[Hwcert-announce-list] Updated Red Hat Certification Test Suite Packages Available

[Engineering Partner Management]

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the general availability (GA) of version
2.2 of the Red Hat Certification Hardware Test Suite. The new version
of the test suite *is* an official release and should be used for new
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x and 7.x hardware certification
submissions. All new certification requests must be performed using
version 2.x of the test suite.

Highlights of the new version include:


* Fix an issue blocking openstack certification association with the
system under test (SUT).
* Fix an issue blocking submission of image in the process of
certifying a container.
* Fix an issue with CI submission via CWE
* Improve the user experience in submitting container certs
* Correct the verbiage for a failed CI submission to CWE
* Add a new feature to delete certifications and products
* Fix an issue when leaving cert ID blank on the command line interface (CLI)
* Fix an issue running ‘clean all’ on the CLI
* Add a new option to register via CLI
* Modify the "rhcert-backend plan" command so that it no longer asks
for Vendor, Make and Model
* Modify the paths for locating fv related files to accurately reflect
the major version of RHEL
* Add the capability for partners to add a container against a cloud product
* Add persistent logon session
* Fix to gracefully handle a missing password
* Consolidate mechanisms to control client daemon/listener via rhcertd
for better usability
* Fix an lxml issue with el6 rpms
* Fix for fv_network test
* Fix traceback error when clicking ‘continue’
* Add capability for partners to reassign a host to a new SUT (via SUT)
* Improved usability in CLI
* Fix to allow login after failed login attempt
* Modified openstack certs to single sign on (SSO)
* Fixed issues with uploading results from one test server to another.
NOTE: results uploaded must have been generated with
redhat-certification and/or redhat-certification-backend version 2.2
or newer on the client (SUT)).

The new Red Hat Certification Hardware Test Suite 2.x packages are
available at the following locations:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Test Suite Packages
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redhat-certification-2.2-20160202.el7
redhat-certification-backend-2.2-20160202.el7
Download location: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/282
Alternate download location: http://people.redhat.com/gcase/rhcert-2/rhel7/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Test Suite Packages
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redhat-certification-backend-2.2-20160202.el6
Download location: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/282
Alternate download location: http://people.redhat.com/gcase/rhcert-2/rhel6/

If downloading from the Red Hat Customer Portal, please be sure you
are not downloading from the beta section.

Note: The "redhat-certification" package is no longer used with
version 2.x of the test suite on RHEL 6.x.  Systems under test (SUT)
should be configured to point to local test servers with
redhat-certification 2.0 installed on RHEL 7.x.

If you are having difficulty downloading the files, please contact
your partner manager or engineering account manager for assistance.

Known Issues
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* No known issues


Red Hat values your ongoing participation in the Red Hat Enterprise
Linux development, testing, and certification efforts. Thank you for
your continued partnership. If you have any questions or comments,
please do not hesitate to contact your partner manager or engineering
account manager.

Regards,

The Red Hat Certification Team