Release Notes for Zabbix 2.0.0rc1

13 March 2012

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 download.

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-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

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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

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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 2.0 Manual