[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Certification 4.12, Test Suite Updates, and Updated Certification Workflow Site Available

[Engineering Partner Management]

Greetings Red Hat Partners,


We are pleased to announce the general availability (GA) of updated
Red Hat Certification 4.12 and associated test suite package updates
(listed below). This Red Hat Certification package update *is* an
official release and should be used for all new Red Hat certification
submissions. Successful results from the previous certification test
suite will be accepted for a period of 90 days.

The updated Red Hat Certification packages listed below are available
on the Red Hat Customer Portal at the following location:

https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/282/

redhat-certification-4.12-20170727.1.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-backend-4.12-20170727.1.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-openstack-4.12-20170727.1.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-4.12-20170727.1.el7.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-backend-4.12-20170727.1.el6.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-4.12-20170727.1.el6.noarch.rpm


This release includes enhancements and bug fixes as follows:
1. The hardware/info, cloud/supportable, and openstack/supportable
Kernel subtests will now more accurately and precisely process errata,
update, and release candidate kernel versions.

2. Layered certifications may now be opened for Red Hat OpenStack
Platform Compute, Red Hat Gluster Storage, Red Hat Hyperconverged
Infrastructure and Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Realtime by using
either the "New Certification" button or the Related Certifications
tab on the original Red Hat Enterprise Linux certification, both of
which are found in the redhat-certification WUI.

3. Supplemental Certifications for hardware can now be requested by
uploading an additional product specification document to an existing
certification on the product details tab. Upon review, the necessary
supplemental certifications will be created and appear on the main
certifications list as well as on the "Related Certifications" tab.

4. Passthrough Certifications can now be created for hardware products
via an original, completed RHEL hardware certification. They can be
created from the "New Certification" button or from the passthrough
section on the "Related Certifications" tab.

5. Earliest publish date can be set for unpublished certifications on
the "Publish" tab.


The complete changelog for each package may be found on the download
page by selecting the package name followed by selecting the ChangeLog
tab.

If you encounter any problems, please file bugs against the "Red Hat
Certification Program" product in Red Hat Bugzilla
(https://bugzilla.redhat.com). Note that this may be a change from
some users who are used to using the old "Red Hat Hardware
Certification Program" product.

We value your ongoing participation in Red Hat certification, software
development, and testing 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