Release Notes for Zabbix 3.0.0alpha5

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 3.0.0alpha5.

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 3.0.0alpha5. Download it from here.

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-2662 Implemented a new filter in triggers and web checks configuration lists Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Implemented a new screen clock Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Implemented displaying of the IT services bar graph using graph_themes Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Improved editing of the IT Services Frontend
ZBXNEXT-3007 Implemented support of public and private maps with ability to share them with other users and user groups API Frontend Installation
ZBX-10063 Improved net.if.* on Windows to get values from 64-bit counters if available Agent
ZBX-9859 Improved performance of screen.get method for an unprivileged user API
ZBXNEXT-3055 Changed LLD lost resources deletion time calculation logic to avoid issues with invalid discovery item time stamps Server
ZBXNEXT-1193 Implemented trend.get method for API API
ZBXNEXT-3037 Removed unused fields "gridview" and "legendview" from "graph_theme" table Installation
ZBXNEXT-2357 Implemented a new MVC style for Monitoring->Web and IT Services report Frontend
ZBX-9985 Fixed template search results Frontend
ZBXNEXT-1762 Added years, months and half of months periods displaying on graphs X axis Frontend
ZBXNEXT-1679 Implemented value map import/export API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-1679 Added checkbox column in value map list view and bulk "Delete" button Frontend
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 Frontend
ZBXNEXT-1679 Added value map sorting by name Frontend
ZBXNEXT-1679 Added limit for the amount of records and paging in value maps Frontend
ZBXNEXT-1679 Replaced built-in confirmation dialog with modal window dialog for image import when selecting "Update existing" Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2683 Added user macro context API Frontend Proxy Server
ZBX-2616 Updated bundled DejaVu font from 2.34 to 2.35 Frontend
ZBX-9935 Added check for item delay, to be between 0 and 86400 seconds API
ZBX-1357 Updated Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Finnish, Japanese, Polish, Russian and Slovak translations; thanks to Zabbix translators API Frontend
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" Frontend
ZBX-2517 Changed minimum period for time navigator to 1 minute; thanks to Zabbix community Frontend
ZBXNEXT-1424 Implemented value mapping API, added clone button in value map edit form and slightly improved performance of value map caching in frontend API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2960 Reduced the default MaxLinesPerSecond value to 20 Agent
ZBXNEXT-1263 Added encryption support for communications between Zabbix components API Frontend Agent Installation Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-2662 Implemented on-click navigation for sub menus Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2844 Added multiple escalator support Server
ZBXNEXT-2988 Reduced the number of poller configuration cache locks by 1/3 Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-2163 Implemented argument support for script media type API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-2128 Implemented execution of an item at a specific time API Frontend Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-922 Added forecasting trigger functions Frontend Server
ZBX-1357 Updated Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Italian, Japanese and Russian translations; thanks to Zabbix translators API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2056 Added an HTTP response code value map Installation
ZBX-9274 Added printing defaults when Zabbix programs are executed with --help option Agent Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-2662 Added a new predefined period (3 days) for the timeline Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2581 Added returning of permissions for usergroup.get API
ZBX-8820 Improved bulk acknowledge of events Frontend
ZBXNEXT-210 Changed macro type labels in template configuration form Frontend
ZBXNEXT-1241 Added host inventory mode setting for new and discovered hosts API Frontend Installation Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-494 Added support for proc.cpu.util key on Linux and Solaris platforms Agent
ZBX-1357 Updated Czech and Japanese translations; thanks to Zabbix translators API Frontend

Bug Fixes

ZBX-10177 Fixed resource leak in sensor[] on Linux kernel versions 2.6 and higher Agent
ZBX-10154 Improved sender.pl script to take advantage of buffering (increases performance and makes communication with daemons more robust) Installation
ZBX-10138 Fixed action based host removal when hosts to be deleted have host prototypes Server
ZBX-10064 Fixed history cache synchronisation with database on shutdown Server
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed trimming of leading and trailing spaces in the proxy encription-related fields Frontend
ZBX-10022 Fixed a web scenario name into the graphs Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed displaying of the server name on the pages Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Added ZBX_WIDGET_ROWS limitation for displaying of elements the popup windows Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed closing of the multiple message boxes Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Added "Time" column in the actions popup window Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed coloring of the configuration errors in "Status of Zabbix" widget Frontend
ZBX-4794 Removed old-style flash clock Frontend
ZBX-4378 Fixed several screen clock problems Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed coloring for disabled hosts in drop-down controls Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed background in Monitoring->Maps page Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed escaping of multiselect drop-down list items Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed the footer for "Last 20 issues" dashboard widget Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed sort icons in the screen elements Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed displaying of screen elements Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Replaced <span> with <a> tag in action menu popups to allow open targets in a new browser's tab Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed IT services status bar; fixed align of the root element Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Added information about number of records in tables Frontend
ZBX-9458 Fixed low level discovery macro substitution in calculated item formulas Server
ZBX-10110 Fixed using Japanese in global search Frontend
ZBX-10067 Fixed false event generation on log item meta information update Server
ZBX-9998 Changed output of history and trends in item list and item prototype list from #y #m #d format to #d format Frontend
ZBX-9981 Fixed validation for zabbix.conf.php saving in write protected directory Frontend
ZBX-10139 Fixed possible PHP and SQL errors on the dashdoard and screens Frontend
ZBX-10099 Fixed buffer flushing error when executing script on a host Frontend
ZBX-10077 Fixed deleting of profile data for current user Frontend
ZBX-9950 Fixed foreign key constraint violation when deleting discovered host triggers and graphs with their prototypes Server
ZBX-10033 Fixed Windows agent printing an incorrect error message in case of abandoned lock Agent
ZBX-10034 Fixed agent start-up failures within Windows session due to common locks abandoned by other agents Agent
ZBX-10036 Fixed showing all hosts in dashboard last 20 issues when trigger expression contains several hosts Frontend
ZBX-9906 Fixed automatic refreshing of WEB scenario details Frontend
ZBX-10126 Fixed compilation error in sensors.c on Linux 2.4 kernels Agent
ZBX-10018 Fixed inconsistent messages in debug log when UserParameter terminated by timeout Agent
ZBX-10029 Fixed running remote command on Current host twice if it is within specified Host or Host group targets Server
ZBX-10079 Documented system.run returning '1' with nowait parameter in the item key helper Frontend
ZBX-10107 Fixed compilation warnings for function calls without a real prototype Agent
ZBX-10084 Fixed removing trigger-related network map elements Server
ZBX-10031 Fixed logging of occasionally incorrect process information during agent's start-up on Windows Agent
ZBX-10001 Fixed duplicating log file entries from housekeeper Proxy Server
ZBX-9928 Fixed triple SMS being sent by single action with Cinterion MC35i modem Server
ZBX-10006 Changed color of hovered host name for disabled host in search result Frontend
ZBX-10100 Fixed issue when collected values could be left unsaved to the database Proxy Server
ZBX-9643 Fixed resolving of {TRIGGER.NAME} macro in action messages Server
ZBX-9931 Removed 2KB item key length limitation when sent to agent Proxy Server
ZBX-9932 Removed 1KB zabbix_get item key length limitation Agent
ZBX-9992 Fixed forecast() function info index for trigger expression constructor Frontend
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 Proxy Server
ZBX-10045 Fixed first proc.cpu.util[] request returning empty value which was treated as network error by server Agent
ZBX-1916 Improved host availability handling by resetting it for disabled hosts, interfaces without enabled items and hosts monitored by offline proxies Proxy Server
ZBX-2966 Fixed handling of possible negative value of vfs.fs.size check Agent
ZBX-9977 Fixed inconsistent display of acknowledge-related elements when acknowledgement is disabled in configuration Frontend
ZBX-9964 Fixed undefined index "inventory_mode" in host prototype edit form Frontend
ZBXNEXT-1762 Fixed time interval calculation and displaying issues in line graphs Frontend
ZBX-9949 Fixed undefined index in proxy edit form Frontend
ZBX-6028 Improved log rotation so that zabbix components do not keep writing to the old log file Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-8235 Fixed losing initial values when updating templated items API
ZBX-9888 Added validation in action condition formula to prohibit comparison of several triggers with "AND" operator API Frontend
ZBX-9975 Fixed undefined index when updating trigger prototype API
ZBX-9959 Fixed JSON validation: produce an error on invalid escape sequences in a string value Server
ZBX-7202 Fixed action disabling when deleting user or user group API Frontend
ZBX-9970 Removed service label from configuration popup menu Frontend
ZBX-9945 Fixed updating of "Device uniqueness criterias" while editing discovery checks Frontend
ZBX-9967 Fixed agent compilation error on NetBSD 7 Agent
ZBX-9347 Added information about zabbix_sender input file format to the man page Documentation
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed debug messages in the dashboard widgets Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed year and month vertical alignment in calendar Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed displaying of month and year in calendar popup Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed script execution window layout Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed displaying of modal dialogs Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed top nav jumping icon bug on page zoom in Safari Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed resizing of multiselect items in filters Frontend
ZBX-9941 Fixed button attributes changes for map cloning Frontend
ZBX-7006 Implemented trend cache cleanup procedure which forces hourly flush of deleted, disabled or rarely updated item trends Server
ZBX-9889 Fixed vmware.eventlog item values to have unique timestamps in history table Server
ZBX-9919 Fixed y scale calculation for linear graphs Frontend
ZBX-9898 Improved database exception messages Frontend
ZBX-9900 Marked first parameter for proc_info item as mandatory Frontend
ZBX-9902 Fixed undefined variables "mediatype" and "users" in mediatype properties Frontend
ZBX-9864 Fixed compilation warnings regarding SIZE_T_MAX under NetBSD Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-9862 Added meta tag "msapplication-config" to prevent MSIE11 requesting browserconfig.xml Frontend
ZBX-9340 Fixed "data" property not being returned by API when error is generated on DB level API
ZBX-9866 Fixed error field being needlessly copied for LLD rule when full cloning a host API
ZBX-9883 Fixed host assignment for proxy Frontend
ZBX-9863 Fixed compilation warning regarding "empty_str" initialization in setproctitle.c Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-9912 Fixed ITEM.LASTVALUE macro value being truncated at bytes rather than utf-8 characters Server
ZBX-7511 Removed trimming of leading and trailing spaces in SNMP strings Server
ZBX-8899 Fixed retrieval of sensor readings on Linux 2.6 and higher Agent
ZBX-9917 Fixed log message when opening windows eventlog Agent
ZBX-9855 Fixed SNMP dynamic index cache refresh when SNMP OID changes Proxy Server
ZBX-8820 Fixed trimming of new acknowledge messages Frontend
ZBX-9740 Improved proc.num for protected Windows processes Agent
ZBX-9793 Fixed handling of opaque types in SNMP Proxy Server
ZBX-9847 Fixed possible Zabbix agent crash when executing system.cpu.discovery Agent
ZBX-9895 Fixed memory leak in case of unsupported field type while processing configuration received over proxy protocol Proxy Server
ZBX-9776 Added check for line length when parsing configuration file Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-9796 Fixed item key vfs.fs.size operation for NetBSD Agent
ZBXNEXT-494 Fixed proc.cpu.util help item description Agent
ZBX-9858 Added error message logging when SNMP trapper file size exceeds 2GB Server
ZBX-9666 Fixed invalid SNMP dynamic index cache if 2 SNMP agents have the same IP, port and OID Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-1078 Removed 'proc.mem[]' 5-th parameter (memtype) value 'dvm' on AIX Agent
ZBX-9807 Fixed undefined offset errors in configuration export when processing triggers that have items with discovered applications API
ZBX-9810 Fixed trigger prototype expression inheritance incorrectly assigning an invalid expression to child objects and trigger expression test popup displaying a missing class API Frontend
ZBX-7847 Added functionality that stops polling inactive IPMI hosts Proxy Server
ZBX-9430 Fixed Windows eventlog item incorrectly interpreting 0x00000103 return value as an error Agent
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed a map element editing form Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed possibility to change the colours of trigger severities Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed layout of checkboxes with labels Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed layout of host inventory form Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed media editing in user form Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed saving of collapsible widgets in "Event detais" and "Global search" pages Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed displaying of vertical headers under IE10, IE11 and Edge Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2662 Fixed displaying of eventlog severities Frontend
ZBX-9655 Fixed crash if MYSQL connection object initialization failed Proxy Server
ZBX-9667 Fixed disabled triggers or triggers having disabled hosts or items affecting trigger dependency calculations Server
ZBX-9738 Fixed deletion of related action operations when deleting a host group API
ZBX-9625 Fixed interface list bug in host form Frontend
ZBX-9804 Fixed monitoring graph scroller and calendar Frontend
ZBX-9607 Fixed step form in web scenario Frontend
ZBX-9791 Fixed typo in maps.inc.php Frontend
ZBX-9668 Improved handling of VMware performance counter instances without data Proxy Server
ZBX-9677 Fixed compilation warnings in the escalator.c module Server
ZBX-9682 Fixed parsing of numeric item key parameters Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-9516 Fixed displaying of the "Go" button after deleting applications Frontend
ZBX-9639 Fixed chart width validation Frontend
ZBX-9729 Fixed replacement of {MACRO<1-9>} with {MACRO} where only {MACRO} is acceptable Server
ZBX-9809 Fixed action operation validation Frontend
ZBX-9814 Fixed function prototype declaration created in ZBXNEXT-2760 Server
ZBX-9716 Fixed possible event record number wraparound issues in the old Windows Eventing support Agent
ZBX-9258 Fixed Alias for log[], logrt[] and eventlog[] Agent

Installation and Upgrade Notes

Installation

See Zabbix指导手册。 for full details.

版本升级

See 升级指南 for upgrade options and instructions. For version specific upgrade notes, see Upgrade notes for 3.0.0.

Commercial support

Zabbix Company provides a full range of Professional Services. We also provide trouble-free 升级服务 for easy migration from earlier versions of Zabbix. Please 联系我们 for pricing and more details.

References

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