[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Certification 5.9, 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 5.9 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 are available on the Red
Hat Customer Portal at the following location:

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

redhat-certification-5.9-20180312.1.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-backend-5.9-20180312.1.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-5.9-20180312.1.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-ironic-preview-5.9-20180312.1.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-openstack-5.9-20180312.1.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-5.9-20180305.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-preview-5.9-20180305.el7.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-backend-5.9-20180312.1.el6.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-5.9-20180312.1.el6.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-5.9-20180306.el6
redhat-certification-hardware-preview-5.9-20180306.el6


The release of Red Hat Certification 5.9 includes following
enhancements and bug fixes:

1. An alert is now displayed in the web interface when a
redhat-certification update is available to inform and encourage
partners to upgrade.

2. A bug was fixed that prevented a new partner from creating their
first hardware certification.

3. Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A)
is added including the virtualization tests, fv_core and fv_memory.

4. The configuration files for the virtualization tests are updated to
be more future-proof for aarch64 and ppc64le architectures.

5. The retired product Red Hat OpenStack 8 has been removed as an
option from creating new certifications.


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