Cacti 0.8.6h Beta 1

[rony]

We are doing something we haven't done in the past, we are having a beta of a sub release.

If you have the ability and time, please test the attached release of Cacti 0.8.6h. Please remember to test this in a NON-PRODUCTION environment.

Changes that where made for this planned release:

Cacti CHANGELOG

0.8.6h
-bug#0000383: Add more verbose rrdtool debug output from Graph Management
-bug#0000522: Take 'oid_index_parse' into consideration when handling 'OID/REGEXP:' data query fields
-bug#0000528: Allow template_import.php to return without error when xml file is invalid in PHP 4.4 and above.
-bug#0000557: Changing filter value resulted in invalid page/row selection.
-bug#0000572: Added $database_port to config.php
-bug#0000570: Grammer edit for text about already up-to-date
-bug#0000571: Misleading diagnositc error messages during install have been updated
-bug#0000582: Ampersand present in graph template graph name causes xml import to fail
-bug#0000585: Graphing fails using AREA/STACK/LINE/HRULE/VRULE without defined color
-bug#0000596: Proper excape of ' in graph titles
-bug#0000599: Add filtering to graphs and data templates
-bug#0000601: Add ability to add multiple hosts to a tree
-bug#0000603: user_log.ip field not ipv6 compatible
-bug#0000608: Minor coding error in lib/poller.php with a erroneous pclose statement
-bug#0000615: Minor host.php tweak
-bug#0000619: Host Templates not alphabetized on device creation form
-bug#0000625: Cannot modify/create a user with a period in the username
-bug#0000631: Invalid information concerning delimiter for index_order in SNMP Query documentation
-bug: Stop MySQL connect messages from appearing in user interface
-bug: Allow primary keys other than "ID" from saving properly in function sql_save
-bug: Allow primary keys other than "ID" to be handled properly using the html code
-bug: Make PHP timeout more rapidly, allow more time for concurrent PHP poller processes to start
-bug: Save statistics even when the poller times out.
-bug: Only call poller_commands.php or poller_export.php if they require calling.
-bug: Incorporate a timeout to ss_fping.php so that a host that takes to long to finish at least returns data
-bug: Correct the display of custom data in data input methods to follow the proper order
-bug: Change the default behavior of ping.php to mark a host as up if either snmp or ping are successful.
-bug: Don't allow graph_export to delete your web site.
-bug: Correct issue where snmp was not returning hex data and some text data.
-bug: Prevent a never ending table lock in lib/tree.php
-bug: Correct issue where either AREA or LINEx without color were causing RRD_NL without any elements in rrdtool_graph.
-bug: Fix ordering issues with Data Input methods and Graph Creation for Custom Data
-bug: Allow hostname to include TCP: or UDP: an keep tcp, icmp, udp ping functional
-bug: Better error reporting for Clear Cacti Log File in Utilties
-feature: Add IPv6 support to lib/ping.php
-feature: When utilizing cmd.php, don't run the script_server if it is not required for a process.
-feature: Incorporate snmpbulkwalk binary to user interface to speed snmpv2 & snmpv3 walk calls.
-feature; Now have support for Nth percentile functions, not just 95th.
-feature: Added support for new Nth Percentile Variables: aggregate, aggregate_max, aggregate_sum
-feature: Allow additional filtering for graph item adding while creating graphs
-feature: Command line script to copy users

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[BSOD2600]

Well after 8 polling cycles using cmd.php, everything appears to be still working . I'll report back tomorrow if that changes.

1) I see "bug: Allow hostname to include TCP: or UDP: an keep tcp, icmp, udp ping functional" Whats that about?
2) I didn't get the typical database/cacti upgrade screen after installing the new files. That right?
3) I notice my MySQL Thread count jumped from ~5 to ~16 after the upgrade. Whats that about?
4) I noticed my /include/config.php wasn't updated. I see a config.php.dist which does appear to be the updated one (has $database_port). This release changing how Cacti's config file is going to be updated? After doing this change, then I got the typical Cacti upgrade screens....
5) Whats with the new graph template, Multi - Server Disk Space? Not all fields are English for starters. Not exactly labeled the best.
6) I notice a lot of other 'new' Data Templates. Going to become standard to annouce what major templates are being added in each release?

[rony]

Sorry, I falied to mention that you need to copy config.php.dist to config.php.

The data templates, sorry, ignore those.

I would have responded ealier but I got pissed at my computer and reinstalled the OS... Only to find it was all accually the DVD Drive fault......

I will repost the source with a clean database.

[rony]

Database is fine, Beta 2 post has been made with changes, removing Beta 1 attachment.