Release Notes for Zabbix 2.0.2rc1

19 July 2012

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 2.0.2rc1.

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 2.0.2rc1. Download it from 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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New Features and Improvements

ZBXNEXT-1268	Add resource information (version, description etc.) to Windows binaries Agent Installation
ZBX-1357	Updated French, German, Japanese and Russian translations; thanks to Zabbix translators API Frontend
ZBX-4281	Separated links to hosts and templates for host groups on search page Frontend
ZBX-3003	Added support for suffixes in map label trigger expression macro function parameter Frontend

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-5348	Fixed validation of itemid parameter for popup_bitem.php Frontend
ZBX-5311	Fixed error when delete proxy that is used by discovery rule Frontend
ZBX-5125	Allow unique index in hosts_groups in database upgrade scripts (1.8 -> 2.0) Installation
ZBX-5125	Default discovery groupid in database upgrades scripts (1.8 -> 2.0) Installation
ZBX-5267	Fixed error when delete single host group Frontend
ZBX-5319	Fixed incorrect calculation of action escalation steps delay Frontend
ZBX-5320	Fixed the default path to an agent configuration file in the default data Installation
ZBX-4963	Fixed inherited trigger prototypes lacking certain data API Frontend
ZBX-5273	Fixed the host configuration form when using SQLite Frontend
ZBX-5290	Fixed slow query in "Host status" dashboard widget for large setups API
ZBX-5086	Fixed templated triggers losing those dependencies which were added additionally to host trigger when saving a host without making any changes API
ZBX-5086	Fixed just one dependency added to host trigger when linking template with a trigger which has several dependencies API
ZBX-5086	Improved template linkage circularity check; added more precise exception messages API
ZBX-4317	Fixed inability to link templates with trigger dependency using mass update API Frontend
ZBX-3053	Fixed trigger expression testing when an item key contains the "+" character Frontend
ZBX-2876	Fixed GUI messaging working in popups i.e. pages without menus Frontend
ZBX-4930	Improved translations for import error messages Frontend
ZBX-5253	Fixed color of disabled host link on search page Frontend
ZBX-5281	Fixed error when creating an item without delay_flex field specified API Frontend
ZBX-3284	Fixed messages for discovery rule manipulations Frontend
ZBX-2586	Fixed localization of the date in the header on the trigger status page Frontend
ZBX-5070	Fixed SQL error on logout with HTTP authentication Frontend
ZBX-4741	Fixed authentication configuration page still using "profiles" table Frontend
ZBX-3637	Fixed "IT Services availability report" generating wrong weekly timing Frontend
ZBX-3637	Fixed notification report ignoring daylight saving time Frontend
ZBX-3782	Fixed {HOSTNAME} macro not working in map labels trigger expression macro Frontend
ZBXNEXT-1256	Changed partition discovery keys for Solaris and Linux example userparams, so that example file may be directly included
ZBX-5236	Fixed some map element rendering ignoring the "Problem display" map option Frontend
ZBX-5252	Fixed multiple level templated application inheritance API
ZBX-2183	Fixed change column in latest data for items with 'unixtime' units Frontend
ZBX-2055	Added flexible intervals and time periods validation API Frontend
ZBX-5045	Fixed audit error message when deleting global macros Frontend
ZBX-3387	Fixed incorrect frontend language shown as active in the user profile Frontend
ZBX-2046	Fixed paging when element count changes Frontend
ZBX-5060	Fixed inability to mass update host inventory mode API
ZBX-4929	Optimized host group SQL queries API
ZBX-5168	Added missing and fixed existing help_items as per documentation Installation
ZBX-5218	Fixed generating of triggers without functions when editing a trigger prototype expression Server
ZBX-3001	Fixed media sorting in user profile Frontend
ZBX-5159	Fixed macro resolving in trigger description Frontend
ZBX-5144	Fixed PostgreSQL injection in the database configuration setup form Frontend
ZBX-5232	Fixed import of templated low level discoveries API
ZBX-5232	Fixed errors when importing empty low level discoveries and items without applications API
ZBX-2510	Clarified in the Zabbix sender manpage which parameters from the agent config file sender supports Documentation
ZBX-4007	Fixed using screen elements with resources from child nodes API Frontend
ZBX-4007	Fixed not being able to add screens from a child node to a slideshow API Frontend
ZBX-4007	Fixed undefined index when switching nodes in the screen selection pop up Frontend
ZBX-4007	Fixed node criteria being applied when passing the "screenitemids" parameter to screen.get API
ZBX-4007	Fixed hostgroup.get returning the "graphid" property API
ZBX-5108	Fixed permission check errors caused by empty user groups Frontend
ZBX-5208	Fixed updating interfaces via host.massupdate API
ZBX-5208	Fixed main interface validation in hostinterface.massremove API
ZBX-5208	Fixed host.update only accepting arrays of interfaces and not working with a single interface API
ZBX-5237	Fixed event CSV export Frontend
ZBX-5179	Fixed filter layout on low resolution screens Frontend
ZBX-3853	Changed several message strings Frontend
ZBX-5213	Fixed usergroup.massupdate failing when updating only permissions or users API
ZBX-5145	Fixed PostgreSQL error when inserting an audit record if the X_FORWARDED_FOR header value is too long Frontend
ZBX-5065	Fixed inability to delete a service with soft linked dependencies Frontend
ZBX-5065	Added circularity check for IT services API Frontend
ZBX-2501	Fixed subnodes not opening when parent node is opened in IT services Frontend
ZBX-2506	Fixed ordering for dashboard filter; fixed multisort function Frontend
ZBX-5079	Fixed returning triggers and graphs with no permissions and incorrect counts for templates API
ZBX-2854	Fixed table sorting icon positioning Frontend
ZBX-5107	Fixed ability to select entities more than once in popups Frontend

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Installation and Upgrade Notes

Installation

See Zabbixマニュアル for full details.

アップグレードサービス

See Upgrade procedure for upgrade options and instructions. For version specific upgrade notes, see Upgrade notes for 2.0.2.

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 営業への問い合わせ for pricing and more details.

• Zabbix Enterprise Support
• Zabbix トレーニング
• Zabbix Development Services

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References

Zabbix 2.0 Manual