NetXMS Support Forum

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Hi all!

NetXMS version 2.2.10 is released. Changes since previous release:

- Improved server startup time
- Added server startup event SYS_SERVER_STARTED
- New method readInternalParameter in NXSL classes Node, Cluster, MobileDevice
- Improved cached agent data reconciliation
- Fixed DCI instance discovery issues
- Fixed issues:
        NX-1477 (Offline data collection does not cleanup old data if there are no connection with the server)
        NX-1514 (Predefined graph tree displayed incorrectly)

Best regards,
Victor

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Hi all!

NetXMS 2.2.9 is out. Changes since previous release:

- New NXSL functions: Base64Decode, Base64Encode, EventCodeFromName, EventNameFromCode
- Original event name passed to alarm timeout event as 5th parameter
- Added information tooltips in switch port view
- Improved performance of active network discovery
- Minimum, maximum, and moving average for ICMP response time in ping subagent
- Fixed issues:
        NX-1463 (Web UI does not work under Tomcat 9)
        NX-1475 (Deselected "Create helpdesk ticket on alarm creation" is not being saved in EPP)
        NX-1486 (NXSL function CreateDCI should allow creation with default retention and poll intervals)
        NX-1489 (Unreliable MariaDB Connector/C version detection in workaround for MariaDB bug CONC-281)
        NX-1494 (Release 2.2.8 failed to compile on macOS)
        NX-1496 (Add agent parameters System.Memory.Physical.Available and System.Memory.Physical.AvailablePerc on FreeBSD)
        NX-1501 (In test mode $dci variable is not set)
        NX-1502 (Configuration poll resets SNMP version on node)
        NX-1503 (Access denied error on attempt to take screenshot even if user has take screenshot access right)
        NX-1504 (Server crash after compiling library script with syntax error)
        NX-1505 (Assignment in NXSL "global" statement ignored if variable already declared as global)
        NX-1510 (Agent list Net.InterfaceNames not supported on FreeBSD)

Best regards,
Victor

Hi all!

NetXMS version 2.2.7 is out. Changes since previous release:

- "Convert to hexadecimal string" option for SNMP table columns
- Improved configuration wizard in Windows server installer
- New command line option /CONFIGENTRY in Windows agent installer
- New dashboard element "Object Details" (based on object queries)
- TCP proxy functionality
- Improved "Alarm Details" view in management console
- Added support for agent actions defined in external subagents
- TCP listener can be disabled in agent configuration file
- Push connector can be disabled in agent configuration file
- Virtual nodes detection via agent
- Basic BIOS and hardware platform information provided by Windows agent
- Fixed issues:
        NX-993 (Windows installer should honor current state of services during upgrade)
        NX-1438 (Increase debug level for thread pool messages)
        NX-1453 (Windows installer option to disable database upgrade)
        NX-1455 (Zone UIN in NXSL function CreateNode)
        NX-1456 (DCI values aggregated on cluster may be incorrect on first few polls after server startup)
        NX-1460 (Configure does not detect pthread_setname_np on macOS)
        NX-1464 (Agent connection via proxy is not working for IPv6 destinations)
        NX-1466 (Line length in agent's external table script limited to 255 characters)
        NX-1467 (Agent cannot process requests for parameters longer than 255 characters)

Best regards,
Victor

Hi all!

NetXMS version 2.2.6 is released. It is patch release for 2.2.5 that fixes few important issues. It also adds NXSL based queries in object finder and allows fine tuning of filter behavior in object browser (issue NX-1395).

Best regards,
Victor

We plan to release version 2.2.6 in next few days to address some important issues discovered in version 2.2.5. We encourage those who didn't upgrade to 2.2.5 yet to wait for 2.2.6 release and upgrade directly to 2.2.6.

Best regards,
Victor

UPDATE: this version change event log, alarms, syslog, and SNMP trap log tables, and will take significant amount of time to complete on large installations (>100mil records). We are working on the solution. In the meantime either postpone upgrade, or plan some downtime (up to couple of hours).

Hi all!

NetXMS version 2.2.5 is out. Changes since previous release:

- Agent tunnel falls back to unbound mode in case of agent certificate validation failure
- Zone information added to alarm log, event log, SNMP trap log, and syslog
- Agent returns correct free memory value on Windows
- Parameter System.Memory.Physical.Cached supported on Windows
- Fixed issues:
        NX-333 (Add windows service descriptions for both server and agent)
        NX-622 (Alerts will not be generated in certain conditions: events, that persist after maintenence and node down after unreachable)
        NX-640 (File manager should show file owner and permissions)
        NX-716 (Server configurator on Windows should be marked as require-administrator)
        NX-922 (Service check template objects disappears after server restart)
        NX-1097 (Configuration option to ignore alarm's helpdesk state when doing resolve or terminate)
        NX-1157 (configure --with-dist fails if OpenSSL is not installed)
        NX-1397 (Implement Windows Update information parameters for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016)
        NX-1415 (Windows 10 upgrades break agent tunnels)
        NX-1417 (File.Size parameter not working for Windows pagefile.sys)
        NX-1418 (Sort scripts in Execute Server Script dropdown)
        NX-1419 (AgentTunnels.ProcessUnbound scheduled task should be hidden)
        NX-1420 (Do not use unmanaged devices with SNMP for MAC resolving)
        NX-1421 (Configuration poll for node without SNMP and agent always read ARP cache from all SNMP devices in subnet)
        NX-1427 (Max manual Y values for graphs limited to 2147483647)
        NX-1431 ("Don't Fragment" option for ping sub-agent)
        NX-1433 (LDAP timeout blocks internal user database)
        NX-1434 (Return from function from within foreach loop in NXSL can cause unexpected runtime error)
        NX-1436 (Write hostname to agent log on startup)
        NX-1442 (Generic device driver cannot read interface list if device does not support ifNumber MIB object)
        NX-1446 ( Only one agent policy editor can be opened, if another policy is opened for editing, previous is closed without saving)

Best regards,
Victor

Hi all,

NetXMS version 2.2.4 is released. It's mostly patch release with some improvements. Full change log is following:

- Portech SMS gateway works correctly with newer gateway versions
- Fixed issues:
        NX-1208 (Added filter to alarm list)
        NX-1295 (MIB Walk from DCI missing Column)
        NX-1332 (Execution timeout for external parameter provider)
        NX-1337 (Map link color based on object status)
        NX-1346 (Unable to select template group on config export)
        NX-1400 (NetworkMap link can be locked when using bendpoints)
        NX-1403 (Setting floor plan view from right-click menu does not work)
        NX-1404 (No source node in events generated by syslog parser)
        NX-1405 (Agent may crash when parsing Windows event log message)
        NX-1408 (Object filtering by zone in object browser and object search form)
        NX-1411 (Server configuration option "UseInterfaceAliases" not working)
        NX-1413 (Agent may crash when processing external parameters provider's output)

Best regards,
Victor

Hi all!

NetXMS version 2.2.3 is out! Changes since previous release:

- Additional information about captured Windows Event Log event passed to the server
- Improved server startup time
- Automatic termination of related alarms when DCI is deleted
- Added attribute "isSTP" to NXSL class "Node"
- File I/O functions in NXSL (disabled by default)
- Sub-second interval between packets can be configured in PING subagent (down to 10 milliseconds)
- Fixed issues:
        NX-1149 (Pass EventRecordID with matched Windows event log record)
        NX-1258 (Option to pass event data from Windows event log to NetXMS event)
        NX-1259 (Added NXSL function - FindAlarmByKeyRegex)
        NX-1363 (Automatic deployment of agent policies)
        NX-1364 (Automatically create nodes for unbound agent tunnels)
        NX-1367 (Fix HP aCC compiler warnings)
        NX-1383 (Minimal interval before generating data collection script error events)
        NX-1389 (If library script saved with compilation errors it disappears from script list)
        NX-1392 (Reload log parser without agent restart)
        NX-1393 (PostgreSQL deadlock on updating raw_dci_data table)
        NX-1398 (Windows Server 2016 not detected correctly)
        NX-1399 (Some SQL queries fail when using MariaDB driver because of MariaDB bug CONC-281)

Best regards,
Victor

Hi all,

NetXMS version 2.2.2 is released. Changes since previous release:

- Server command line tools working with agents (nxaction, nxap, nxget, nxupload) use encryption by default
- "Floor plan" display mode for objects on network map
- Access to zone data in network discovery filters
- Automatic target configuration in PING subagent
- Implemented option to display object status map in radial form ("sunburst diagram")
- Fixed issues:
        NX-513 (add toString() to all data objects in netxms-base)
        NX-599 (Delete single collected value from a DCI)
        NX-669 (DRBD monitoring is not working in some configurations)
        NX-689 (Pass found SNMP configuration while discovery for new node creation)
        NX-890 (Passive elements in rack)
        NX-1169 (Encryption is not set by default between agent and server)
        NX-1297 (Copying Files inside File Manager using CTRL and Drag&Drop is not working)
        NX-1299 (Add username filter to CountEx(*) and Process.XXX(*) parameters in Linux subagent)
        NX-1306 (Show system FQDN in tunnel manager)
        NX-1350 (Invert Values option for performance tab DCIs; Performance tab graph configuration is maintained on double-click)
        NX-1366 (Edit option for "group box" decorations on network maps)
        NX-1369 (Title not displayed for dashboard element "Rack")
        NX-1370 (Rack page not displayed correctly when switch between rack objects)
        NX-1372 (PING subagent is not working)
        NX-1374 (Element DashboardGroup not displayed in Dashboard perspective)
        NX-1373 (Error message "Error loading RSA keys from ..." in all server-to-agent command line tools)
        NX-1375 (Add functionality to switch off multipliers for graphs)
        NX-1376 (Windows agent reports incorrect OS version on Windows 10)
        NX-1379 (Rack width calculated incorrectly if only front/back selected)
        NX-1380 (Database error when node has LLDP ID longer than 63 characters)
        NX-1381 (Unjustified NXSL errors "cannot do automatic type cast")
        NX-1384 (Automatic ping target configuration on first data request)
        NX-1385 (Configurable status colors in UI)
        NX-1387 (Performance tab graph sorting in not working with groups)

Best regards,
Victor

Hi all!

NetXMS version 2.2.1 is officially released. Changes since previous release:

- Implemented separate access rights for each DCI object
- Option to read log files using VSS snapshots on Windows
- Per stage confirmation in database manager during database check
- Fixed file download cancelation
- HTTPS support in SMSEagle driver
- New network map element - text box
- New debug log format with tags
- Ability to set debug level per tag or tag mask
- Improved audit logging on object creation
- NXSL function "GeoLocation" replaced with "GeoLocation" class constructor
- Optimized object updates in database (to reduce load on database in large installations)
- Thread pool used for data collection instead of fixed number of poller threads
- Optimized data collection from agents
- Configurable number of records per transaction for writing DCI data
- Fixed issues:
   NX-662 (New network map element - text box)
   NX-703 (Export/Import actions)
   NX-757 (Instance discovery - grace period for removed instances before deleting DCIs)
   NX-801 (Deleted nodes not removed from trusted nodes lists of other objects)
   NX-1045 (Add rack/chassis diagram as dashboard element)
   NX-1142 (Back view for racks)
   NX-1201 (Discovered node links on map should automatically be set to color based on the status of the interfaces shown in co
nnector names)
   NX-1252 (Fix automatically generated transformation scripts for 64 bit interface counters)
   NX-1268 (Do DNS resolve for node names via zone proxy)
   NX-1289 (Override PollCountForStatusChange at Node level)
   NX-1292 (Option for line charts to not always use 0 as base)
   NX-1336 (Cluster DCI Max/Min aggregation returns value from last node instead of expected max/min)
   NX-1339 (JIRA restricts subject field to 254 chars, helpdesk integration should trim alarm text or move reset of the message
to issue description)
   NX-1341 (Scheduled tasks enabled/disabled indicator)
   NX-1342 (Increase text length limit in SMS sender)
   NX-1343 (Server crash on re-enabling temporary disabled user)
   NX-1344 (Search Bar for Agent Tunnel Manager)
   NX-1345 (Add rule number to EPP export)
   NX-1347 (New agent parameter File.LineCount)
   NX-1348 (Continuous warnings in server log: seed object 0 cannot be found)
   NX-1357 (Line chart is now opened on double clicking a Performance Chart)
   NX-1359 (Last location in World Map is now saved)
   NX-1361 (Data type of transformation script's input value can be incorrect)

Best regards,
Victor

Hi all!

NetXMS patch release 2.1.2 is out. Changes since previous release:

- Summary tables for table DCIs
- Multi-valued columns in summary tables
- Threshold violation events have current DCI value as parameter 8 (named as "dciValue")
- New agent configuration parameter TunnelKeepaliveInterval
- Optimizations in database access layer
- Improved database check procedure
- Management console:
        - Option to set root object for "Geo Map" dashboard element
        - Filter in geo map view
        - "Duplicate" button in DCI threshold editor
        - Option to show legend for performance tab graphs with single DCI
        - Fixed file upload errors in web UI
        - Option to show "Top N items" in dashboad summary table using given sorting columns
- Fixed issues: NX-1147, NX-1265, NX-1270, NX-1276, NX-1282, NX-1290, NX-1296, NX-1300, NX-1309, NX-1313, NX-1314, NX-1315, NX-1320, NX-1324, NX-1325, NX-1331, NX-1333, NX-1335

Best regards,
Victor

Hi all,

NetXMS patch release 2.1.1 is out! Changes since previous release:

- XEN monitoring subagent
- Fixed issues with agent tunnels
- Fixed bug in STP-based topology discovery
- Fixed unrestricted node poller queue growth when discovery from SNMP traps or syslog is on
- Server's database password can be supplied by external tool
- Fixed OpenBSD compatibility issues
- Correct handling of "dormant" and "not present" interface operational states
- Syslog messages received on loopback bound to receiving node (local management node or syslog proxy node)
- Fixed mail sender address encoding
- Fixed bug with lost agent connectivity after tunnel reconnect
- Zone ID now referenced as Zone UIN (unique identification number) to avoid confusion with zone object ID
- NXSL:
        - New class "InetAddress"
        - New attribute "ipAddressList" for class "Interface"
        - New method "enableRoutingTablePolling" in class "Node"
- Management console:
        - Improved status map
        - Fixed bug in sorting alarms by zone name
        - Zone ID can be generated automatically on zone creation
        - New node can be created directly from agent tunnel manager
        - "Bar" mode for gauge dashboard elements working correctly
- Fixed issues: NX-930, NX-1143, NX-1153, NX-1170, NX-1263, NX-1272, NX-1273, NX-1278, NX-1281, NX-1284, NX-1285, NX-1286

Best regards,
Victor

Hi all!

NetXMS version 2.1 is released. It is first stable release in 2.1.x branch which also makes 2.0.x branch obsolete. We strongly encourage 2.0 users to migrate to 2.1. Changes since previous release (2.1-RC1):

- Improved audit logging
- Improved data reconciliation between agent and server
- Improved Grafana integration
- Server detects changes in installed packages during configuration poll
- Added MariaDB database driver
- Fixed excessive CPU usage by agent on AIX
- nxshell can connect to server on non-standard port
- Driver for Netonix switches
- NXSL:
        - New methods for arrays: append, insert, pop, push, remove
        - Table methods get and set can accept column name instead of column index
        - Table row method get can accept column name instead of column index
        - Added table row method set
        - Access to DCI owner object in data collection and instance discovery scripts via $targetObject variable
- Management console:
        - Improved layout of dashboard elements
        - Added option to indicate alarm severity with background color in alarm list
        - Fixed bug in folder download in file manager
        - Proper support for ANSI colors in object tools output in web UI
        - Object dragging on map disabled if user don't have write access to map object
        - Option to hide sub-interfaces in UI (currently works only for Juniper switches)
- Fixed issues: NX-1039, NX-1041, NX-1166, NX-1180, NX-1194, NX-1195, NX-1212, NX-1214, NX-1215, NX-1234, NX-1236, NX-1243, NX-1244, NX-1251, NX-1253, NX-1256, NX-1257, NX-1260, NX-1262, NX-1264

Best regards,
Victor

Hi all!

NetXMS version 2.1-RC1 is released. It is release candidate, and if there will be no big issues, next release will be officially declared stable.

Changes since previous release:

- External tables in agent
- Script source for table DCIs
- Driver for IgniteNet devices
- Network device database (allows some device specific information to be provided without drivers)
- Server certificate's key can be stored in separate file
- Multiple CA certificates can be specified in server configuration file
- Number of samples can be configured for table thresholds
- Null value can be used as "no change" option in auto bind scripts
- Grafana integration
- Management console:
        - Node's zone name shown in alarm browser and object overview when zoning is enabled
        - Sorting option in table based charts on dashboards (to implement "Top N" style charts)
        - Full text object search
        - Agent tunnel manager view
- Fixed issues: NX-386, NX-1127, NX-1128, NX-1210, NX-1211, NX-1222, NX-1231, NX-1239, NX-1240, NX-1242

Best regards,
Victor

Hi all!

NetXMS version 2.1-M3 is officially released. This is planned to be last milestone release in 2.1 branch, next release will be RC1. Changes since 2.1-M2:

- Improved event correlation based on network topology
- Improved the usability of the Server Configuration, by adding descriptions and recognition for data types and possible values
- Alternative core configuration section can be set for nxagentd using -G command line option
- Implicit external subagent registartion using EXT:* sections in agent configuration file
- Unknown syslog sources can be automatically added as nodes
- Server startup scripts
- New method "setMapImage" in NXSL class "NetObj"
- New attribute "mapImage" in NXSL class "NetObj"
- New NXSL class "Container"
- New NXSL function AgentExecuteActionWithOutput
- Container autobind mode and script can be set from NXSL
- Fixed bug in NXSL string concatenation
- Events generated when interface expected state changed
- Situations functionality is replaced with persistent storage that is included in each execution environment
- Compression support in communication protocol
- Switch forwarding database show correct interfaces for Mikrotik devices
- Driver for Juniper Networks switches
- Driver for Extreme Networks switches
- Experimental MQTT support
- Experimental agent-to-server connections (agent tunnels)
- Experimental Grafana integration
- Management console:
   - Mutiple files can be scheduled for upload to agent at once
   - DCIs created from templates made visually distinguishable in data collection editor
   - "Inverted" flag ignored in event processing policy if event or object list is empty
   - Object tools can be filtered by custom attribute presence
   - Configurable list of external URLs for each object
   - Sound for outstanding alarm reminder can be configured
- Fixed issues: NX-60, NX-630, NX-743, NX-916, NX-1119, NX-1123, NX-1129, NX-1151, NX-1161, NX-1165, NX-1171, NX-1174, NX-1178, NX-1
188, NX-1190, NX-1191, NX-1192, NX-1193, NX-1197, NX-1198, NX-1213, NX-1216, NX-1217

Best regards,
Victor

Hi all,

NetXMS 2.1-M2 is out. It's next milestone release in 2.1 branch. It should be considered beta version and used with caution, although we do our best to ensure it's stability. Changes since 2.1-M1 are following:

- Added alarm category functionality to manage which alarms are seen by what users
        - EPP rules can be configured to generate categorised alarms
        - Alarm categories can be created and configured in Alarm Category Configurator
        - By default view_all_alarms acl added to Everyone group
- Server can be configured to periodically send alarm summary emails
- Added template graphs
- New NXSL functions: mktime, GetSyslogRuleCheckCount, GetSyslogRuleMatchCount
- New NXSL "Node" class attributes: isInMaintenanceMode, lastAgentCommTime
- New NXSL "Table" class attribute "rows"
- Access to object's alarms in NXSL via "alarms" attribute in "NetObj" class
- Operator "new" in NXSL which can be used to instantiate objects if object class supports it
- Template auto-apply and container auto-bind works for clusters
- H3C driver correctly reads IPv6 addresses on interfaces
- Improved HP ProCurve driver
- SMS driver for Nexmo service
- SMS driver for SMSEagle gateway
- SMS driver for MyMobile service
- Fixed FDB handling on Cisco switches
- Added support for CHAP, MS-CHAPv1, and MS-CHAPv2 in RADIUS authentication
- MySQL monitoring subagent
- Fixed FreeBSD 11 compatibility issues
- Implemented interrupt and context switch counters in platform subagents
- Implemented CPU interrupt time parameters on Windows
- JMX subagent
- Event sending by agent do not restricted to master servers only anymore
- Launcher for nxshell
- Log monitoring subagent supports pre-allocated log files
- Management console:
        - File manager improvements
        - Option to save graph as image
        - Added multipliers support in data format string for gauges
- Fixed issues: #42, #106, #130, #174, #179, #185, #496, #526, #569, #633, #637, #784, #876, #951, #953, #1031, #1043, #1069, #1079, #1087, #1090, #1097, #1123, #1156, #1192, #1201, #1205, #1206, #1208, #1233, #1258, #1285, #1292, #1300, #1310, #1311, #1312, #1314, #1318, #1320, #1323, #1326, #1329, #1332, #1338, #1341, #1348, #1349, #1351, #1352, #1354, #1357, #1360, #1361, #1362, #1363, #1366, #1367, #1368, #1374, #1376, #1379, #1389, #1396, #1397

Best regards,
Victor

Hi all!

NetXMS version 2.0.8 is out. It is final patch release for 2.0 branch. Changes since 2.0.7:

- Fixed response parsing in MyMobile SMS driver
- Improved HP ProCurve driver
- Fixed high CPU load on FreeBSD
- Event sending by agent do not restricted to master servers only anymore
- Default RADIUS authentication method set to PAP to maintain compatibility with older versions
- Fixed issues: #1258, #1311, #1314, #1351, #1352, #1357, #1376

Best regards,
Victor

Hi all,

NetXMS version 2.0.7 is released. It is another patch release for stable 2.0 branch, and likely last release for this branch. Changes since release 2.0.6 are following:

- Number of polls can be set for "diff" type thresholds
- New method "enableDiscoveryPolling" in NXSL class "Node"
- New NXSL functions: AgentExecuteAction, GetAllNodes
- NXSL functions GetNodeInterfaces, GetNodeTemplates, GetNodeParents, GetObjectChildren returns correct object classes
- Instance discovery scripts can return instances as map instance/instance name
- SMS driver for Nexmo service
- SMS driver for SMSEagle gateway
- SMS driver for MyMobile service
- H3C driver correctly reads IPv6 addresses on interfaces
- Added support for CHAP, MS-CHAPv1, and MS-CHAPv2 in RADIUS authentication
- Fixed FreeBSD 11 compatibility issues
- Fixed excessive memory consumption by web UI in some situations
- Fixed server crash when changing scheduled tasks
- Fixed various minor UI glitches
- Fixed issues: #1090

Best regards,
Victor