[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Certification 5.4, 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 5.4 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-5.4-20171114.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-backend-5.4-20171114.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-5.4-20171114.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-ironic-preview-5.4-20171114.el7
redhat-certification-openstack-5.4-20171114.el7
redhat-certification-hardware-5.4-20171109.el7
redhat-certification-hardware-preview-5.4-20171109.el7

redhat-certification-backend-5.4-20171114.el6
redhat-certification-cloud-5.4-20171114.el6
redhat-certification-hardware-5.4-20171109.el6
redhat-certification-hardware-preview-5.4-20171109.el6


This release includes enhancements and bug fixes as follows:
1. Hardware Certification now supports RHEL for ARM and POWER9 architectures.
2. Test logging for OS commands called during test is improved. The
logs now capture and display the full stdout, stderr, and return code
in logical blocks for all tests.
3. The mandatory supportable test is now automatically executed in
CCSP and RHOSP certifications.
4. The Configuration/Subscription-services subtest now uses new
detection methods for Red Hat Subscription Manager and Red Hat
Satellite.
5. The Supportable/Hypervisor subtest has been merged with the
Supportable/Architecture subtest in CCSP.
6. The ability to create a new CCSP product has been removed from
redhat-certification.
7. RHOSP tests will now use the ostestr command instead of testr for
tempest test discovery when available.
8. Cinder Backup has been defined as a cinder feature test. Now cinder
certification has three main tests: cinder_volume,
cinder_consistency_groups, and cinder_backup. Details regarding the
backup test are provided in the OSP policy guide:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openstack_certification/11/html-single/red_hat_openstack_certification_policy_guide/
9. Address an issue where the Red Hat Login fails when used with
proxied environments.

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