Release Notes for Zabbix 2.0.2rc1

19 Jul 2012

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 2.0.2rc1.

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 2.0.2rc1. 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

ZBXNEXT-1268	add resource information (version, description etc.) to Windows binaries
ZBX-1357	updated French, German, Japanese and Russian translations; thanks to Zabbix translators
ZBX-4281	separated links to hosts and templates for host groups on search page
ZBX-3003	added support for suffixes in map label trigger expression macro function parameter

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-5348	fixed validation of itemid parameter for popup_bitem.php
ZBX-5311	fixed error when delete proxy that is used by discovery rule
ZBX-5125	allow unique index in hosts_groups in database upgrade scripts (1.8 -> 2.0)
ZBX-5125	default discovery groupid in database upgrades scripts (1.8 -> 2.0)
ZBX-5267	fixed error when delete single host group
ZBX-5319	fixed incorrect calculation of action escalation steps delay
ZBX-5320	fixed the default path to an agent configuration file in the default data
ZBX-4963	fixed inherited trigger prototypes lacking certain data
ZBX-5273	fixed the host configuration form when using SQLite
ZBX-5290	fixed slow query in "Host status" dashboard widget for large setups
ZBX-5086	fixed templated triggers losing those dependencies which were added additionally to host trigger when saving a host without making any changes
ZBX-5086	fixed just one dependency added to host trigger when linking template with a trigger which has several dependencies
ZBX-5086	improved template linkage circularity check; added more precise exception messages
ZBX-4317	fixed inability to link templates with trigger dependency using mass update
ZBX-3053	fixed trigger expression testing when an item key contains the "+" character
ZBX-2876	fixed GUI messaging working in popups i.e. pages without menus
ZBX-4930	improved translations for import error messages
ZBX-5253	fixed color of disabled host link on search page
ZBX-5281	fixed error when creating an item without delay_flex field specified
ZBX-3284	fixed messages for discovery rule manipulations
ZBX-2586	fixed localization of the date in the header on the trigger status page
ZBX-5070	fixed SQL error on logout with HTTP authentication
ZBX-4741	fixed authentication configuration page still using "profiles" table
ZBX-3637	fixed "IT Services availability report" generating wrong weekly timing
ZBX-3637	fixed notification report ignoring daylight saving time
ZBX-3782	fixed {HOSTNAME} macro not working in map labels trigger expression macro
ZBXNEXT-1256	changed partition discovery keys for Solaris and Linux example userparams, so that example file may be directly included
ZBX-5236	fixed some map element rendering ignoring the "Problem display" map option
ZBX-5252	fixed multiple level templated application inheritance
ZBX-2183	fixed change column in latest data for items with 'unixtime' units
ZBX-2055	added flexible intervals and time periods validation
ZBX-5045	fixed audit error message when deleting global macros
ZBX-3387	fixed incorrect frontend language shown as active in the user profile
ZBX-2046	fixed paging when element count changes
ZBX-5060	fixed inability to mass update host inventory mode
ZBX-4929	optimized host group SQL queries
ZBX-5168	added missing and fixed existing help_items as per documentation
ZBX-5218	fixed generating of triggers without functions when editing a trigger prototype expression
ZBX-3001	fixed media sorting in user profile
ZBX-5159	fixed macro resolving in trigger description
ZBX-5144	fixed PostgreSQL injection in the database configuration setup form
ZBX-5232	fixed import of templated low level discoveries
ZBX-5232	fixed errors when importing empty low level discoveries and items without applications
ZBX-2510	clarified in the Zabbix sender manpage which parameters from the agent config file sender supports
ZBX-4007	fixed using screen elements with resources from child nodes
ZBX-4007	fixed not being able to add screens from a child node to a slideshow
ZBX-4007	fixed undefined index when switching nodes in the screen selection pop up
ZBX-4007	fixed node criteria being applied when passing the "screenitemids" parameter to screen.get
ZBX-4007	fixed hostgroup.get returning the "graphid" property
ZBX-5108	fixed permission check errors caused by empty user groups
ZBX-5208	fixed updating interfaces via host.massupdate
ZBX-5208	fixed main interface validation in hostinterface.massremove
ZBX-5208	fixed host.update only accepting arrays of interfaces and not working with a single interface
ZBX-5237	fixed event CSV export
ZBX-5179	fixed filter layout on low resolution screens
ZBX-3853	changed several message strings
ZBX-5213	fixed usergroup.massupdate failing when updating only permissions or users
ZBX-5145	fixed PostgreSQL error when inserting an audit record if the X_FORWARDED_FOR header value is too long
ZBX-5065	fixed inability to delete a service with soft linked dependencies
ZBX-5065	added circularity check for IT services
ZBX-2501	fixed subnodes not opening when parent node is opened in IT services
ZBX-2506	fixed ordering for dashboard filter; fixed multisort function
ZBX-5079	fixed returning triggers and graphs with no permissions and incorrect counts for templates
ZBX-2854	fixed table sorting icon positioning
ZBX-5107	fixed ability to select entities more than once in popups

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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