Release Notes for Zabbix 2.0.3

3 Oct 2012

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 2.0.3.

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 2.0.3. 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-5171	Got rid of agent ipv6 library dependency on older hp-ux machines
ZBX-5450	Added support of "kmgtsmhdw" suffixes in the second parameter of count() function
ZBX-1357	Added american english translation; thanks to zabbix translators
ZBX-2060	Implemented the "expandexpression" parameter for the trigger.get and triggerprototype.get methods
ZBXNEXT-1253	Implemented flicker-free screens
ZBX-5318	Added remote commands in expanded {esc.history} macro
ZBX-1357	Added chinese (taiwan) translation; thanks to zabbix translators
ZBX-1357	Updated chinese (china), brazilian portuguese, french, german, japanese, latvian, polish, spanish, russian and ukrainian translations; thanks to zabbix translators
ZBXNEXT-583	Added the maintenance filter to the trigger status page
ZBX-5351	Implemented the "selecttimeperiods" parameter for the maintenance.get method
ZBX-4972	Added the ability to edit map links in the element mass update form

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-5625	Fixed resolving of host and template-level macros in snmp oid field
ZBX-5627	Fixed missed placeholder brackets in multiple pages
ZBX-5578	Fixed multiple ie issues in screens
ZBX-5612	Fixed inability to view item data overview when host group doesn't have any triggers
ZBX-5578	Fixed graph inner interval selection in screens
ZBX-954	Fixed missing doublequote in import error message when a network map references non-existent trigger
ZBX-5473	Fixed agent crash under freebsd and linux when started with -p or -t vfs.dev.read/write
ZBX-5513	Fixed http authentication without directly passing password
ZBX-4852	Fixed calculation of update interval if flexible intervals are used
ZBX-5434	Fixed validation of linking template items to host
ZBX-5514	Fixed sql query in get_min_itemclock_by_itemid function
ZBX-5510	Fixed item name selecting using group filter
ZBX-2939	Fixed login button link in http auth mode
ZBX-5406	Fixed error when exporting template with another template with screens linked to it
ZBX-5509	Fixed upgrade patch to execute it on mysql 5.0.28 or earlier
ZBX-5383	Limited maximum data size accepted via zabbix communication protocol to 128 mb
ZBX-5198	Fixed usage of 'memory_get_peak_usage' function that appeared in php 5.2
ZBX-5466	Fixed dependency adding when copying triggers to host and when full cloning host
ZBX-5466	Added copying of triggers that reference web monitoring items
ZBX-5466	Improved warning message for trigger circular dependencies
ZBX-5466	Added template name in the warning message when linking template to a host and there were dependencies from that template to another template that was not linked to that host
ZBX-4316	Improved message for web step status code validation error, added validation in the api
ZBX-5445	Fixed hint not removed in dashboard when widget content is refreshed
ZBX-5490	Fixed textarea maxlength validation
ZBX-5461	Fixed error when createing trigger prototype with php 5.1
ZBX-5487	Fixed sorting in dashboard system status and host status widget popups
ZBX-5480	Fixed icon default state for host elements in map
ZBX-5479	Removed inode item prototype from os windows template
ZBX-5235	Fixed update of the "lifetime" field when linking a template to a host
ZBX-4025	Fixed duplicate http step name checking
ZBX-5240	Fixed unwanted server shutdown if housekeeper cannot access mysql database
ZBX-4482	Fixed guest user theme not applied
ZBX-5441	Fixed audit logging when adding it service causing notice message and wrong audit log
ZBX-5204	Changed the color of inactive tabs to blue in the classic theme
ZBX-5393	Fixed translation escaping in html areas causing some languages to display incorrect text
ZBX-5393	Fixed broken target selection in action form
ZBX-5489	Removed api methods calert->create(), calert->delete(), cevent->create(), cevent->delete(), cevent->deletebytriggerids()
ZBX-5483	Fixed response to sender requests with missing fields
ZBX-5429	Fixed hintbox displaying when menu is shown
ZBX-5444	Fixed maintenance hint not accessible if user has no permissions
ZBX-5444	Added functionality to hints, and now all newlines are converted to <br> tag
ZBX-5444	Fixed host in maintenance not highlighted by adding icon to hosts in maintenance
ZBX-5444	Fixed "last 20 issue" widget lines being 2px higher than other table lines in dashboard
ZBX-5444	Made host names with maintenance description correctly aligning in new lines in monitoring -> triggers when browser window width is changed
ZBX-5488	Fixed web item macros in map labels
ZBX-5437	Fixed error when templated trigger description contains interface macro
ZBX-5411	Fixed map element link sorting in element configuration form
ZBX-5465	Fixed the "filter by host group" select not being populated in the availability report page filter
ZBX-5465	Corrected the labels for the host group and host filter on the "by host" availability report page
ZBX-5465	Fixed wrong template being selected when returning to the "by template" availability report from a graph
ZBX-5485	Fixed resolving of {host.name} macro on proxy in item keys
ZBX-5386	Fixed odbc items to become unsupported when null value returned
ZBX-5469	Enabled possibility to use more than one application in proxy web monitoring for single host
ZBX-5292	Allowed empty user macro values
ZBX-5471	Fixed error when copying trigger from a host template that's linked to that host
ZBX-5460	Fixed link color in dark orange theme bar text in configuration -> hosts -> host
ZBX-5317	Fixed adding links for map elements
ZBX-5440	Added check for user group mass update function if no user group ids are provided
ZBX-5440	Fixed inability to remove last user and last permission from user group
ZBX-5353	Improved login form layout when increasing text size in firefox; thanks to andrey bondarenko
ZBX-5409	Changed item value macros for items without data to be resolved into "unknown"
ZBX-5409	Fixed value mappings in the latest data, item history pages and in plain text screen items and trigger names
ZBX-5419	Added session termination upon logout
ZBX-5419	Added guest session termination after login
ZBX-4168	Fixed the "problem display" dashboard filter not being applied to the "latest 20 issues" block
ZBX-5435	Fixed memory leak in a history syncer process
ZBX-5393	Improved language encoding lookup for windows
ZBX-5393	Secured javascript files, when translation contains apostrophes
ZBX-5393	Fixed undefined lc_messages on windows
ZBX-5393	Fixed language support for 64bit windows
ZBX-5393	Fixed undefined index for greek language on windows
ZBX-5399	Fixed group list selection for super admin users
ZBX-5417	Fixed macros being expanded in trigger overview trigger names
ZBX-5417	Removed the select item key button from the lld form
ZBX-5389	Fixed broken monitoring->graph when used with oracle
ZBX-5422	Fixed the outdated browser warning page not being displayed when magic quotes are enabled
ZBX-5422	Disabled switching to compatibility mode for ie
ZBX-5392	Fixed the "no permission" error when repeatingly deleting items from the item list
ZBX-5358	Fixed converting to utf8 of interface name in net.if.discovery check
ZBX-5359	Improved performance of mysql patches for migrating to the 2.0 schema
ZBX-5397	Fixed resolving of {host.ip}, {host.dns} and {host.conn} macros in item key parameters
ZBX-5410	Fixed displaying of a visible host name in the dynamic graphs
ZBX-5347	Fixed creating of multiple entries in graphs based on lld prototypes
ZBX-5257	Fixed trigger prototype form not being populated with data when editing a trigger prototype
ZBX-5307	Added a validation rule to prevent dependencies from a trigger to a trigger inherited from it
ZBX-5307	Fixed inherited trigger dependencies not being validated on hosts
ZBX-5307	Fixed an undefined index error when importing a trigger, that depends on an unexisting trigger
ZBX-5307	Fixed errors when importing item prototypes without applications
ZBX-5396	Fixed entries sorting by host groups in dashboard "system status", "host status" and "web monitoring"
ZBX-5108	Fixed undefined index errors when deleting a templated item from the list
ZBX-5125	Added more validation of duplicates in upgrade patches (1.8 -> 2.0)
ZBX-4527	Removed length limitation of the alerter script command line
ZBX-5385	Fixed "service down" cells not filled in monitoring -> discovery with the classic theme
ZBX-5308	Fixed trigger dependencies not being overridden by new triggers in parent templates
ZBX-5367	Fixed assignment of elements to a maintenance mode by the timer process
ZBX-5364	Added showing application and templated screen subentities when full cloning host or template
ZBX-5370	Fixed errors on importing of maps
ZBX-2771	Fixed localization of popups in monitoring->events
ZBX-5360	Fixed editing large inventory fields in the host mass update form
ZBX-5352	Fixed displaying the "change" column when the change for the value is non-significant
ZBX-5363	Fixed importing templates which use item as min/max value in graph
ZBX-5345	Fixed "group" option in the "configuration.export" method
ZBX-5371	Unified multiple import-related error messages
ZBX-5250	Fixed the "macros" parameter in the host.massremove and template.massremove methods
ZBX-5351	Fixed an undefined index error when deleting maintenance time intervals
ZBX-5351	Fixed time intervals being recreated when updating maintenances
ZBX-5355	Fixed translated string escaping in the map pop up menu script
ZBX-5257	Changed technical host names to visible host names in several places
ZBX-5257	Fixed incorrect links to parent trigger and graph prototypes in the configuration forms
ZBX-5257	Fixed multiple navigation panel issues
ZBX-4430	Fixed -t and -p options for windows 2000/xp agent
ZBX-1829	Improved system.uname check to support latest windows versions
ZBX-5103	Fixed compatibility of the agent with windows 2000
ZBX-5357	Fixed typos in help_items item key descriptions

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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