 
ZBX-4187
 fixed dashbord fonts on popup. fixed js error on last 20 issues 
ZBX-4607
 fixed the script.getscriptbyhosts method returning scripts from nodes defferent from hosts 
ZBX-4607
 fixed the script "Host groups" parameter 
ZBX-4607
 fixed the script.get methods "selectHosts" and "selectGroups" options 
ZBX-4607
 fixed new ID generation in DM setup 
ZBX-4253
 fixed menu link inconsistency in tr_status.php 
ZBX-4554
 fixed ordering 
ZBX-4295
 fixed icons ending outside map. Removed icon resizing responsible for infinite loop 
ZBX-4296
 fixed popup menu unavailable for disabled hosts 
ZBX-4693
 fixed hosts table foreign key constraint error during database upgrade 
ZBX-4563
 fixed host macro IDs being regenerated when updating macros 
ZBX-4563
 fixed several macro validation issues 
ZBX-4563
 fixed macro sorting 
ZBX-3735
 fixed login form to send passwords via POST not GET; thanks to Joseph Bueno 
ZBX-954
 increased API version to 1.4, Zabbix 1.8.x is using 1.3 
ZBX-4604
 fixed the "change" link not being accessible for graph type screen items in embedded screens 
ZBX-4560
 fixed low level discovery error messages to start with uppercase 'Cannot ...' 
ZBX-4677
 fixed minor typo in class.cscript.php; thanks to Łukasz Jernaś 
ZBX-4261
 fixed disovery rules in the queue calculation 
ZBX-4624
 fixed processing of system.cpu.switches metric 
ZBX-4623
 fixed host group visibility for non superadmins. 
ZBX-4662
 fixed server crash while linking a template with DebugLevel=4 
ZBX-1335
 improved Item filter. 
ZBX-4630
 fixed "Trigger overview" screen. 
ZBX-4628
 fixed an "invalid number of fields" error when syncing configuration on proxy 
ZBX-4593
 fixed "trigger info" type screen item resource validation 
ZBX-4599
 fixed errors in building select queries in Event.get() 
ZBX-1787
 fixed gradient element rendering if the value exceeds the max Y scale value 
ZBX-4494
 fixed some types of screen items not being returned by Screen.get() 
ZBX-4591
 more secure substituting of macros in item keys and dynamic SNMP OIDs 
ZBX-4598
 fixed audit error when saving triggers 
ZBX-4598
 fixed templated trigger inheritance 
ZBX-3373
 fixed host interfaces filtering in items. 
ZBX-4110
 fixed "ssh key" field and "password" field names in items. 
ZBX-3466
 fixed creating new item without hostname. 
ZBX-1601
 fixed clear history and trends of items for templates. 
ZBX-3330,ZBX-4280
 fixed remembering of item filter parameters. 
ZBX-2662,ZBX-3304
 fixed reset button style in filter. 
ZBX-2071
 fixed IPMI sensors with trailing spaces in items. 
ZBX-2631
 fixed flexible interval configuration in items. 
ZBX-4596
 fixed trigger prototype deletion. 
ZBX-2515
 set 15 minutes autologout as default for new users 
ZBX-4580
 fixed trigger info pop up in the item configuration list

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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