Release Notes for Zabbix 2.0.3rc2

1 October 2012

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 2.0.3rc2.

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 2.0.3rc2. Download here.

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 Agent Installation
ZBX-5450	Added support of "KMGTsmhdw" suffixes in the second parameter of count() function Server
ZBX-1357	Added American English translation; thanks to Zabbix translators API Frontend
ZBX-2060	Implemented the "expandExpression" parameter for the trigger.get and triggerprototype.get methods API
ZBXNEXT-1253	Implemented flicker-free screens API Frontend
ZBX-5318	Added remote commands in expanded {ESC.HISTORY} macro Server
ZBX-1357	Added Chinese (Taiwan) translation; thanks to Zabbix translators API Frontend
ZBX-1357	Updated Chinese (China), Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Japanese, Latvian, Polish, Spanish, Russian and Ukrainian translations; thanks to Zabbix translators API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-583	Added the maintenance filter to the trigger status page Frontend
ZBX-5351	Implemented the "selectTimeperiods" parameter for the maintenance.get method API
ZBX-4972	Added the ability to edit map links in the element mass update form Frontend

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-5625	Fixed resolving of host and template-level macros in SNMP OID field Proxy Server
ZBX-5627	Fixed missed placeholder brackets in multiple pages Frontend
ZBX-5578	Fixed multiple IE issues in screens Frontend
ZBX-5612	Fixed inability to view item data overview when host group doesn't have any triggers Frontend
ZBX-5578	Fixed graph inner interval selection in screens Frontend
ZBX-954	Fixed missing doublequote in import error message when a network map references non-existent trigger API
ZBX-5473	Fixed agent crash under FreeBSD and Linux when started with -p or -t vfs.dev.read/write Agent
ZBX-5513	Fixed HTTP authentication without directly passing password Frontend
ZBX-4852	Fixed calculation of update interval if flexible intervals are used Frontend Proxy Server
ZBX-5434	Fixed validation of linking template items to host API
ZBX-5514	Fixed SQL query in get_min_itemclock_by_itemid function Frontend
ZBX-5510	Fixed item name selecting using group filter API
ZBX-2939	Fixed login button link in HTTP auth mode Frontend
ZBX-5406	Fixed error when exporting template with another template with screens linked to it Frontend
ZBX-5509	Fixed upgrade patch to execute it on MySQL 5.0.28 or earlier Installation
ZBX-5383	Limited maximum data size accepted via Zabbix communication protocol to 128 MB Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-5198	Fixed usage of 'memory_get_peak_usage' function that appeared in PHP 5.2 Frontend
ZBX-5466	Fixed dependency adding when copying triggers to host and when full cloning host Frontend
ZBX-5466	Added copying of triggers that reference web monitoring items Frontend
ZBX-5466	Improved warning message for trigger circular dependencies API
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 API
ZBX-4316	Improved message for web step status code validation error, added validation in the API API Frontend
ZBX-5445	Fixed hint not removed in dashboard when widget content is refreshed Frontend
ZBX-5490	Fixed textarea maxlength validation Frontend
ZBX-5461	Fixed error when createing trigger prototype with PHP 5.1 API
ZBX-5487	Fixed sorting in dashboard system status and host status widget popups Frontend
ZBX-5480	Fixed icon default state for host elements in map Frontend
ZBX-5479	Removed inode item prototype from OS Windows template Installation
ZBX-5235	Fixed update of the "lifetime" field when linking a template to a host Server
ZBX-4025	Fixed duplicate HTTP step name checking Frontend
ZBX-5240	Fixed unwanted server shutdown if housekeeper cannot access MySQL database Proxy Server
ZBX-4482	Fixed guest user theme not applied Frontend
ZBX-5441	Fixed audit logging when adding IT service causing notice message and wrong audit log Frontend
ZBX-5204	Changed the color of inactive tabs to blue in the classic theme Frontend
ZBX-5393	Fixed translation escaping in HTML areas causing some languages to display incorrect text Frontend
ZBX-5393	Fixed broken target selection in action form Frontend
ZBX-5489	Removed API methods CAlert->create(), CAlert->delete(), CEvent->create(), CEvent->delete(), CEvent->deleteByTriggerIDs() API Frontend
ZBX-5483	Fixed response to sender requests with missing fields Proxy Server
ZBX-5429	Fixed hintbox displaying when menu is shown Frontend
ZBX-5444	Fixed maintenance hint not accessible if user has no permissions Frontend
ZBX-5444	Added functionality to hints, and now all newlines are converted to <br> tag Frontend
ZBX-5444	Fixed host in maintenance not highlighted by adding icon to hosts in maintenance Frontend
ZBX-5444	Fixed "last 20 issue" widget lines being 2px higher than other table lines in dashboard Frontend
ZBX-5444	Made host names with maintenance description correctly aligning in new lines in Monitoring -> Triggers when browser window width is changed Frontend
ZBX-5488	Fixed web item macros in map labels Frontend
ZBX-5437	Fixed error when templated trigger description contains interface macro Frontend
ZBX-5411	Fixed map element link sorting in element configuration form Frontend
ZBX-5465	Fixed the "Filter by host group" select not being populated in the availability report page filter Frontend
ZBX-5465	Corrected the labels for the host group and host filter on the "by host" availability report page Frontend
ZBX-5465	Fixed wrong template being selected when returning to the "by template" availability report from a graph Frontend
ZBX-5485	Fixed resolving of {HOST.NAME} macro on proxy in item keys Proxy Server
ZBX-5386	Fixed ODBC items to become unsupported when NULL value returned Agent Installation Proxy Server
ZBX-5469	Enabled possibility to use more than one application in proxy web monitoring for single host Installation Proxy
ZBX-5292	Allowed empty user macro values API Frontend
ZBX-5471	Fixed error when copying trigger from a host template that's linked to that host Frontend
ZBX-5460	Fixed link color in Dark Orange Theme bar text in Configuration -> Hosts -> Host Frontend
ZBX-5317	Fixed adding links for map elements Frontend
ZBX-5440	Added check for user group mass update function if no user group IDs are provided API
ZBX-5440	Fixed inability to remove last user and last permission from user group API
ZBX-5353	Improved login form layout when increasing text size in Firefox; thanks to Andrey Bondarenko Frontend
ZBX-5409	Changed item value macros for items without data to be resolved into "UNKNOWN" API Frontend
ZBX-5409	Fixed value mappings in the Latest data, item history pages and in plain text screen items and trigger names Frontend
ZBX-5419	Added session termination upon logout Frontend
ZBX-5419	Added guest session termination after login Frontend
ZBX-4168	Fixed the "problem display" dashboard filter not being applied to the "Latest 20 issues" block Frontend
ZBX-5435	Fixed memory leak in a history syncer process Server
ZBX-5393	Improved language encoding lookup for Windows Frontend
ZBX-5393	Secured javascript files, when translation contains apostrophes Frontend
ZBX-5393	Fixed undefined LC_MESSAGES on Windows Frontend
ZBX-5393	Fixed language support for 64bit Windows Frontend
ZBX-5393	Fixed undefined index for Greek language on Windows Frontend
ZBX-5399	Fixed group list selection for super admin users Frontend
ZBX-5417	Fixed macros being expanded in trigger overview trigger names Frontend
ZBX-5417	Removed the select item key button from the LLD form Frontend
ZBX-5389	Fixed broken Monitoring->Graph when used with Oracle Frontend
ZBX-5422	Fixed the outdated browser warning page not being displayed when magic quotes are enabled Frontend
ZBX-5422	Disabled switching to compatibility mode for IE Frontend
ZBX-5392	Fixed the "no permission" error when repeatingly deleting items from the item list Frontend
ZBX-5358	Fixed converting to UTF8 of interface name in net.if.discovery check Agent
ZBX-5359	Improved performance of MySQL patches for migrating to the 2.0 schema Installation
ZBX-5397	Fixed resolving of {HOST.IP}, {HOST.DNS} and {HOST.CONN} macros in item key parameters Proxy Server
ZBX-5410	Fixed displaying of a visible host name in the dynamic graphs Frontend
ZBX-5347	Fixed creating of multiple entries in graphs based on LLD prototypes Server
ZBX-5257	Fixed trigger prototype form not being populated with data when editing a trigger prototype Frontend
ZBX-5307	Added a validation rule to prevent dependencies from a trigger to a trigger inherited from it API
ZBX-5307	Fixed inherited trigger dependencies not being validated on hosts API
ZBX-5307	Fixed an undefined index error when importing a trigger, that depends on an unexisting trigger API
ZBX-5307	Fixed errors when importing item prototypes without applications API
ZBX-5396	Fixed entries sorting by host groups in dashboard "system status", "host status" and "web monitoring" Frontend
ZBX-5108	Fixed undefined index errors when deleting a templated item from the list Frontend
ZBX-5125	Added more validation of duplicates in upgrade patches (1.8 -> 2.0) Installation
ZBX-4527	Removed length limitation of the alerter script command line Server
ZBX-5385	Fixed "service down" cells not filled in Monitoring -> Discovery with the classic theme Frontend
ZBX-5308	Fixed trigger dependencies not being overridden by new triggers in parent templates API
ZBX-5367	Fixed assignment of elements to a maintenance mode by the timer process Server
ZBX-5364	Added showing application and templated screen subentities when full cloning host or template Frontend
ZBX-5370	Fixed errors on importing of maps API
ZBX-2771	Fixed localization of popups in Monitoring->Events Frontend
ZBX-5360	Fixed editing large inventory fields in the host mass update form Frontend
ZBX-5352	Fixed displaying the "Change" column when the change for the value is non-significant Frontend
ZBX-5363	Fixed importing templates which use item as min/max value in graph API
ZBX-5345	Fixed "group" option in the "configuration.export" method API
ZBX-5371	Unified multiple import-related error messages API Frontend
ZBX-5250	Fixed the "macros" parameter in the host.massremove and template.massremove methods API
ZBX-5351	Fixed an undefined index error when deleting maintenance time intervals API Frontend
ZBX-5351	Fixed time intervals being recreated when updating maintenances API Frontend
ZBX-5355	Fixed translated string escaping in the map pop up menu script Frontend
ZBX-5257	Changed technical host names to visible host names in several places Frontend
ZBX-5257	Fixed incorrect links to parent trigger and graph prototypes in the configuration forms Frontend
ZBX-5257	Fixed multiple navigation panel issues Frontend
ZBX-4430	Fixed -t and -p options for Windows 2000/XP agent Agent
ZBX-1829	Improved system.uname check to support latest Windows versions Agent
ZBX-5103	Fixed compatibility of the agent with Windows 2000 Agent
ZBX-5357	Fixed typos in help_items item key descriptions Installation

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Installation and Upgrade Notes

Installation

See Zabbix documentation for full details.

Upgrade

See Upgrade procedure for upgrade options and instructions. For version specific upgrade notes, see Upgrade notes for 2.0.3.

Commercial support

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• Zabbix Enterprise Support
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References

Zabbix 2.0 Manual