Release Notes
PANDORA FMS 7.0 NG 754 LTS

VERSION UPDATERELEASE

754
April 2021

These release notes
describe new features,
improvements and fixedissues in Pandora FMS
7.0 NG 754 LTS. They
also provide information
about upgradesand describe someworkarounds for known
issues.

••••New features and improvements
How to update Pandora FMS
Known changes and limitations
Feature extinction•••

Changes and improvements•

Legal information

Bug fixed
Documentation update

New features and improvements
Metaconsole Dashboards
Dashboards can now be used within the Metaconsole, to be able to centrally
manage all the information more visually.

For more information
on previous versions,visit the release notes
section on our website.
For information aboutminimum system
requirements, visit
the installation
section in our official
documentation.

New AWS monitoring. Amazon S3
The possibility of monitoring Amazon S3 cubes has been added to be able tomonitor the files included in them, the size of each file, the number of items ineach cube, permissions, etc.

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How to update
Pandora FMS
There are several ways
to update Pandora FMS
console:Through Update
Manager, in Pandora
FMS console itself,
automatically (it requires
console internet
connection).
Through Update
Manager, in Pandora FMS
console itself, manually,
through OUM update files.

New installers for Cloud
In previous versions, we prepared a remote script to install Pandora FMS in any
environment: virtual, cloud, physical, by just having access to the internet. In thisversion, we have done the same to install Pandora FMS agents in a customized way
with just one click.
Check out the documentation or try it yourself:
curl -Ls https://pfms.me/agent-deploy | bash

Improved event widget in Dashboard
It now allows you to incorporate saved filters, so that the widget will show eventsusing those custom filters.

By manually installing
packages (rpm, deb...) andlater updating the console
through the web interface.
The server will have to
be manually updated
through RPM or tarball
packages.

You can find more
information about
Pandora FMS downloads
on our website:
OpenSource version
packages.
Enterprise version
packages.
For detailed informationand the steps to follow
to update each item,
classified by operating
systems, go to our Wikipag. 2Visual enhancements in console settings
Pandora FMS console setup display has been improved to not show anymore all theoptions in a single column and thus be able to see it more easily and quickly.

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Known changes and limitations
Other resources
for your interest
Documentation of
Pandora FMS online

We remind you that in version 753, the skin system changed. If you use a custom
skin system, you will have to update it to the new format. Check with support
before upgrading to this version if you have not installed 753 yet.

Plugin Library
Pandora FMS official
technical support

Feature extinction••

Removed marquee submenu in event view.
NTA feature removed.

Changes and improvements

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Case#

GitLab #Description

N/A

7378

Modified the alert actions, where only the option "Create work unit on recovery" willappear when choosing the action associated with Integria IMS integration.

N/A

7373

Deleted the option of exporting module graphs to CSV in Pandora FMS OpenSource
version, since it is an enterprise feature.

N/A

7349

Added explanatory error message in the Resource Registration section when trying toimport an empty or poorly formatted resource.

11618

7248

Added module_wait_timeout token to improve plugin and exec module performance inWindows agents.

N/A

7005

Added error message when trying to generate a plugin module by generating a data
module, so that it is generated correctly by agent plugin.

N/A

6859

Modified LWP use to curl to obtain statistics in WUX modules.

8573

4536

Removed autocomplete in browser for custom fields.

7938

2685

Added the Dashboards feature to Metaconsole.

10821/10953

6457

Added the possibility of adding custom event filters in the event widgets of adashboard.

N/A

7385/7435

Removed the transactional_threads token from the server configuration, as well asfrom Pandora FMS Wiki as it is deprecated and is not useful anymore.

N/A

6332

Added a module search engine in the agent view within Pandora FMS mobile console.

N/A

4264

Added ACL resources to event responses so that users with restricted permissions on
specific groups can only see event responses from that group.

N/A

6591

Introduced new metrics to HANA plugin, including SYS.M_DATABASE, SYS_DATABASES.M_CONNECTIONS, SYS_DATABASES.M_DISK_USAGE, SYS_DATABASES.M_SERVICE_MEMORY

N/A

4475

Added API and CLI calls to be able to validate alerts.

N/A

6271

Modified the console setup structure to take into account the screen size and thus nothave to display everything in a single column.

11304

6986

The results obtained by recon tasks by Discovery now sorts SNMP results alphabetically.

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Changes andimprovements

Case#

GitLab #Description

N/A

7057

Created agent installer for cloud environments.

N/A

7028

Custom field selectors modified to be able to search for them.

N/A

6377

Added new monitoring in Discovery. Amazon S3.

N/A

7265

Visual enhancements for dark display mode.

N/A

6133

Added the possibility of encryption in the Sybase plugin.

9725

5544

Added API calls to know how many agents are licensed and how many remain to be
used.

N/A

6387

Added the possibility of limiting agents by group.

Bug fixes

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Caso#

GitLab #Descripción

N/A

7446

Fixed visual error when generating WMI or network modules when using the remotecomponent template option.

N/A

7434

Fixed the error of not being able to select the ALL group when creating collections in
Metaconsole.

N/A

7414

Fixed CLI call to create events in Metaconsole.

N/A

7411

Fixed SQL errors when creating a module event report in Metaconsole.

N/A

7404

Modified the read event permission by which previously a read-only user could launch
event responses.

N/A

7400

Fixed ACL permissions for discovery tasks whereby users with permissions on a group
could not see it unless they were administrators.

N/A

7399

Fixed eHorus integration with Pandora FMS by which the drop-down of actions to be
carried out did not appear.

N/A

7396

Fixed misalignment of event auto refresh in Metaconsole, as well as its proper
performance.

N/A

7393

Fixed event filtering in Metaconsole, whereby when going through the pages it
stopped filtering if filtering by severity.

N/A

7391

Fixed _data_ macro in event alerts by which it did not show data.

N/A

7384

Modified RR and RW profile permissions with which, despite having said permissions, it
was not possible to see the reports correctly.

N/A

7382

Fixed configuration data of an HA cluster appearing when editing it.

N/A

7380

Fixed visual bug whereby when editing the interval of a module, it always appeared as
seconds even if it was not the appropriate measure.

N/A

7377

Fixed new GIS map creation.

11735

7376

Modified certain sections of Pandora FMS with the dark display mode by which they
could not be properly seen.

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Caso#

GitLab #Descripción

N/A

7375

Modified the first group appearing when creating a new policy being ALL.

N/A

7372

Fixed not deleting remote agents when deleting their associated clusters.

N/A

7370

Removed modal message when editing a cluster node.

N/A

7369

Fixed Server SNMP Wizard plugin performance.

N/A

7368

Fixed event filtering by event comment with special characters.

N/A

7367

Fixed the API call to create groups where a field of maximum number of agents had tobe added when it was not mandatory.

N/A

7363

Modified the copy of visual consoles for which configuration information was lostalong the copy.

N/A

7358

Fixed agent selection when generating a report through the report template wizard.

N/A

7356

Fixed SQL report item display when generating the report using the report template
wizard.

N/A

7355

Fixed API call to create agents.

N/A

7354

Fixed bar graph item creation in visual consoles.

N/A

7350

Fixed custom chart selection in the item wizard in a custom report.

N/A

7347

Fixed sending mail through SMTP when credentials exceeded a certain extreme
length.

N/A7343/7239/7332

N/A

7341

Modified visual errors in the report view in Pandora FMS general search.

N/A

7338

Fixed infinite spinner appearance when searching for an agent in a general item in acustom report.

N/A

7333

Fixed configuration errors in Pandora FMS setup where the path of the attachment
directory, the pagination and the text size are not changed.

N/A

7331

Modified the error whereby the background of any widget in dashboards could not be
modified.

N/A

7328

Fixed javascript error when trying to create favorite and private dashboards.

N/A

7327

Fixed item count in the transaction list view when you do not have permissions to see
the existing items.

N/A

7325

Fixed .data file draft error in temporary folder when having VMWare Discovery tasks.

N/A

7324

Fixed Pandora FMS console notification system.

N/A

7323

Fixed visual and operational errors in event filtering.

11651

7320

Fixed incorrect mass XML creation in Discovery VMWare tasks.

11690

7319

Fixed visual console editing in legacy mode.

11651

7311/7288

N/A

7306

Fixed counting in agent/module views, groups, tactical view.

Fixed correlation alert generation where complex rules could not be generated.
Fixed visual errors when users without ACL access the alert command view.

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Caso#

GitLab #Descripción

11651

7303

Modified regex rules within alert correlation to take special characters into account.

11667

7298

Fixed sending email alerts with module graph.

N/A

7293

Fixed visual bug in the agent editing view.

N/A

7292

Fixed errors in agent group creation.

N/A

7287

Fixed visual errors in the user's own editing when selecting a default welcome screen.

11535

7283

Fixed the dynamic_snmp plugin not taking into account the ":" of the OIDs.

N/A

7278

Fixed agents showing up in report dynamic generation from templates.

N/A

7268

Fixed inventory synchronization problems of Integria IMS integration.

N/A

7267

Fixed the inclusion of not fully displayed comments in Integria IMS integration tickets.

N/A

7260

Fixed mass operations on agents in edit mode.

N/A

7257

Fixed header visual error in the item list in a report template.

N/A

7256

Fixed visual error of the modal screen when the support license has expired.

N/A

7255

Fixed visual bug of ACL Enterprise configuration view.

N/A

7254

Fixed visual bug in the console task list for saving custom reports to disk.

N/A

7242

Modified the icons of the agent editing view.

N/A

7241

Fixed visual errors in the configuration to subscribe to Pandora FMS newsletter.

N/A

7238

Fixed visual errors in user edit view.

N/A

7200

Recovered critical and warning threshold options on IPAM supernet nodes.

N/A

7195

Fixed visual errors in Pandora FMS mobile application.

11545

7158

Fixed migration error between servers in Metaconsole when the setup label does notmatch the server name.

N/A

7100

Fixed software agent systemctl service installation.

N/A

7095/6946

N/A

7093

Fixed event group item error in custom Metaconsole reports whereby it was looked forin the wrong table.

N/A

7092

Fixed a bug in the SNMP Wizard where modules could not be generated where the OID
returned a value between quotation marks.

N/A

7091

Modified cluster creation when an agent with service modules is added, being able tosee them added now.

11410

7079

Fixed the issue of using special characters in calls to Pandora FMS API.

N/A

7072

Deleted Metaconsole centralization message in remote component group view in the
Metaconsole itself.

Fixed error displaying tree view elements with restrictive ACLs per group.

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Caso#

GitLab #Descripción

N/A

7070

Deleted console log file that was generated empty.

N/A

7066

Fixed disabled alert filtering within the alerts view.

N/A

7055

Fixed visual errors of SNMP Wizard result filtering in Metaconsole.

N/A

7052

Fixed entity display in different event view sections, as well as that of their details.

11370

7050

Fixed alert activation during a scheduled downtime when reapplying a policy withalerts on an agent included in the downtime.

N/A

7048

Fixed tab bugs in IPAM feature.

N/A

7042

Fixed versioning error of node setup in Metaconsole where the oldest version of theservers registered in the node was taken.

N/A

7040

Fixed the option to force public URL within the Metaconsole.

N/A

7039

Generated error message in the creation of the different console tasks at the time ofgenerating it with lack of configuration.

N/A

7035

Corrected the download of the module library plugins directly from Pandora FMS
console.

11317

7030

Fixed audible event alerts when the event is generated through API.

N/A

7022

Fixed netscan custom path for OpenSource version.

N/A

7011

Fixed the appearance of ceased alert events even with the alert event generation
disabled.

N/A

6999

Added headers in SAP and Cluster views when there is no configured item.

N/A

6998

Fixed visual error in agent migration in Metaconsole.

11307

6997

Fixed visual error in summation data generation in general reports.

11307

6996

Fixed CSV export of general reports by which it came out empty.

N/A

6994

Fixed changing item order within a report template.

N/A

6993

Modified the option to select the report logo within the report template.

N/A

6991

Fixed the group selector within report templates to be able to write in it.

N/A

6989

Fixed the screen loading failure when creating tasks to send the report by mail or on
disk in Metaconsole once the task was forced.

11259

6982

Modified the agent event report item configuration template in the report wizard.

11287

6969

Fixed event refresh once the support license expired.

N/A

6967

Reduced log creation due to the lack of dependency of YAML tiny in the software
agent to only when it is restarted.

N/A

6962

Modified the display in the tag box with long names.

N/A

6952

Fixed the display of agent groups with users restricted by group, as well as thecreation of new groups where the ALL group can no longer be selected.

N/A

6942

Fixed agent deployment in the Metaconsole report template wizard when you only
have permissions on a particular group.

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GitLab #Descripción

N/A

6941

Improved user view and visual console optimization in environments with many agent
groups.

11170

6883

Modified Pandora FMS server update so that it does not overwrite the log rotation
files.

N/A

6808

Fixed API user login when using a call. When a call is made, the user is logged out andthe user with whom the call is made cannot log in.

N/A

6788

Fixed visual error for scheduled downtime generation and configuration.

N/A

6564

Solved module mass editing in Satellite server.

N/A

6561

Fixed SNMP filtering in mass SNMP operations to not be able to update if no matches
are found.

N/A

5370

Pagination correctly created for the alert command tab, both in node and in
Metaconsole.

N/A

5326

Fixed Metaconsole modal window coloring to its default color.

N/A

5179

Fixed service upper submenu being missing when going to their view.

N/A

4228

Fixed System Uptime module so that it takes the “timeticks” display configuration.

N/A

2287

Fixed SQL server plugin.

N/A

2177

Fixed bug in snmp_remote.pl server plugin.

N/A

1949

Fixed report display with average values with multiple results.

N/A

1516

Fixed day and month element translation in SLA reports.

N/A

7270

Fixed visual bug with dark display mode within services.

N/A

6782

Fixed mobile console view styles and features.

N/A

7266

Fixed the integration view with Integria IMS in dark display mode.

N/A

7262/7269

N/A

6933

Fixed LM permission on alert templates/actions/commands so that they can now use
them but not edit/create/delete any.

N/A

6801

Modified the possibility of manually adding actions to alerts that have been generated
through policies.

N/A

7264

Fixed visual bug in custom charts in dark display mode.

N/A

7263

Fixed visual bugs in different dashboard widgets in dark display mode.

N/A

7428

Fixed _module_ macro in inventory alerts.

N/A

7413/7402

N/A

7395

Fixed event filtering in Metaconsole by which this filter was not saved correctly.

N/A

7161

Fixed Skin options in the user's own editing where not all the options appeared.

N/A

6936

Fixed translations in module template creation.

Fixed agent view in dark display mode.

Fixed log display elements to take into account more than 10 logs in alert correlation.

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Bug fixes

Caso#

GitLab #Descripción

N/A

6924

Replaced name “Event text” by “Event Name”.

11014

6812

Fixed HyperV plugin encoding problem.

N/A

5022

Fixed translations in Metaconsole menus.

11647

7281

Increased total number of characters in SQL query in reports.

11772

7450

Fixed adding actions within external alerts configured in a policy.

N/A

7426

Fixed Metaconsole event alerts.

Documentation update

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GitLab #Descripción

N/A

6977

Modified the macro timefrom documentation, which only works in SQL-type reports.

N/A

7261

Added articles in explanation FAQ to add new custom skins.

N/A

7217

Historical database information updated.

N/A

4411

Path information created for log insertion in the console's visual configuration
section.

N/A

7435

Updated server file configuration documentation.

N/A

7433

New module_wait_timeout field documented for windows agents.

N/A

6701

Added documentation of relations rules in Metaconsole setup.

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