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