Release Notes for Zabbix 2.3.0

23 May 2014

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 2.3.0.

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 2.3.0. 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-1782	Added support for newlines and tabs in trigger expressions
ZBXNEXT-1782	Added support of new trigger expression operators ">=", "<=", "<>", "and", "or" and "not"; removed existing "#", "|" and "&"
ZBXNEXT-2203	Added information on the reason items become not supported
ZBXNEXT-734	Implemented support for url as dynamic screen element and added macro support
ZBXNEXT-497	Added support for patterns in "include" configuration directive
ZBXNEXT-1506	Added support for vfs.dev.read[] and vfs.dev.write[] on aix; thanks to jairo lopez and boris manojlovic for patches
ZBX-5430	Implemented iso 8601 standard date format "yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss" as default
ZBX-7981	Deprecated "exists" api methods
ZBX-7949	Improved multibyte string support
ZBXNEXT-2270	Changed "status" dropdown in host and host prototype forms to "enabled" checkbox
ZBX-7941	Changed page footer to not show debug in fullscreen mode
ZBXNEXT-1343	Removed support of old style node-based distributed monitoring
ZBXNEXT-2256	Added support of host level macros like {host.*} along with user macros in lld filter regexps
ZBX-7979	Added button "clear history and trends" to scenarios form
ZBXNEXT-2065	Added a filter option to hide recently resolved triggers in monitoring -> triggers
ZBXNEXT-949	Improved filters by adding different titles for open and collapsed states
ZBXNEXT-2107	Added links to dependency triggers and added comma separated host list if dependency trigger belongs to multiple hosts in trigger edit and massupdate forms
ZBXNEXT-2225	Added a percentage free parameter to system.swap.size item; changed the way swap size is calculated
ZBXNEXT-1119	Changed the global search to also search by technical host and template names
ZBXNEXT-2194	Added configuration option to include all files in a directory on windows
ZBXNEXT-751	Added support of user macros in the notifications and commands
ZBXNEXT-2123	Implemented the application and host inventory filters on the trigger monitoring page
ZBXNEXT-2117	Added "description" field for templates, hosts and proxies
ZBXNEXT-1533	Added "action name" in "history of actions" screen and added a patch to change screen item sort order
ZBX-7850	Unified the "go to" section of host pop-up menus displayed in maps and other other places and made menu links disabled instead of hidden
ZBXNEXT-421	Implemented user name in action audit page
ZBXNEXT-2167	Improved info column in latest data monitoring and item, trigger, discovery host configuration
ZBX-6374	Added pagination in availability reports
ZBXNEXT-1533	Added "action name" in audit -> action log
ZBX-7742	Added error message upon encountering trailing data for zabbix_sender when reading from file
ZBXNEXT-581	Implemented the ability to filter by multiple lld macros
ZBX-7361	Implemented alphabetic host ordering when trigger has many hosts
ZBXNEXT-1632	Added graph link in host menu popup "go to" section
ZBXNEXT-1735	Removed graph and history link from items in latest data page, if history and trends are disabled
ZBXNEXT-1910	Added active since and active till columns in maintenance page
ZBX-7095	Added 'cancel' button in dashboard configuration
ZBXNEXT-2140	Enabled monitoring -> latest data filter option "show items without data" by default
ZBX-7713	Changed the event details page to display all hosts used in a trigger
ZBXNEXT-1700	Added informative messages about database connection restoration
ZBX-7609	Improved frontend messages mute/unmute
ZBXNEXT-1291	Added clickable links for template names in host, template, host prototype and discovered host property templates tab
ZBXNEXT-2073	Improved dashboard refresh time menu
ZBXNEXT-2073	Improved dashboard favourite menu
ZBXNEXT-2073	Improved service configuration menu
ZBXNEXT-2073	Improved slide show refresh multiplier popup menu
ZBXNEXT-2073	Improved trigger log menu
ZBXNEXT-2073	Improved trigger macros menu
ZBXNEXT-2073	Updated jquery to latest 1.10.2
ZBXNEXT-453	Added a new parameter 'user' to daemon configuration that allows dropping privileges to the specified user
ZBXNEXT-581	Split database upgrade patches over multiple files for easier maintenance
ZBX-7345	Removed deprecated api features

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-8014	Fixed evaluation of calculated item and trigger expressions not being precise enough
ZBX-8212	It is not possible to add triggers from templates to maps anymore
ZBX-8227	Fixed the "applicationids" parameter in trigger.get overriding the "groupids" parameter
ZBX-8169	Fixed sla period calculation to account for dst changes
ZBX-8172	Fixed numeric value extraction from json data to ensure compatibility with third party tools that sends data as numeric values instead of strings
ZBX-8048	Fixed bug where proxy would truncate execute scripts of telnet, ssh and database monitoring items to 2kb
ZBX-8193	Changed web scenario default timeout to 15
ZBX-6190	Added a more informative message to return when an item does not have enough information to perform nodata() calculations
ZBX-8157	Fixed size and style of custom user agent in web scenario edit form and fixed ie displaying input field on second click
ZBX-6834	Fixed trigger.get not returning any results when using the "host" parameter
ZBX-8190	Fixed validation in api to prevent sql errors with oracle database when string with excessive length is stored
ZBX-8160	Removed justification in warning message
ZBX-8141	Corrected 'url' abbreviation string to uppercase
ZBX-7839	Fixed cloning of graphs and hosts to use changed form values
ZBX-8165	Fixed issue when maintenance items with its hosts/host groups removed are not accessible in configuration
ZBX-2196	Changed status codes of various exit calls to library macros for consistency
ZBX-1274	Fixed negative values, received from snmp agent, being displayed as large unsigned integers
ZBX-8031	Removed pre-processor aliases for windows string functions; converted all references of windows types to standard c types
ZBX-8158	Fixed disabled hosts not shown in trigger selection popup when in configuration
ZBX-8118	Changed image update so that image type can not be changed after create
ZBX-7553	Fixed graph not getting period when coming from screen
ZBX-7890	Fixed broken make distclean
ZBX-7981	Fixed validation when renaming host to an existing template in host.massupdate; fixed validation when renaming template to an existing host in template.massupdate
ZBX-7436	Changed string "comment" to "description" in trigger list and trigger comments
ZBX-8159	Fixed missing history bar when viewing or editing trigger descriptions
ZBX-7949	Fixed inherited graph and graph prototype case insensitive name comparison
ZBX-7534	Removed the limit of dservice value and removed the limit of authorization string
ZBX-8132	Fixed image.get not properly returning all images for sysmaps
ZBX-8108	Fixed reading /proc virtual files without rewinding the file position
ZBX-5243	Increased the length of program name and command line that proc.mem[] and proc.num[] can match on aix; thanks to boris manojlovic for patch
ZBX-7448	Fixed windows agents limit check
ZBX-7335	Improved element copy dialog by having hosts, templates and host group in separate target types and empty groups are not shown
ZBX-3336	Fixed autodiscovery rule doesn't clear/rescan hosts in dhosts/dservices
ZBX-6497	Improved frontend filters, filter and reset now is submit buttons, removed js form reset scripts, changed filter data saving process in profiles
ZBX-2840	Fixed map configuration with broken images
ZBX-6596	Fixed trigger sorting by hostname
ZBX-8012	Made links to other it services from the dependency management to open in a new browser tab
ZBX-7624	Fixed pie charts legend alignment
ZBX-8029	Changed built-in font size from 0 to 1 for zabbix home page and date in maps and graphs to support image functions for hhvm
ZBX-7625	Changed the execution order of api checks
ZBX-8032	Enabled hyperlinks in host inventory overview page
ZBX-7120	Fixed undefined index in menu for event csv export
ZBX-6675	Removed host from the graph title if items from multiple hosts are included
ZBX-7781	Fixed no error being triggered when trying to pass the "auth" parameter to a method that does not require authentication
ZBX-8001	Fixed host massupdate inventory tab being reset after choosing an inventory mode
ZBX-7873	Removed redundant error message in login page in event when frontend access for guest is not available
ZBX-7969	Fixed discovery checks sorting in action configuration page
ZBX-7969	Fixed sorting by name in discovery rule page
ZBX-7826	Fixed padding near textarea in acknowledges page
ZBX-4998	Fixed inconsistency of logging on linux and windows agents, and fixed information level logging at debug level 0
ZBX-6235	Fixed unnecessary compilation of c code when only --enable-java is passed to ./configure
ZBX-5546	Removed formatting of json objects and escaping of forward slash/solidus
ZBX-7749	Fixed possibility to set up database with default setting "autocommit off"
ZBX-7140	Fixed sql query to retrieve data for host updates sorted from the database
ZBX-7673	Removed strict necessity for a configuration for options that don't require it
ZBX-7786	Fixed cell limit formatting with ellipsis
ZBX-7727	Added sql connection error displaying for oracle and db2
ZBX-5789	Removed unused fields in graph_discovery table
ZBX-6350	Fixed incorrectly displayed table cell width in event source details and event details blocks
ZBX-7095	Fixed dashboard filter name to show pointer cursor
ZBX-7773	Fixed jquery buttonset initializing
ZBX-7707	Fixed "auto-logout" field to show submitted incorrect value
ZBXNEXT-2124	Implemented an application filter for host and host group map elements
ZBX-7109	Removed unused fields in trigger_discovery table
ZBX-7168	Fixed configure.ac template to properly link libcurl to all components independently
ZBX-4772	Fixed possibility to pass incorrect host status value
ZBX-7631	Fixed dashboard favourite widget width
ZBX-7622	Changed the default value of timeperiods.every field to '1'
ZBX-7618	Removed partial matching for long format command line options
ZBX-6940	Fixed frontend history links not remembering search queries
ZBX-7413	Fixed inconsistency of config file handling for loading and checking userparameters and aliases before starting the daemon
ZBX-7412	Fixed alias parsing; colon symbols are now supported in alias parameters
ZBX-7204	Fixed timestamp order of events generated during network discovery

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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 2.3 Manual