Release Notes for Zabbix 2.1.0

5 Jul 2013

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 2.1.0.

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 2.1.0. 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-1653	added regexp extraction support to file/web/log keys
ZBXNEXT-322	implemented value cache
ZBXNEXT-1571	added support for proc.num for HP-UX
ZBX-6299	added JSON validator
ZBXNEXT-1726	added support for optional host metadata to active agent for auto-registration
ZBXNEXT-1114	improved multiselect support in action condition configuration page
ZBXNEXT-367	added printing Aliases and PerfCounters when agent is run with -p option
ZBX-6581	added printing host name to a web scenario error log message
ZBXNEXT-1408	added multiselect in Action -> Conditions and Operations, in Scripts and in Item filter. Redesigned Host -> Templates form and added multiselect. Improved multiselect, added possibility to ignore elements
ZBXNEXT-1124	implemented minimum trigger severity filter in maps
ZBXNEXT-928	changed application inheritance logic to allow linking multiple templates with the same applications
ZBXNEXT-928	allowed to delete applications used in HTTP tests
ZBXNEXT-1051	added possibility to add new elements in multiselect, added multiselect in hosts mass update and in items mass update form, and fixed regressions in application.massadd and in application filter
ZBXNEXT-8	added used swap size support for Windows and OSF
ZBXNEXT-1597	added support for content retrieval based on regular expressions in web monitoring
ZBXNEXT-1438	added SNMPv3 context name support
ZBXNEXT-1407	implement multiselect in multiple pages for host and host groups
ZBXNEXT-1	added support of {host:key.last/min/avg/max()} macros in graph titles
ZBXNEXT-1649	added fine grained control of housekeeper tasks
ZBXNEXT-1712	improved create button for applications, items, triggers and web scenarios
ZBXNEXT-1712	removed useless host name field in applications, items and web scenarios
ZBXNEXT-384	added support of new notification macros {ACTION.*} and {EVENT.RECOVERY.*}; {EVENT.*} macros now return information of the event which triggered an action
ZBXNEXT-1105	added logging of used configuration file name for agentd, server and proxy daemons
ZBXNEXT-1575	implemented internal event and notification support
ZBXNEXT-1575	the error icon in the item, LLD rule and trigger lists will no longer be displayed for disabled objects
ZBXNEXT-1575	new triggers will now be created in OK state
ZBXNEXT-1575	the status indicator in the trigger list will also display the "Unknown" status
ZBXNEXT-1575	implemented new notification macros: {ITEM.STATE<1-9>}, {LLDRULE.ID}, {LLDRULE.NAME}, {LLDRULE.DESCRIPTION}, {LLDRULE.KEY}, {LLDRULE.STATE} and {TRIGGER.STATE}
ZBXNEXT-579	added support of net.if.discovery for FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD
ZBXNEXT-300	added support of IPMI discrete sensors
ZBXNEXT-1659	added support of anti-aliased normal and bold lines for graphs and map connectors
ZBXNEXT-1399	implemented multiselect in dashboard configuration
ZBX-6292	added support of time postfixes in trigger expression constructor
ZBXNEXT-354	added macro expansion for allowed hosts setting in trapper items
ZBXNEXT-109	implemented discovery rule check editing
ZBXNEXT-109	improved discovery rule check deleting
ZBXNEXT-1550	added support of loadable modules for extending Zabbix agent checks, also server and proxy simple checks
ZBX-6226	added command request (global script) result logging
ZBXNEXT-1243	added support for agent system.swap.size key on AIX
ZBXNEXT-1574	removed unknown event support
ZBXNEXT-1574	dropped the event value_changed property
ZBX-6126	changed the proxy.delete, user.delete and host.delete methods to accept both objects and IDs
ZBXNEXT-1334	added whitespace trimming for server lists in agent conf file and allowed hosts for trapper items
ZBX-4393	added usage of configuration parameter Timeout for SNMP checks
ZBX-6038	added zfs to the default list of filesystems discovered by LLD based templates
ZBXNEXT-1500	added support of full 64 bit address space for object IDs in non-DM setup
ZBXNEXT-1466	implemented macro support in trigger comments
ZBXNEXT-1491	implemented property array support for all get methods
ZBXNEXT-1491	implemented the map.get selectUrls parameter
ZBXNEXT-1491	implemented the itemprototype.get selectDiscoveryRule parameter
ZBXNEXT-484	added filtering by application in Monitoring -> Overview and Data/Triggers overview screen elements
ZBXNEXT-1089	added support of user macros in global scripts
ZBXNEXT-1526	added support of configurable number of retries per web scenario
ZBXNEXT-1286	added support of low-level discovery macros in trigger prototype expressions
ZBXNEXT-450	added support of SHA authentication protocol and AES privacy protocol for SNMPv3 chacks
ZBXNEXT-308	added support of web monitoring using HTTP proxy
ZBXNEXT-20	added support of templated web scenarios
ZBXNEXT-887	changed permission logic so that read permission does not override write permission anymore
ZBXNEXT-1492	dropped support of output shorten for the API get methods
ZBXNEXT-1410	increased performance of operation with historical and configuration caches
ZBXNEXT-1304	added resolving of LLD macros in item prototype and a trigger prototype descriptions
ZBXNEXT-1472	added support of parallel processing of time-based functions
ZBXNEXT-1323	implemented macros in script confirmation text
ZBX-3449	added support of multiple dynamic SNMP indexes
ZBXNEXT-1441	added media type name to action operations description
ZBXNEXT-1186	increased length to 2048 characters of expression field for triggers
ZBXNEXT-1433	moved operation delay field to Operation tab
ZBXNEXT-1322	implemented automatic update of database structure when upgrading to newer version
ZBX-3236	added support of value mapping for character data
ZBX-3817	improved performance of the "data sender" process
ZBX-5436	added support of AllowRoot parameter by server and proxy daemons
ZBX-5180	redesigned maintenance periods form
ZBXNEXT-1335	changed pingers to work without connection to a database
ZBX-5127	redesigned regular expressions form
ZBXNEXT-1663	added support for notification macros {TRIGGER.NAME.ORIG}, {ITEM.NAME.ORIG}, {ITEM.KEY.ORIG}

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-2622	added link to last event in monitoring triggers page
ZBX-6362	fixed proxy interface array structure
ZBX-6645	suppressed PHP error messages for DB connection tests in installation wizard step 3
ZBXNEXT-484	fixed displaying data and triggers in monitoring overview page if no applications defined
ZBX-6429	fixed Monitoring -> Events filter clearing and events acknowledging
ZBX-6648	improved trigger filter popup - shows hosts and groups that are enabled and have monitored triggers
ZBXNEXT-1682	added negative number validation for "New flexible interval" field
ZBX-6459	improved localization in maintenance
ZBX-6748	fixed event filter period resetting
ZBX-6693	improved groups and hosts filter in available report, slide shows and screen monitoring pages
ZBX-6662	fixed acknowledged message count for problem events in dashboard "system status" block
ZBX-6471	fixed action operations step ordering
ZBX-6361	fixed proxy interface creating through Proxy API
ZBX-6651	fixed template name for duplicate items in validation message
ZBX-6268	removed links from inactive subfilter items in item list
ZBX-6446	removed unused getObjects() method from Script API
ZBX-6710	fixed item list display after item deletion
ZBX-6718	fixed "placeholder" attribute for IE9
ZBX-6399	fixed map element linking
ZBX-6447	fixed time control start time calculation filter in Administration -> Audit
ZBX-6678	added write permission check in graphs and graph prototypes for Y axis MIN/MAX items
ZBX-5672	fixed horizontal grid and Y axis for graphs
ZBX-6692	fixed displaying age and last change in monitoring triggers page
ZBX-5711	fixed favorites not being added in dashboard
ZBX-4620	added escaping of HTML entities for search results as well for item and trigger pages
ZBX-4620	fixed inability to unset sub-filters in item configuration list
ZBX-5620	fixed layout of edit forms
ZBX-6597	removed debug trace in frontend for unsuccessful login if debug mode is enabled for guest group
ZBXNEXT-1550	fixed agent crash on Microsoft Windows
ZBX-6679	fixed monitoring event filter, it will now ignore groups and hosts without active triggers
ZBX-6685	fixed multiselect available data sorting in jsrpc
ZBX-6356	fixed displaying web scenarios for administrator users
ZBX-6667	fixed unused hostid parameter in maintenance configuration page
ZBX-6649	added numeric validation when selecting item for graphs and graph prototypes
ZBX-6668	fixed possibility to update action conditions and operations alone
ZBX-6666	fixed passing incorrect host and template ID directly from URL
ZBX-6650	fixed minor layout issues for reset button and buttons in edit forms
ZBX-6642	fixed not being able to use web items in plain text screen elements
ZBX-6642	fixed disabled items not being displayed in screen element item selection pop ups
ZBX-6654	fixed inconsistent column order in the item prototype list
ZBX-6644	fixed sorting by history and trends fields in itemprototype.get API
ZBX-6631	made the "Debug" link available for guest users
ZBX-5589	added validation of timeout and retry count parameters of net.dns item
ZBX-6575	fixed frontend permission validation for actions, hosts, maintenance, maps, proxies, screens and templates
ZBX-6626	fixed time displaying for graphs
ZBX-6562	fixed incorrect rounding in graphs for "s" units, fixed < 1 ms and 0s interval
ZBX-5953	added output of web monitoring status (yes/no) when configuring proxy or server
ZBX-6613	fixed trigger prototype create/update error message
ZBX-6619	fixed template context not remembered when deleting screen from template with mass delete
ZBX-6614	fixed array_keys() expecting array when calling CTemplateScreen get() with countOutput parameter
ZBX-6595	fixed empty "sort" parameter in the GET request causing the web monitoring list to be displayed incorrectly
ZBX-4636	fixed broken UFT-8 characters in log item on Windows agent when encoding parameter is not set
ZBX-6465	fixed undefined index, when inventory mode is not set in API call
ZBX-6580	fixed space between name and count in item subfilter
ZBX-6476	fixed trigger function validation
ZBX-6529	changed iteration in DBConditionInt() from cursor to foreach() which doesn't copy whole input ID list, thus decreasing memory usage
ZBX-6465	fixed host inventory mode being enabled even if only some inventory fields were updated
ZBX-6530	formatted some exception messages in CImage.php which where incorrectly formatted and not translated
ZBX-4590	added support for multibyte path to logrt items on Windows
ZBX-6460	fixed HTML entity encoding in condition names in action configuration page
ZBX-6435	fixed compiler warnings
ZBX-6305	fixed display name support in email sender
ZBX-6480	fixed default timeout being shown instead of the stored one in web scenario step properties
ZBX-5532	updated 1.8 time format to 2.0 for "services_times" table
ZBX-1511	fixed division by zero in graphs
ZBX-1950	fixed no values in graphs
ZBX-2424	fixed duplicates and zero values in Y axis
ZBX-3311	fixed duplicates in Y axis
ZBX-6287	added Milli and Micro support in graphs
ZBX-6263	fixed invisible negative points in graphs
ZBX-6271	removed positive intervals if graph is negative
ZBX-2579	fixed Y axis label rounding
ZBX-2579	fixed incorrect zero line definition
ZBX-2579	fixed interval rewriting
ZBX-2579	fixed negative Y axis
ZBX-2579	fixed small value rounding to zero
ZBX-2579	fixed unit types in Y axis
ZBX-6445	fixed unnecessary trimming for IPMI sensor field for item prototypes and discovery rules
ZBX-6335	removed unused alerts.nextcheck field
ZBX-6427	added message noting that maximum number of flexible intervals has been reached
ZBX-6427	fixed new flexible interval not being hidden when max number of flexible intervals reached
ZBX-6393	fixed missing "New flexible interval" field validation in discovery rule editing form
ZBX-3643	fixed trend average calculation for 64 bit unsigned integer values
ZBX-6397	synchronized discovery rule username/password field validation with items
ZBX-6400	fixed type list in discovery rule form
ZBX-6360	fixed all items being listed in item configuration if nonexistent host is provided in filter "Host" field
ZBX-6387	fixed navigation problems when opening profile page from trigger or graph prototype list
ZBX-6369	fixed "Use custom multiplier" field validation in items
ZBX-6366	fixed "New flexible interval" field validation in item prototypes
ZBX-6334	fixed naming inconsistency in triggers and graph prototypes
ZBX-6336	fixed "array to string conversion" error in triggers
ZBX-6332	fixed button IDs in graph editing form
ZBX-6234	improved validation of command request (global scripts) tag values
ZBX-6331	fixed page title in graph prototypes
ZBX-3357	fixed confusing naming and coloring in Monitoring -> Overview hint popup
ZBX-3357	fixed incorrectly blinking colors in non default themes
ZBX-5990	fixed permission check in graphs and triggers and fixed host full clone
ZBX-5972	fixed template items, LLD rules, item prototypes and applications being inherited incorrectly when changing their name and an object with the same already exists on a linked host
ZBX-6221	added failure response to proxy config/heartbeat requests with not matching hostname
ZBX-869	fixed expanding/collapsing all groups without an application when only one was activated in Monitoring -> Latest data
ZBX-6192	improved trigger update, must update only changed fields
ZBX-6256	fixed "limitSelect" in drule.get sorting dchecks and dhosts results by name instead of IDs
ZBX-6256	fixed drule.exists "druleids" parameter not working
ZBX-6276	fixed function to get URL parameter error message
ZBX-6245	fixed monitoring trigger filter criteria saving
ZBX-6237	fixed Y axis item adding field, now it is available also if item list is empty
ZBX-6123	ensured sequential IT service updates by database syncers
ZBX-5668	added upgrade patch to change "server_check_interval" field value to 10
ZBX-3078	added signal handling to agent also when it's not ran as daemon
ZBX-6229	removed pretty formatting from Java gateway JSON responses
ZBX-5549	removed unused PERM_READ_LIST and PERM_MAX constants
ZBX-3646	improved agent termination and resource cleanup on Windows
ZBX-6219	fixed proxy sending host availability data for templates
ZBX-6196	added missing HTTPS and TELNET options to Service type condition in Action configuration
ZBXNEXT-1574	changed the text in the "ack" column for triggers with no events in the trigger pop up of the "System status" widget to "No events"
ZBX-6006	fixed URLs not displayed in map configuration
ZBX-6084	fixed adding/removing items from dashboard favourites
ZBX-6166	fixed SQL error in Oracle, when linking a template
ZBX-5973	improved performance of SNMP dynamic index item cache building in poller processes
ZBX-6169	fixed colors in "Server info" and "Hosts info" screen items for dark orange/blue themes
ZBX-6172	removed unknown trigger status code from maps
ZBX-6126	implemented empty parameter validation in user.delete
ZBX-6160	changed the frontend to use temporary Oracle connections instead of persistent
ZBX-5034	fixed vfs.file.exists incorrectly reporting file as not existing in the case of errors
ZBX-6162	fixed undefined indexes in Dashboard -> Host status
ZBX-6041	fixed item sorting in log item filter
ZBX-6127	fixed default value for type column in users table
ZBXNEXT-1589	removed 'win32floppy' directory
ZBX-6098	fixed profile key types
ZBX-6119	fixed displaying of events in Monitoring -> Triggers
ZBX-6093	unified how the "access denied" page is displayed in different scenarios
ZBX-6125	fixed empty new line in configuration of actions
ZBX-6108	fixed time control position remembering in Monitoring -> Web
ZBX-6111	removed unused profile key: web.popup.itemtype
ZBX-6073	fixed page title in Zabbix installation page
ZBX-6102	fixed type of web.httpconf.showdisabled profile record
ZBX-6099	fixed event.get select_acknowledges count returning incorrect results if no acknowledgements exist
ZBX-6065	removed useless deletes when housekeeper deletes old history
ZBX-6078	fixed graph item creating
ZBX-6050	fixed duplicate step name validation in httptest.create and httptest.update
ZBX-5846	removed the graphitem.getobjects method
ZBX-5706	fixed trigger.adddependencies returning an object instead of an array of trigger IDs
ZBX-5916	removed the unnecessary dhostids parameter from dcheck.get
ZBX-5719	fixed event.get returning only trigger events by default for admin users
ZBX-5915	fixed the host.get and template.get selectParentTemplates parameter using an incorrect property name when passing count
ZBX-6049	fixed "Undefined index" in web scenario steps
ZBXNEXT-1491	fixed alert.get hostids and groupids parameters
ZBXNEXT-1491	fixed multiple subselects returning hashes instead of arrays
ZBXNEXT-1491	fixed item.get selectHosts returning double template objects
ZBXNEXT-1491	fixed itemprototype.get selectItems not returning web items
ZBXNEXT-1491	fixed template.get selectTemplates and selectHosts not working with count
ZBXNEXT-1491	fixed script.get subselects not working when not requesting the groupid and host_access properties
ZBX-5944	fixed displaying of trigger expression testing
ZBX-5909	fixed proxy compilation when using '--with-sqlite3'
ZBX-5904	fixed history filtering by items
ZBX-5927	fixed selectMappings returning a hash of mappings instead of an array in iconmap.get
ZBX-5927	fixed preservekeys affecting selectSelements and selectLinks in map.get
ZBX-5888	fixed incorrect message in trigger expression test
ZBX-5895	fixed including map in a map
ZBX-5718	fixed unknown event generation for templated triggers
ZBX-5749	fixed macro resolving in triggers in network maps
ZBX-5752	fixed incorrect API results, when deleting template objects
ZBX-5709	fixed trigger recreation after template trigger expression change caused event history deletion
ZBX-5711	added caching for frontend favorite values
ZBX-5711	removed redundant queries when editing web scenario
ZBX-5565	fixed HTML being returned on API requests if DB is down
ZBX-3396	added error message if FreeType support is missing
ZBX-4355	fixed response for inode items on file systems not supporting them
ZBX-5673	fixed incorrect Y-scale if point value > 10 PB
ZBX-875	fixed duplicate Y-scale
ZBX-3934	unified color code validation in frontend
ZBX-5498	improved performance of template linkage operations in API
ZBX-5498	applications API refactoring
ZBX-5560	fixed recovery sound being saved incorrectly in user profile
ZBX-2770	added autofocus for first field in the frontend forms
ZBX-5463	fixed inability to login if HTTP auth is enabled and frontend access is set to internal
ZBX-5383	changed maximum data size accepted via Zabbix communication protocol to be 64 MB
ZBX-5167	fixed incorrect screen count on the templated screen configuration page
ZBX-5142	changed media type field label from 'Description' to 'Name'
ZBX-5314	increased size of autoincrement fields for PostgreSQL database
ZBX-1845	added tabs to host massupdate form

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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 2.1 Manual