[Hwcert-announce-list] Updated Red Hat Hardware Certification Data Image Transfer Package Available for RHEL 7

[Engineering Partner Management]

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We have updated the RHEL 7 data image transfer package, one of two
packages that are downloaded from Red Hat during full-virt guest
testing, to use a newer version of the redhat-certification test
suite. The new package hwcertData-20170412.img.tar.bz2 has been
symlinked to hwcertData.img.tar.bz2 and is available now in the
standard FTP location:

ftp://partners.redhat.com/a166eabc5cf5df158922f9b06e5e7b21/hwcert/fv-images/RHEL7/

This updated package is required by redhat-certification test suite
version 4.8 and newer, but you may update it for use with earlier
releases as well. It will work with all currently-supported versions
of the test suite.

The new file will be downloaded automatically during full-virt testing
by any newly-installed system under test that pulls its guest files
from the Red Hat FTP site (the default behavior). If you host the
pre-built guest files internally, which is recommended by us to
greatly speed up full-virt testing, you will need to replace your
existing file with the new one.

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