Release Notes for Zabbix 1.3

9 November 2006

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 1.3.

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 1.3. Download here.

The following sections describe the release in details and provide late-breaking or other information that supplements its main documentation.

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Fixes and minor improvements

	developed frontend installation wizard
	added availability of template triggers changing directly on host
	added availability of template items changing directly on host
	developed multitemplate system
	developed group permission system
	added processing of distributed events
	restructured code to add function process_event()
	table ALARMS renamed to EVENTS
	added automatic generation of database schemas
	pinger will use unique temporary file name
	developed SLA calculation periods
	developed flexible update intervals for items
	increased message size for alerts
	fixed macros substitution for messages
	improved 'perf_counter[*]' for WinXX
	fixed stderr/stdout redirection during logrotation
	fixed graphs in Oracle system
	fixed trigger expressions with ':'
	fixed 'Server info' screen components
	fixed 'service_state[*]' for WinXX
	fixed SQLs for PostgreSQL
	fix for adding trigger expressions having sign '-'
	fix for adding hosts names having character '-'
	agent can be started as root, new parameter AllowRoot
	new macros {PROFILE.DEVICETYPE}, {PROFILE.NAME}, {PROFILE.OS},
	fixed function max(#N)
	do not show connector as ON if trigger disabled
	fixed calculation of aggregate items under Oracle
	added support of macro ITEM.NAME
	fixed some assertions
	fixed missing last symbol in vfs.file.regexp
	fixed 'system.cpu.util[*]' for SunOS
	added availability to using '$' sign for hosts and item keys
	increased message size for alerts
	fixed conflict with cookies of other products
	added sorting by host in trigger status screen
	added login/logout information into auditlog
	fixed values viewing on overview screen
	added support of "system.swap.
	fixed sort order of hosts for trigger overview
	added filter for disabled items and triggers
	www.zabbix.com replaced by localhost in agent
	fixed calculation of sum(#N)
	fixed temporary files deletion for WinXX agents
	improved 'service_state[*]' allowed service name and display name
	added error reporting of PostgreSQL for frontend
	fixed sms sender
	fixed buffer overflow while processing SNMP IP addresses
	fixed agent's calculation of network statistics
	fixed some compilation warnings
	fixed "not equal" condition for hosts and host groups in actions
	added support of macro TRIGGER.URL and TRIGGER.COMMENT
	fixed dependences of item deletion
	fixed Y axis value displaying for graphs
	fixed warning displaying
	added sorting by host in graph selection for screen element
	fixed 'service_state[*]' for WinXX system
	fixed processing of web.page.regexp[]
	fixed trigger function fuzzytime()
	fixed graph displaying with period 1d - 2d8h
	fixed hosts remembering for graphs
	fixed processing of unit "uptime"
	support of ListenIP for ZABBIX server
	changed PostgreSQL last OID function to pg_last_oid()
	fix for start time in graph navigation
	minor fix for Spanish translation
	fixed default config name for zabbix_agent
	fixed swapped system CPU and nice CPU stats in ZABBIX agent
	fixed processing of item calculated as delta speed per second
	added Dutch translation
	fixed processing of SNMP HEX and OCTET string values
	fixed system.swap.in[] and system.swap.out[] under Linux 2.4
	fixed occasional LIBSQLORA8-30002: Memory allocation error.
	added support of macro {EVENT.ID}
	support of environment variables for alert scripts:
	added support of macro {TRIGGER.ID}
	fixed calculation of nodata()
	better processing of units 's', support for units 'uptime'
	fixed problem when adding a graph under PostgreSQL
	new algorithm for housekeeping same for all DB engines
	fixed calculation of delta(#N)
	always draw graphs for items having type "trapper"
	added Swedish translation. Thanks to "yeager".
	support of system.swap.size[,pfree] and system.swap.size[,pused]
	better calculation of next check timestamp for active items
	fixed situations when latest_alarm() may return wrong value
	remove left spaces from script full path
	fixed Most Busy trigger report for multi-item triggers
	fixed possible security issues raised by debian security audit
	changed all zabbix_log(lev, str) to zabbix_log(lev,"%s", str)
	introduced secure strcat and strcpy: zbx_strlcat, zbx_strlcpy
	better format for Queue report
	fixed performance problem in Status of Triggers
	history stats removed from Status of ZABBIX report
	fixed assignment of default listen port for Win agent
	changed return value for 'net.tcp.port[]' of Win agent
	added images for postgres
	fixed reversed icons on maps
	fixed trigger description substitution in action comparison
	fixed trigger description substitution in message subject and body
	fixed storage and calculation of i64 values
	added colour selection for trigger severity 'warning' and 'information'
	fixed limitation of return value for 'net.if.*'
	fixed limitation of return value for 'vfs.dev.*'
	fixed limitation of return value for 'system.cpu.intr'
	fixed autoregistration in oracle system
	fixed support of PostgreSQL
	improved macro variables substitution in message body/subject
	fixed order of displaying log files
	added support of 'pfree' and 'pused' for 'vfs.fs.size' of windows
	added '<=' comporator for trigger severity of action conditions
	fixed problem with escape characters in triggers
	fixed 'system.cpu.util[*]' for Tru64
	disabled exit code handling of UserParameter scripts
	improved UserParameter substitution
	improved definition of integer and float point types
	fixed problem with ASN_IPADDRESS SNMP values
	added action email action variable '{TRIGGER.SEVERITY}'
	added Brazilian Portuguese translation. Thanks to Marcelo Honorio.
	fixed history cleaning
	fixed Unknown when selecting trigger severity Disaster in action form
	fixed windows agent crashing with processing of 'system.cpu.util' key
	fixed errors while adding a host to IT service
	fixed warning in classes.inc.php while displaying graphs
	fixed warning in trigger selection popup
	added spec file for ZABBIX agent. Thanks to Alexey Zilber.
	fixed count of problems displaying for submaps
	added support of macro {TRIGGER.COMMENT}
	added ZABBIX agent for Win64 platforms.
	fixed incorrect disabling of actions while deleting a trigger
	improved sound notification of trigger status changing
	added alternative startup scripts for Fedora Linux
	fixed graphs drawing
	fixed graph min value calculation
	better pattern of distribution of item next checks to improve overall performance
	fixed housekeeper, removal of historical and trend data
	fixed caption of IT Services Availability Report

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Installation and Upgrade Notes

Installation

See Zabbix documentation for full details.

Upgrade

See Upgrade procedure for upgrade options and instructions. For version specific upgrade notes, see Upgrade notes for 1.3.

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 1 Manual