Release Notes for Zabbix 1.8.3rc1

22 July 2010

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 1.8.3rc1.

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 1.8.3rc1. 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

DEV-468	added new frontend theme - Dark orange
ZBX-2731	fixed permissions problem with hostgroup names containing '[]'
ZBX-2733	fixed the timer process so that it does not recalculate extraneous triggers for an item
ZBX-2729	improved host-group and host filter selection
DEV-465	added messaging system
ZBX-2697	forbid creation of maintenance without hosts/groups
ZBX-2711	added links to host profile in dashboard "last 20 issues" host menu
ZBX-2719	fixed events delay for one minute in frontend
ZBX-2720	in actions conditions trigger host is now displayed
ZBX-2685	fixed map elements not always change position when coords are manually set
ZBX-2664	fixed viewed period and filter status reset in web monitoring
ZBX-2683	removed dead entries and added some translated strings for the Latvian translation
ZBX-2682	added Czech translation; thanks to Jakub Kalas
ZBX-2669	fixed not showing map label when background image is used
ZBXNEXT-436	added unacknowledged problem display for maps
ZBX-2561	refactored usergroups api, improved item deletion
ZBX-2634	fixed instability of Zabbix processes on Solaris due to them crashing in signal handlers
ZBX-2670	make it clear in the 'configure' help output that full path to odbc_config should be specified
ZBX-2666	fixed detection of resolv.h and net/if.h
ZBX-2657	fixed bugs with non closing item select popups in bar reports
ZBXNEXT-425	added new macros for acknowledged events count
ZBX-2642	fixed items multiplier field
ZBX-2639	now when do full clone template, linkage list is cleared
ZBX-2598	fixed labels with linebreak in maps
ZBXNEXT-426	added dashboard option to show unack problems
ZBX-2555	fixed simple checks for FTP, POP, and NNTP protocols so that they close sessions properly
ZBX-2553	fixed simple checks ignoring server replies
ZBX-2612	fixed system.stat showing cpu idle and I/O wait time over 100% on AIX
ZBX-1324	replaced more user visible strings ZABBIX with Zabbix
ZBX-2616	bundled DejaVu font upgraded from 2.30 to 2.31
ZBX-2562	improved sessions store
ZBXNEXT-424	enhanced status of trigger filter
ZBX-2599	fixed processing of hexadecimal or octal data by proxy
ZBX-2597	fixed processing of telnet results with long prompts
ZBX-2595	fixed logformat field showing
ZBX-2593	fixed possibility to copy item between templates that are linked to same host
ZBX-2585	removed spaces from charts title & fixed date format for chart4.php
ZBX-2592	added support of comma character (,) for scripts in action remote commands
ZBX-2575	removed outdated and undocumented environment variables from alert scripts
ZBX-2574	improved fixed graph Y axis measurement
ZBX-2576	small text changes in administration/audit
ZBX-1857	fixed item form correct processing, removed refreshing when item type is changed
ZBX-2528	fixed default language loading before using phrases, warning messages removed which were displayed after login
ZBXNEXT-343	added possibility to unlink and clear templates when mass update hosts templates
ZBX-1930	all top indents of icon labels now is equal
ZBX-2152	fixed names of SNMPv3 security levels
ZBX-2563	fixed warnings in m4/libunixodbc.m4 with newer autotools
ZBX-2543	fixed password reset when edit user profile and auth type is not internal
ZBX-2524	fixed deleting media types
ZBX-2557	fixed incorrect message when add proxy with name that already exist
ZBX-2492	fixed Japanese translation, all sprintf and their placeholders have been removed from phrases from all languages
ZBX-2551	fixed not shown errors in configuration/triggers
ZBX-2552	fixed multiple events for triggers with complicated expressions
ZBX-2532	fixed outdated information in "server info" screen element
ZBXNEXT-377	added support of passive mode for proxies
ZBX-2556	added dropdown length limit in frontend
ZBX-2548	fixed sorting in items popup when adding items to simple graph, disabled dropdown with tooltip showing filtration added as well
ZBX-2547	fixed errors in installation
ZBX-2277	fixed menu position on screen
ZBX-2339	fixed height of row in resource "Plain text" in screens
ZBX-2459	fixed setting trigger value to unknown on disabling
ZBX-2414	added PHP session module check as requirement in dashboard and installation
ZBX-2526	fixed graph refresh problem when referred from screens page
ZBX-2525	improved actions API code
ZBX-2324	fixed guest user settings not being stored
DEV-461	improved map creation/editing by adding align option
ZBX-2518	fixed new map saving
ZBX-2469	fixed screen API
ZBXNEXT-396	added optional parameters 'from' and 'to' to zabbix[queue]
ZBX-2511	fixed compilation on FreeBSD with IPv6 due to FD_SETSIZE being undefined
ZBX-2503	fixed server and proxy crash with Oracle in cases DBUser and DBPassword parameters were not specified
ZBX-2074	fixed web scenarios showing incorrect speed
ZBX-2486	fixed syntax error in 1.6 PostgreSQL upgrade script
ZBX-2336	fixed 'system.hostname' being empty on Windows hosts with names longer than 15 characters
ZBX-2251	removed error displaying in area of graphics
ZBX-1327	page is now remembered correctly after performing actions
ZBX-1211	fixed cell spacing in empty cells
ZBX-2372	fixed bug with date in local language, now short and long month names shown correctly
ZBX-2385	added macro {TRIGGER.PROBLEM.EVENTS.PROBLEM.UNACK}
ZBX-2040	annoying "double check" popups removed from copy to & mass update actions of items and triggers
ZBX-2482	fixes in chart graphs avg calc
ZBX-1477	fixed moving screen elements with spans
ZBXNEXT-279	added links to parent elements for item and trigger form
ZBX-2376	port parameter to tcp and tcp_perf is now mandatory
ZBX-2376	added ldap, ldap_perf, ntp, and ntp_perf simple checks
ZBX-808	renamed service.ntp parameter of net.tcp.service{.perf} to ntp
ZBX-2011	plain ASCII subjects are no longer base64-encoded, fixes issues with email to SMS gateways
ZBXNEXT-319	multirow inserts are now used for PostgreSQL 8.2 and higher
ZBXNEXT-392	our daemons no longer crash after "strace -p"
ZBXNEXT-138	our daemons can now listen on multiple IPs, see ListenIP configuration parameter
ZBX-2031	fixed comparison of empty strings with Oracle that led to duplicate rows in dservices
ZBX-2409	fixed server crash when deleting unreachable hosts in discovery
DEV-461	changes in GUI configuration menu
ZBX-2473	fixed timescroll most right position when "now"
ZBX-1193	improved macros form
ZBX-2035	fixed host full cloning
ZBX-1986	fixed empty Y axis if item values are zeros
ZBX-2492	updated Japanese translation; thanks to Kodai Terashima
ZBX-1357	update Hungarian translation; thanks to Laszlo Szabo
ZBX-2489	fixed server crash when receiving data using the old protocol
ZBX-2474, ZBXNEXT-378	fixed page refresh on filter change, now all filters hiding and showing works without refresh
ZBX-2488	changed filter from Web Monitoring to External Check
ZBX-2483	fixed showing latest data by filter when clicking from dashboard with GUI option 'Dropdown first entry' -> None
ZBX-1529	fixed macros expand to nothing in templates
ZBX-2461	fixed complex bugs with trigger expressions
ZBX-1357	updated German translation; thanks to Peter Schultz
ZBX-2319	fixed escaping locales on download
ZBX-2460	fixed auto adding host group to updated host
ZBX-2367	improved using DISTINCT rule in queries in API
ZBX-2408	fixed mute button in status of triggers page
ZBX-2477	fixed dynamic graphs disappear from screens
ZBX-1346	clarify some parameter values in the example configuration files
ZBX-2471	fix location of the space in a translatable string
ZBX-954	fix Hungarian language name
ZBX-2457	change 'type' keyword to 'ENGINE' for table creation in MySQL schema
ZBX-2466	fixed item filter form
ZBX-1607	now trigger line is visible in all Zabbix themes in all states and severity in corresponding severity colour mixed with opposite colour which stored in defines in hex
ZBX-2105	fixed acknowledging events from dashboard for different nodes
ZBX-2441	fixed handling of begin/commit/rollback statements with temporarily unavailable SQL server
ZBX-2432	fixed warning message in templates when template has linked templates
ZBX-2325	improved groups/hosts selecting for filter dropdowns
ZBX-2433	fixed time not updated on slides when now is selected
ZBX-2452	fixed parsing of integer values from SNMP's Hex-STRING
ZBX-2313	forbid to add graph from templates to screen
ZBX-1503	added information message after host delete action, about host being deleted
ZBX-2418	fixed bug with JavaScript URL parser, anchor was recognized as part of file
ZBXNEXT-323	improved bad performance of the trends for large number of items
ZBXNEXT-327	more intuitive load balancing of pollers with a single item queue
ZBXNEXT-326	more efficient synchronization of configuration data
ZBX-2153	fixed server crash due to unaligned memory access
ZBX-2092	fixed label line height in maps, now all lines have the same line height
DEV-377	improved global search
ZBX-1510	fixed history view bound by minute issue
ZBX-2339	fixed row height for type of information "text"
ZBX-2201	improved history page
ZBX-2359	fixed graph lines for fixed Y axis with items draw functions "All"
ZBXNEXT-335	links starting with http(s) are now clickable in hosts inventory
ZBX-1537	fixed multiple displaying of same host, from which were deleted graph, when deleting mass graphs
ZBX-1263	fixed misleading log messages that referenced agent for any kind of unsupported item
ZBXNEXT-58	added zabbix[{history_log,history_text,history_uint,trends_uint}] internal checks
ZBX-2446	fixed compilation on AIX 5.3 with OS level 5300-05 or earlier
ZBX-2027	fixed selecting wrong host after cancelling trigger comment
ZBX-2253	fixed delete confirmation dialogue referring to empty element
ZBX-2370	fixed duration value in monitoring events for multiple problem triggers
ZBX-507	made UserParameters work with zabbix_agent(d) -p and -t
ZBX-2326	fixed XSS vulnerability in triggers page; later independently discovered by VUPEN Security
ZBX-2326	fixed dynamic chart titles, now all symbols are rendered correctly
ZBX-2250	value mapping is now applied for {ITEM.LASTVALUE} macro inside triggers description
ZBX-1436	fixed trigger events display after next steps monitoring -> triggers -> click on any event time
ZBX-1532	added screen name to visual screen editing form (when adding screen rows and cols)
ZBX-2438	fixed configuration of ssh2 on FreeBSD. Thanks to Alex Deiter
ZBX-2423	added custom colour input for link elements
ZBX-2100	fixed group with templates but without hosts breaks map editing issue
ZBX-1591	fixed "advanced icons" for image type map elements
ZBX-2379	fixed trigger expression editing with trigger builder
ZBX-1882	fixed selecting items from disabled hosts for graphs
ZBX-1126	fixed large numbers processing for values stored as 'Delta'
ZBXNEXT-241	extended proxy screen to show proxy vps and item count
DEV-460	improved host-group and maps icons info in Zabbix maps
ZBXNEXT-338	added caching of eventids
ZBX-1438	fixed not deleting data from trends_uint table when deleting an item
ZBX-2276	fixed dashboard discovery status header
ZBX-2377	fixed converting html special chars in graphs' legend
ZBX-2311	fixed Host group empty value selection for items filtering
ZBXNEXT-313	implemented string pool for configuration cache
ZBX-2417	fixed timeout handling for passive checks on agent side
ZBX-1873	added slideshow delay multiplier and fixed slides not showing graphs
ZBX-2282	fixed availability updating of IPMI hosts, monitored by proxy
ZBX-2412	fixed deleting maps with API
ZBX-2341	fixed cutting 20 bytes instead of 20 symbols in char/log/text item values
ZBX-2407	fixed repeated message on cookie size limit
ZBX-2406	removed filter from plaintext history
ZBX-2263	fixed permission checks in bar reports
ZBX-2270	fixed item filtering
ZBX-2401	fixed host name in dynamic graphs in screens
ZBXNEXT-325	added StartDBSyncers parameter for parallel writing to DB
ZBX-1906	fixed possibility to add identical checks for discovery
ZBX-2384	fixed status of triggers elements in screens
ZBX-1824	fixed parsing map labels containing item references with user macros
ZBXNEXT-321	decreased number of selects from DB while processing trends data
ZBX-1505	fixed user macros not resolved in frontend
ZBX-1902	fixed some possibilities to create incorrect linkage
ZBX-2386	rows per page limit increased
ZBX-2306	fixed zoom position
ZBX-2306	improved starting zoom on edges
ZBX-2132	added date format constants to locales, changed zbx_date2str function to meet regional formats and date translation
ZBXNEXT-311	improved speedup dbconfig synchronization
ZBX-2360	added multiple acknowledging for OK>UNKNOWN>OK and PROBLEM>UNKNOWN>PROBLEM events
ZBX-2374, ZBX-2633	updated Ukrainian translation; thanks to zalex_ua
ZBX-2347	fixed last 20 issues in event details showing less than 20 issues
DEV-459	made improvements in discovery page generation
ZBX-2148	added preview button in graphs form
ZBX-2337	fixed error when selecting a web item in trigger configuration
ZBX-2306	fixed links for graphs in screens
ZBX-633	removed linkage of OpenIPMI library to Agents in "configure" script
ZBX-633	more debug information in checks_ipmi.c module
ZBX-2362	fixed processing of logrt[] checks under Windows
ZBX-2356	fixed error while performing group actions when creating an item
ZBX-2355	fixed error when trying to massupdate trigger severity
ZBX-2354, ZBX-2635, ZBX-2648	updated Russian translation; thanks to dotneft and zalex_ua
ZBX-2352	fixed typo in the default locale
ZBX-2312	fixed event order in "monitoring triggers" and "last 20 events"
ZBX-2264	added opportunity to translate class.cuser.php and config.inc.php
ZBXNEXT-311	improved the speed of dbconfig synchronization
ZBX-2378	renamed calculated item field 'Expression' to 'Formula', changed trigger option 'Multiple TRUE events' to use 'PROBLEM' instead
ZBX-2329	fixed screen renaming
ZBX-2315	fixed multiple issues with JS scrollbar
ZBX-2321	fixed log items appearing in the wrong order
DEV-458	added marks on maps if elements trigger changed status recently
ZBX-2290	added export/import of map images
ZBX-2290	fixed image update with oracle db
ZBX-2317	updated French translation; thanks to alixen
ZBX-2283	fixed incorrect time calculating in slidebar
ZBX-2261	fixed username hiding in acknowledge comments
ZBX-2305	fixed actions getting lost in an event-busy environment
ZBX-2303	fixed GET/POST methods in processing web scenario steps. Thanks to Hannu Ylitalo
ZBXNEXT-293	processes now provide more information on why they terminate
ZBX-2304	fixed "no permission" error when screen contains simple graphs with web item
ZBX-2268	denied creation of pie/exploded graphs with more than one sum item
ZBX-2298	added constant to defines to be able configure default Y axis position: left or right
ZBX-2174	fixed a small memory leak in SNMP checks
ZBX-1648, ZBX-2300	fixed caching of "Database monitor" items. Thanks to Kirill Fateev
ZBX-2290	fixed screen cells moving
ZBX-2301	fixed "configure" script with libssh2-1.0.0 library
ZBX-2296	fixed possible heavy loaded server crash when using internal checks
ZBX-2295	added additional units to graphs Y axis
ZBX-2285	fixed sending of active items multiple times
ZBX-2266	fixed server crash when processing malformed calculated items
ZBX-1346	use single quotes in example frontend configuration file
ZBX-2274	fixed trigger expression corruption with trigger wizard
ZBX-2273	add support of macro {TRIGGER.EVENTS.UNACK} for map labels
ZBX-2279	fixed error when changing graph name case
ZBX-2252	fixed server crash and infinite looping in telnet checks
ZBX-2275	fixed loss of the log-data if Zabbix server is unavailable
DEV-457	improved dashboard favourite selection
DEV-457	improvements in dynamic map link indicators form
ZBX-2258	fixed applications import
ZBX-1357, ZBXNEXT-376, ZBXNEXT-412	update Brazilian Portuguese translation; thanks to edson
ZBX-2254	added update time for monitoring triggers screen
ZBX-1886	added js translations
ZBX-2245	added missing functions in trigger expression builder
ZBX-2190	fixed trigger expression check for syntax
ZBX-2242	fixed agent crash on HP-UX when processing logrt[] items
ZBXNEXT-288	improved server performance by not storing function lastvalue in database
ZBX-1753	added permission check for trigger sound notifications
ZBX-2246	added trigger wizard for logrt item
ZBX-2241	fixed graph X axis for big periods
ZBX-2241	fixed text collide in graphs
ZBX-2232	fixed bug with last event duration time in event details
ZBX-2243	fixed bug when cannot select template for item filter by host
ZBX-2240	fixed "undefined index" in monitoring latest data
ZBX-954	fix minor typos

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References

Zabbix 1.8 Manual