Release Notes for Zabbix 2.0.3

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.

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

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

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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