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