[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Certification 5.3, 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 5.3 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-5.3-20171023.6.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-backend-5.3-20171023.6.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-5.3-20171023.6.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-5.3-20171023.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-ironic-preview-5.3-20171023.6.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-openstack-5.3-20171023.6.el7.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-backend-5.3-20171023.6.el6.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-5.3-20171023.6.el6.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-5.3-20171023.el6.noarch.rpm


This release includes enhancements and bug fixes as follows:
1. The Certifications interface now properly requires the user to log
in.  The rhcert WUI will always prompt for a login and may still be
utilized without logging in, however the view will be limited to
Sandboxes for test execution and Results viewing.

2. Installations of the rhcert WUI which can communicate with the Red
Hat Certification Services will now display notifications regarding
the current or upcoming availability and changes to Red Hat
Certification and Certification Services.  The notifications may be
cleared from the display though we encourage paying attention as
important to critical information may be conveyed in this space.

3. Selecting the ”update” action on a test result will attempt to
recall the Red Hat Certification Services to resolve any REVIEW status
caused by the unavailability of the services during the test run.
Where possible this will update the test status to PASS or FAIL as
appropriate to allow for a re-run or submission for credit without
needing to wait for feedback from Red Hat.

4. Cloud certification now allow for PowerPC certifications on RHEL 6
and 7. Details regarding the specific hypervisors allowed by
architecture is provided in the CCSP policy guide.
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_certified_cloud_and_service_provider_certification/

5. The openstack/neutron_* tests output log has been enhanced to
improve clarity by adding a summary for each subtest. The summary
highlights the total number of tempest tests executed, of those how
many pass, failed, or were skipped and the error output for any failed
tests.

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 for 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