Release Notes for Zabbix 2.3.0

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.

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

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

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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