NetXMS 4.4 release notes

4.4.5

2023-12-07
  • Improved SNMP proxy performance under heavy load
  • Added limit on number of nested NXSL VMs (to prevent accidential infinite loop of script execution)
  • Fixed server crash on polling TP-Link switches
  • Fixed bug in dashboard element "status indicator"
  • Fixed bug in status map view
  • Fixed bug in database manager check function
  • Fixed "Failed to register resource" error in web UI
  • Fixed database import/migration to TimescaleDB
  • Java components switched to logback 1.3.13 (fixes CVE-2023-6378)
Fixed issues (2)
  • NX-2465 (List of saved queries in Tools->Find Object is not updated when query list is altered in Configuration)
  • NX-2479 (Misleading error messages when loading properties for root objects)

4.4.4

2023-12-02
  • New methods in NXSL class "InetAddress": contains, equals, inRange, sameSubnet
  • Constructor for NXSL class "InetAddress" accepts mask length as second argument
  • Fixed incorrect ICMP polling if ICMP proxy set on node level
  • Improved topology discovery on TP-Link devices
  • Improved driver for DLink devices
  • Added driver for TP-Link devices
  • Added driver for Eltex devices
  • Added driver for Q-tech devices
  • nxencpasswd can read password from terminal
  • GUI clients built with patched version of simple-xml (fixes CVE-2017-1000190)
  • Fixed deadlock after login in legacy web UI
Fixed issues (2)
  • NX-2431 (Implement agent list Net.IP.RoutingTable for AIX)
  • NX-2478 (Named function parameters does not work for entry points)

4.4.3

2023-12-02
  • Package deployment can be scheduled
  • Server-side macro expansion in package deployment command
  • Use compact JSON format when saving events to database
  • Improved event processing performance
  • Improved NXSL function "random"
  • New event processing macros %d (DCI description), %D (DCI comments), %L (object alias), and %C (object comments)
  • Added driver for FortiGate devices
  • Fixed server crash during execution of delayed EPP action
  • Fixed server crash when processing interfaces with 8 byte MAC address
  • Fixed session disconnect handling in new management client application
  • Fixed bug in physical disk information reading on Windows
  • Fixed bug in SSH key store
  • Improved debug logging
  • Minor fixes and improvements in new management client application
Fixed issues (9)
  • NX-1063 (Interface icon is incorrect)
  • NX-2224 (Command history in nxadm)
  • NX-2446 (Increase timeout for agent tunnel binding)
  • NX-2463 (Add metric to measure execution time of background queries in dbquery subagent)
  • NX-2467 (Allow to execute same action multiple times in one EPP rule)
  • NX-2468 (NetworkService.Status SMTP call to curl_easy_perform failed (56: Command failed: 502))
  • NX-2469 (Empty "Parameters" line should be interpreted as no arguments in Execute Script)
  • NX-2471 (Add agent list and table to list physical disks)
  • NX-2475 (netsvc: ServiceCheck.SMTP() uses VRFY command, which is disabled on most servers)

4.4.2

2023-12-02
  • Server checks interface speed during status poll and generates event if it changes
  • Improved Cambium device driver
  • Added driver for Hirschmann switches
  • Implemented implicit import for constants in NXSL
  • NXSL implicit import does not add non-referenced functions and constants from imported module
  • Context action "Change expected interface state" implemented in new GUI client
  • Context action "Clone network map" implemented in new GUI client
  • Masked credentials in "Network Credentials" view
  • Fixed bugs in TCP proxy session closure handling (server and agent side)
  • Fixed bug in parsing XML content returned by web service
  • Fixed template apply/remove in new GUI client
  • Fixed server crash when network map uses physical link with non existing rack
  • Fixed audit log writing on object move
Fixed issues (8)
  • NX-2410 (Notification driver is locked during retry waiting period)
  • NX-2432 (Query interface speed when status poll detects that interface goes up)
  • NX-2441 (Auto-focus on Two-Factor input on WebUI)
  • NX-2442 (Maintenance predefined time)
  • NX-2449 (Unexpected SYS_DUPLICATE_IP_ADDRESS generation)
  • NX-2450 (microhttpd presence is not detected correctly)
  • NX-2451 (GetDCIValue() should return same data type as set in DCI properties)
  • NX-2452 (Agent on Windows returns only one software inventory record when multiple versions of same software are installed)

4.4.1

2023-07-19
  • Improved support for LLDP-V2-MIB
  • Server can use both LLDP-MIB and LLDP-V2-MIB if supported by device
  • Server saves SNMPv3 context engine ID alongside authoritative engine ID to avoid unnecessary engine ID discovery
  • NXSL function GetDCIValues can be used to retrieve raw DCI values
  • Added method "enableWinPerfCountersCache" to NXSL class "Node"
  • Custom timeouts for external metric providers in agent
  • Fixed incorrect display of line chart series with "Invert values" option
  • Fixed database upgrade procedure (zone UIN update)
  • Fixed memory leak in subagent "netsvc"
  • Fixed bug in NXSL function FormatMetricPrefix
  • Added workaround for "unexpected eof" OpenSSL error reported by web service calls to some servers
  • Minor fixes in asset management
  • Minor fixes and improvements in new management client application
Fixed issues (7)
  • NX-2407 (Add the ability to duplicate server action in action manager)
  • NX-2414 (nxdbmgr should ignore data for deleted DCIs if there's record in dci_delete_list for that DCI)
  • NX-2415 (Legend text color is ignored in the nxmc console)
  • NX-2419 (When log file monitoring with wildcards is used, data right after file creation might be skipped)
  • NX-2428 (Cannot import configuration if threshold activation or deactivation event tags are missing or empty)
  • NX-2434 (Add option to set user, password as a parameters for IMAP and SMTP)
  • NX-2435 (0 is not shown on Y scale in graphs)

4.4.0

2023-07-19
  • "Trusted devices" in two-factor authentication
  • Scrollable dashboards
  • Native Modbus TCP support
  • Arguments can be passed to script called via script macro
  • Indirect function calls in NXSL
  • Interface table in agents
  • Linux agent can report interface aliases
  • Improved dashboard elements "Pie Chart" and "Gauge"
  • New macro {node-name} in DCI performance view configuration
  • Added Query table columns for SNMP Table DCI
  • Spanning Tree port state for interfaces collected at status poll
  • System event for STP port state change
  • Improved configuration import
Fixed issues (25)
  • NX-457 (Support for multiple tile providers)
  • NX-696 (Condition status reset to UNKNOWN on change)
  • NX-875 (More info on per-node basis on polls for that node)
  • NX-935 (Scrollbar in Dashboards)
  • NX-1014 (Correct names of "Remove" menu items to "Remove from node" or "Remove from template")
  • NX-1232 (Tool for simplified SNMP tables configuration)
  • NX-1598 (Rename column "submap_id" in table "object_properties")
  • NX-1613 (Object state icon not shown in Template -> Remove)
  • NX-2067 (Add a hotkey to save policies. Ctrl+S)
  • NX-2244 (Have ability in the UI to jump to specific DCI from check)
  • NX-2294 (Add server setting to prefer IPv4 address when resolving node hostname)
  • NX-2295 (Use System.ActiveUserSessions agent list to display "User sessions" in management client)
  • NX-2317 (Add parameters to threshold activation events with additional information on triggered threshold)
  • NX-2357 (Create events for invalid object identifiers in EPP rules)
  • NX-2364 (Add option to request 2FA authorization less frequently)
  • NX-2370 (Use libedit for shell-style tools)
  • NX-2372 (Show DCI comments in Data Collection / Last Values view)
  • NX-2373 (Make DCI comments available in alarms generated from threshold violation events)
  • NX-2384 (Store and display event message in active threshold)
  • NX-2391 (Not possible to set correct zone for cluster)
  • NX-2392 (ARP table view for nodes)
  • NX-2397 (Cluster that is in another zone still belongs to the zone with Zone UIN=0)
  • NX-2420 (Add explicit option for log parser to follow symlinks)
  • NX-2422 (Keep separate session for each node in MIB explorer in new Management Client)
  • NX-2424 (Add information about user login failure (2FA issue, etc) to audit log)