Release Notes for Zabbix 3.0.0

15 February 2016

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 3.0.0.

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 3.0.0. Download it from download.

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-1357	Updated English (United States), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Ukrainian translations; thanks to Zabbix translators
ZBX-1357	Enabled French translation to be displayed by default
ZBX-1357	Updated Czech, English (United States), French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian translations; thanks to Zabbix translators
ZBXNEXT-2662	Added a new filter in Monitoring -> Screens
ZBXNEXT-2662	Added a new filter in Monitoring -> Screens -> Slide shows
ZBXNEXT-2662	Added a new filter in Monitoring -> Maps
ZBXNEXT-2662	Updated default colors for graph elements
ZBX-1357	Enabled English (United States), Korean, Ukrainian translations to be displayed by default
ZBXNEXT-3122	Added Windows ReFS to the list of file system types discovered by default
ZBXNEXT-3124	Added edit buttons in map, screen and slide show views
ZBX-1357	Updated Czech, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Slovak, Ukrainian translations; thanks to Zabbix translators
ZBXNEXT-3082	Implemented support of public and private slide shows with ability to share them with other users and user groups
ZBXNEXT-3080	Implemented action menu closing only when clicking outside of it
ZBXNEXT-3051	Implemented action and action condition caching
ZBXNEXT-2662	Implemented displaying of maps using graph_themes
ZBX-10102	Added support for log file meta information update for items with value type other than log
ZBXNEXT-2662	Moved "sid" parameter into POST method for links with actions
ZBXNEXT-611	Added an option to start Zabbix daemons in foreground mode and a configuration parameter to log to the standard ouput
ZBXNEXT-2662	Removed "sid" parameter from almost all links
ZBXNEXT-3073	Implemented support of public and private screens with ability to share them with other users and user groups
ZBXNEXT-3071	Optimized history cache to better handle few items flooding cache with values
ZBXNEXT-3045	Dropped zabbix_agent - the inetd version of Zabbix agent
ZBX-1357	Updated Czech, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Slovak translations; thanks to Zabbix translators
ZBXNEXT-2662	Implemented a new filter in triggers and web checks configuration lists
ZBXNEXT-2662	Implemented a new screen clock
ZBXNEXT-2662	Implemented displaying of the IT services bar graph using graph_themes
ZBXNEXT-2662	Improved editing of the IT Services
ZBXNEXT-3007	Implemented support of public and private maps with ability to share them with other users and user groups
ZBX-10063	Improved net.if.* on Windows to get values from 64-bit counters if available
ZBX-9859	Improved performance of screen.get method for an unprivileged user
ZBXNEXT-3055	Changed LLD lost resources deletion time calculation logic to avoid issues with invalid discovery item time stamps
ZBXNEXT-1193	Implemented trend.get method for API
ZBXNEXT-3037	Removed unused fields "gridview" and "legendview" from "graph_theme" table
ZBXNEXT-2357	Implemented a new MVC style for Monitoring->Web and IT Services report
ZBX-9985	Fixed template search results
ZBXNEXT-1762	Added years, months and half of months periods displaying on graphs X axis
ZBXNEXT-1679	Implemented value map import/export
ZBXNEXT-1679	Added checkbox column in value map list view and bulk "Delete" button
ZBXNEXT-1679	Added "Used in items" column in value map list view and green text "Yes" if value map is used in items or item prototypes
ZBXNEXT-1679	Added value map sorting by name
ZBXNEXT-1679	Added limit for the amount of records and paging in value maps
ZBXNEXT-1679	Replaced built-in confirmation dialog with modal window dialog for image import when selecting "Update existing"
ZBXNEXT-2683	Added user macro context
ZBX-2616	Updated bundled DejaVu font from 2.34 to 2.35
ZBX-9935	Added check for item delay, to be between 0 and 86400 seconds
ZBX-1357	Updated Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Finnish, Japanese, Polish, Russian and Slovak translations; thanks to Zabbix translators
ZBXNEXT-2678	Implemented trigger description and URL popups in the dashboard's "Last 20 issues" and screen element's "Host group issues" and "Host issues"
ZBX-2517	Changed minimum period for time navigator to 1 minute; thanks to Zabbix community
ZBXNEXT-1424	Implemented value mapping API, added clone button in value map edit form and slightly improved performance of value map caching in frontend
ZBXNEXT-2960	Reduced the default MaxLinesPerSecond value to 20
ZBXNEXT-1263	Added encryption support for communications between Zabbix components
ZBXNEXT-2662	Implemented on-click navigation for sub menus
ZBXNEXT-2844	Added multiple escalator support
ZBXNEXT-2988	Reduced the number of poller configuration cache locks by 1/3
ZBXNEXT-2163	Implemented argument support for script media type
ZBXNEXT-2128	Implemented execution of an item at a specific time
ZBXNEXT-922	Added forecasting trigger functions
ZBX-1357	Updated Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Italian, Japanese and Russian translations; thanks to Zabbix translators
ZBXNEXT-2056	Added an HTTP response code value map
ZBX-9274	Added printing defaults when Zabbix programs are executed with --help option
ZBXNEXT-2662	Added a new predefined period (3 days) for the timeline
ZBXNEXT-2581	Added returning of permissions for usergroup.get
ZBX-8820	Improved bulk acknowledge of events
ZBXNEXT-210	Changed macro type labels in template configuration form
ZBXNEXT-1241	Added host inventory mode setting for new and discovered hosts
ZBXNEXT-494	Added support for proc.cpu.util key on Linux and Solaris platforms
ZBX-1357	Updated Czech and Japanese translations; thanks to Zabbix translators

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-10385	Fixed "Case sensitive" checkbox on regular expression test function
ZBX-10381	Fixed validation of length of a command in the Administration->Scripts form
ZBX-10384	Fixed upgrade of screens, maps and slide shows to make public them for simple users
ZBX-10382	Fixed "Too few arguments" error in the user profile form
ZBX-10380	Fixed upgrade of an empty proxy database
ZBX-10362	Fixed resolving of {TRIGGER.ID} macro in trigger URL field
ZBX-10358	Fixed error messages in template screen cloning and web scenario step validation
ZBX-10347	Fixed undefined index "macros" in dashboard widget
ZBX-10352	Fixed standard file stream redirection after daemonizing when using system log type
ZBX-10350	Fixed "Select all" checkbox in application list
ZBX-10215	Fixed host availability not being updated for connection errors on timeouting items
ZBX-10361	Updated database versioning for v3.0 release
ZBX-10336	Fixed agent crash with TLS OpenSSL on MS Windows; thanks to Kenneth Palmertree for patch
ZBX-10345	Fixed screen, map and slide show update by a simple user
ZBX-10313	Changed wmi.get[] to accept UTF-8 encoded namespace and WQL query
ZBX-10339	Fixed undefined index "conditiontype" when adding LLD rule
ZBX-10305	Fixed incorrect menu highlighting and removed dropdown control for templated screens
ZBX-9661	Fixed bug when VMware collectors could sometimes use 100% of CPU without processing any data
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed background of the screens
ZBX-9784	Fixed host clone form to work with prototype v1.7.1
ZBX-10325	Fixed importing of host prototypes from Zabbix 2.4
ZBX-10325	Fixed validation of graph items when importing XML files
ZBX-9640	Improved server/proxy/agent item value timestamp synchronization
ZBXNEXT-1263	Fixed number of bugs in encryption support, increased minimum PSK length to 128 bits
ZBX-10333	Fixed treatment of empty results from agent as network errors
ZBX-10327	Fixed brightness of the selections
ZBX-10331	Fixed starting agent as Windows service with multiple agents option
ZBX-10289	Fixed top menu element overlapping
ZBX-4069	Fixed LDAP and Oracle DB compilation conflict
ZBX-10297	Fixed changing web scenario status from list view
ZBX-10158	Fixed threshold parameters for triggers "70% os Process CPU Load on {HOST.NAME}" and "{HOST.NAME} is not reachable" in template "JMX Generic"
ZBXNEXT-2662	Added escaping of the HTML entities and tags in the GUI notifications
ZBXNEXT-2662	Added space between Auto-logout elements in the user profile form
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed flickering of disabled radios
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed logo white background
ZBX-10227	Fixed exporting events to CSV for selected host
ZBX-10280	Fixed exporting of historical events to CSV file
ZBX-10163	Fixed expression area changes in LLD rule filters when selecting different type of calculation
ZBX-10112	Fixed displaying trigger name in IT service dependencies after error
ZBX-10182	Fixed percentile line checkbox checking
ZBX-9938	Fixed displaying incorrect number of hosts that have acknowledged problematic triggers in dashboard host status widget when "Problem display" is "Unackowledged only" in dashboard filter
ZBX-10251	Fixed "countOutput" calculation in map.get API method
ZBX-9877	Changed system.uname on Windows to get data from WMI, fixed wmi.get[] to return UTF-8 encoded strings
ZBX-10282	Fixed undefined index "eztext_limit" in media types
ZBX-10300	Fixed subfilter for host items
ZBX-10288	Fixed unexpected parameter type in imagepolygon()
ZBX-10284	Fixed possible crash when removing all cached actions during configuration sync
ZBX-9733	Fixed possibility to start several agents on the same port on Windows
ZBX-10285	Fixed map export fatal error
ZBX-9969	Fixed availability of action menu popups for map elements
ZBX-9730	Removed unused value map template "Host status" and added new - "Host availability"
ZBX-10230	Fixed and improved translatable strings
ZBX-9991	Fixed functionality that adds last selected host group to new template groups list
ZBX-9500	Fixed elements sorting in configuration export
ZBX-10165	Fixed construction of host discovery filter expression
ZBX-10270	Fixed HTTP proxy environment variables not being taken into account in Web monitoring
ZBX-10019	Fixed graph time interval selection
ZBX-10226	Fixed trigger prototype updateReal API method
ZBX-10232	Fixed SQL errors with invalid "year" parameter in IT services report
ZBX-10246	Fixed updating and creating media type
ZBX-1357	Added more details to README file about how to add new language
ZBX-10266	Fixed uninitialized variable in VMware code reported by Coverity (CIDs 118958, 118960, 118962, 118965)
ZBX-10239	Fixed agent collector crashes on Linux while gathering data for proc.cpu.util[], fixed unsafe use of stack in logging functions
ZBX-10182	Fixed API to disallow update of templated host graphs and disabled form fields for templated host graph update
ZBX-10194	Fixed server attempts to insert duplicate entries during LLD on ARM 32 bit processors
ZBX-10275	Fixed displaying of the search dropdown
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed displaying of a mass selection box in the map configurator
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed displaying of action buttons in the list of items
ZBX-10051	Fixed expanding of trigger expression user macro in trigger name positional macro
ZBX-10236	Fixed history page PHP errors that occurred with items that are value mapped with floating point values
ZBXNEXT-3065	Added arg_separator.output check in setup pre-requisites
ZBX-10150	Fixed "countOutput" calculation in screen.get API method
ZBXNEXT-2662	Moved logo in an upper left corner
ZBXNEXT-2662	Added server name in login page
ZBX-8914	Improved receiving TCP messages: more tolerant to fragmented messages, stricter message length validation, better performance
ZBXNEXT-1263	Fixed timeout detection for encrypted connections
ZBXNEXT-1263	Fixed encryption problems with running remote commands
ZBXNEXT-1263	Polished encryption support for communications between Zabbix components
ZBXNEXT-2637	Fixed incorrect double quote character in the default agent configuration files
ZBX-9904	Fixed server response when active proxy sends in historical data, info string was missing
ZBX-10219	Fixed pointer type in sizeof()
ZBX-8755	Removed unutilised header file to eliminate build warnings
ZBX-10066	Fixed bug where host availability changes could be lost if proxy failed to send the update, fixed possibility of duplicate availability updates for passive proxies
ZBX-10145	Fixed macro resolving for trigger description in dashboard
ZBX-10140	Fixed starting session in page header when output buffering is disabled
ZBX-10177	Fixed resource leak in sensor[] on Linux kernel versions 2.6 and higher
ZBX-10154	Improved sender.pl script to take advantage of buffering (increases performance and makes communication with daemons more robust)
ZBX-10138	Fixed action based host removal when hosts to be deleted have host prototypes
ZBX-10064	Fixed history cache synchronisation with database on shutdown
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed trimming of leading and trailing spaces in the proxy encription-related fields
ZBX-10022	Fixed a web scenario name into the graphs
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed displaying of the server name on the pages
ZBXNEXT-2662	Added ZBX_WIDGET_ROWS limitation for displaying of elements the popup windows
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed closing of the multiple message boxes
ZBXNEXT-2662	Added "Time" column in the actions popup window
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed coloring of the configuration errors in "Status of Zabbix" widget
ZBX-4794	Removed old-style flash clock
ZBX-4378	Fixed several screen clock problems
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed coloring for disabled hosts in drop-down controls
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed background in Monitoring->Maps page
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed escaping of multiselect drop-down list items
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed the footer for "Last 20 issues" dashboard widget
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed sort icons in the screen elements
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed displaying of screen elements
ZBXNEXT-2662	Replaced <span> with <a> tag in action menu popups to allow open targets in a new browser's tab
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed IT services status bar; fixed align of the root element
ZBXNEXT-2662	Added information about number of records in tables
ZBX-9458	Fixed low level discovery macro substitution in calculated item formulas
ZBX-10110	Fixed using Japanese in global search
ZBX-10067	Fixed false event generation on log item meta information update
ZBX-9998	Changed output of history and trends in item list and item prototype list from #y #m #d format to #d format
ZBX-9981	Fixed validation for zabbix.conf.php saving in write protected directory
ZBX-10139	Fixed possible PHP and SQL errors on the dashdoard and screens
ZBX-10099	Fixed buffer flushing error when executing script on a host
ZBX-10077	Fixed deleting of profile data for current user
ZBX-9950	Fixed foreign key constraint violation when deleting discovered host triggers and graphs with their prototypes
ZBX-10033	Fixed Windows agent printing an incorrect error message in case of abandoned lock
ZBX-10034	Fixed agent start-up failures within Windows session due to common locks abandoned by other agents
ZBX-10036	Fixed showing all hosts in dashboard last 20 issues when trigger expression contains several hosts
ZBX-9906	Fixed automatic refreshing of WEB scenario details
ZBX-10126	Fixed compilation error in sensors.c on Linux 2.4 kernels
ZBX-10018	Fixed inconsistent messages in debug log when UserParameter terminated by timeout
ZBX-10029	Fixed running remote command on Current host twice if it is within specified Host or Host group targets
ZBX-10079	Documented system.run returning '1' with nowait parameter in the item key helper
ZBX-10107	Fixed compilation warnings for function calls without a real prototype
ZBX-10084	Fixed removing trigger-related network map elements
ZBX-10031	Fixed logging of occasionally incorrect process information during agent's start-up on Windows
ZBX-10001	Fixed duplicating log file entries from housekeeper
ZBX-9928	Fixed triple SMS being sent by single action with Cinterion MC35i modem
ZBX-10006	Changed color of hovered host name for disabled host in search result
ZBX-10100	Fixed issue when collected values could be left unsaved to the database
ZBX-9643	Fixed resolving of {TRIGGER.NAME} macro in action messages
ZBX-9931	Removed 2KB item key length limitation when sent to agent
ZBX-9932	Removed 1KB zabbix_get item key length limitation
ZBX-9992	Fixed forecast() function info index for trigger expression constructor
ZBX-10061	Fixed possible server and proxy crash on attempt to clean up text cache if log item meta update packets are present in history cache
ZBX-10045	Fixed first proc.cpu.util[] request returning empty value which was treated as network error by server
ZBX-1916	Improved host availability handling by resetting it for disabled hosts, interfaces without enabled items and hosts monitored by offline proxies
ZBX-2966	Fixed handling of possible negative value of vfs.fs.size check
ZBX-9977	Fixed inconsistent display of acknowledge-related elements when acknowledgement is disabled in configuration
ZBX-9964	Fixed undefined index "inventory_mode" in host prototype edit form
ZBXNEXT-1762	Fixed time interval calculation and displaying issues in line graphs
ZBX-9949	Fixed undefined index in proxy edit form
ZBX-6028	Improved log rotation so that zabbix components do not keep writing to the old log file
ZBX-8235	Fixed losing initial values when updating templated items
ZBX-9888	Added validation in action condition formula to prohibit comparison of several triggers with "AND" operator
ZBX-9975	Fixed undefined index when updating trigger prototype
ZBX-9959	Fixed JSON validation: produce an error on invalid escape sequences in a string value
ZBX-7202	Fixed action disabling when deleting user or user group
ZBX-9970	Removed service label from configuration popup menu
ZBX-9945	Fixed updating of "Device uniqueness criterias" while editing discovery checks
ZBX-9967	Fixed agent compilation error on NetBSD 7
ZBX-9347	Added information about zabbix_sender input file format to the man page
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed debug messages in the dashboard widgets
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed year and month vertical alignment in calendar
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed displaying of month and year in calendar popup
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed script execution window layout
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed displaying of modal dialogs
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed top nav jumping icon bug on page zoom in Safari
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed resizing of multiselect items in filters
ZBX-9941	Fixed button attributes changes for map cloning
ZBX-7006	Implemented trend cache cleanup procedure which forces hourly flush of deleted, disabled or rarely updated item trends
ZBX-9889	Fixed vmware.eventlog item values to have unique timestamps in history table
ZBX-9919	Fixed y scale calculation for linear graphs
ZBX-9898	Improved database exception messages
ZBX-9900	Marked first parameter for proc_info item as mandatory
ZBX-9902	Fixed undefined variables "mediatype" and "users" in mediatype properties
ZBX-9864	Fixed compilation warnings regarding SIZE_T_MAX under NetBSD
ZBX-9862	Added meta tag "msapplication-config" to prevent MSIE11 requesting browserconfig.xml
ZBX-9340	Fixed "data" property not being returned by API when error is generated on DB level
ZBX-9866	Fixed error field being needlessly copied for LLD rule when full cloning a host
ZBX-9883	Fixed host assignment for proxy
ZBX-9863	Fixed compilation warning regarding "empty_str" initialization in setproctitle.c
ZBX-9912	Fixed ITEM.LASTVALUE macro value being truncated at bytes rather than utf-8 characters
ZBX-7511	Removed trimming of leading and trailing spaces in SNMP strings
ZBX-8899	Fixed retrieval of sensor readings on Linux 2.6 and higher
ZBX-9917	Fixed log message when opening windows eventlog
ZBX-9855	Fixed SNMP dynamic index cache refresh when SNMP OID changes
ZBX-8820	Fixed trimming of new acknowledge messages
ZBX-9740	Improved proc.num for protected Windows processes
ZBX-9793	Fixed handling of opaque types in SNMP
ZBX-9847	Fixed possible Zabbix agent crash when executing system.cpu.discovery
ZBX-9895	Fixed memory leak in case of unsupported field type while processing configuration received over proxy protocol
ZBX-9776	Added check for line length when parsing configuration file
ZBX-9796	Fixed item key vfs.fs.size operation for NetBSD
ZBXNEXT-494	Fixed proc.cpu.util help item description
ZBX-9858	Added error message logging when SNMP trapper file size exceeds 2GB
ZBX-9666	Fixed invalid SNMP dynamic index cache if 2 SNMP agents have the same IP, port and OID
ZBXNEXT-1078	Removed 'proc.mem[]' 5-th parameter (memtype) value 'dvm' on AIX
ZBX-9807	Fixed undefined offset errors in configuration export when processing triggers that have items with discovered applications
ZBX-9810	Fixed trigger prototype expression inheritance incorrectly assigning an invalid expression to child objects and trigger expression test popup displaying a missing class
ZBX-7847	Added functionality that stops polling inactive IPMI hosts
ZBX-9430	Fixed Windows eventlog item incorrectly interpreting 0x00000103 return value as an error
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed a map element editing form
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed possibility to change the colours of trigger severities
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed layout of checkboxes with labels
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed layout of host inventory form
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed media editing in user form
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed saving of collapsible widgets in "Event detais" and "Global search" pages
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed displaying of vertical headers under IE10, IE11 and Edge
ZBXNEXT-2662	Fixed displaying of eventlog severities
ZBX-9655	Fixed crash if MYSQL connection object initialization failed
ZBX-9667	Fixed disabled triggers or triggers having disabled hosts or items affecting trigger dependency calculations
ZBX-9738	Fixed deletion of related action operations when deleting a host group
ZBX-9625	Fixed interface list bug in host form
ZBX-9804	Fixed monitoring graph scroller and calendar
ZBX-9607	Fixed step form in web scenario
ZBX-9791	Fixed typo in maps.inc.php
ZBX-9668	Improved handling of VMware performance counter instances without data
ZBX-9677	Fixed compilation warnings in the escalator.c module
ZBX-9682	Fixed parsing of numeric item key parameters
ZBX-9516	Fixed displaying of the "Go" button after deleting applications
ZBX-9639	Fixed chart width validation
ZBX-9729	Fixed replacement of {MACRO<1-9>} with {MACRO} where only {MACRO} is acceptable
ZBX-9809	Fixed action operation validation
ZBX-9814	Fixed function prototype declaration created in ZBXNEXT-2760
ZBX-9716	Fixed possible event record number wraparound issues in the old Windows Eventing support
ZBX-9258	Fixed Alias for log[], logrt[] and eventlog[]

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Installation and Upgrade Notes

Installation

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Upgrade

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References

Zabbix 3.0 Manual