Description of problem:
Currently there is a module called subscription-manager refresh.  Here is the help and man page info for it....

[root@dell-per320-01 ~]# subscription-manager refresh --help | head -4
Usage: subscription-manager refresh [OPTIONS]

Pull the latest subscription data from the server

[root@dell-per320-01 ~]# man subscription-manager | grep REFRESH -A10
   REFRESH OPTIONS
       The  refresh  command  pulls the latest subscription
       data from the server. Normally, the system polls the
       subscription management service at a set interval (4
       hours by default) to check for any  changes  in  the
       available  subscriptions. The refresh command checks
       with the subscription management service right then,
       outside the normal interval.


       This command has no options.

When I run this oommand and tail the requests that it makes, this is what I see....

[root@dell-per320-01 ~]# subscription-manager refresh
All local data refreshed
[root@dell-per320-01 ~]# 
[root@dell-per320-01 ~]# tail -f /var/log/rhsm/rhsm.log | egrep 'Making request|Running'
2016-04-20 16:57:01,751 [DEBUG] subscription-manager:29966 @connection.py:523 - Making request: GET /subscription/
2016-04-20 16:57:02,184 [DEBUG] subscription-manager:29966 @connection.py:523 - Making request: GET /subscription/status
2016-04-20 16:57:02,635 [DEBUG] subscription-manager:29966 @connection.py:523 - Making request: GET /subscription/consumers/111f75ea-00a9-47d9-bc07-917f201adc2f/certificates/serials
2016-04-20 16:57:03,182 [DEBUG] subscription-manager:29966 @connection.py:523 - Making request: GET /subscription/consumers/111f75ea-00a9-47d9-bc07-917f201adc2f/compliance


More often than, what I really want refresh to do is run /usr/libexec/rhsmcertd-worker whose man page description is similar to refresh.

Here's what /usr/libexec/rhsmcertd-worker does...
[root@dell-per320-01 ~]# /usr/libexec/rhsmcertd-worker
Updating entitlement certificates & repositories
Total updates: 0
Found (local) serial# [6885349221265790873L]
Expected (UEP) serial# [6885349221265790873]
Added (new)
  <NONE>
Deleted (rogue):
  <NONE>
Report
        status: 1
        updates: []
        exceptions: 
        
Fact updates
        status: None
        updates: []
        exceptions: 
        
Package profile updates
        status: 0
        updates: []
        exceptions: 
        
Installed Products
        status: 0
        updates: []
        exceptions: 
        
[root@dell-per320-01 ~]# 
[root@dell-per320-01 ~]# tail -f /var/log/rhsm/rhsm.log | egrep 'Making request|Running'
2016-04-20 17:00:16,438 [DEBUG] rhsmcertd-worker:29992 @connection.py:523 - Making request: GET /subscription/consumers/111f75ea-00a9-47d9-bc07-917f201adc2f/certificates/serials
2016-04-20 17:00:21,159 [DEBUG] rhsmcertd-worker:29992 @connection.py:523 - Making request: GET /subscription/consumers/111f75ea-00a9-47d9-bc07-917f201adc2f
2016-04-20 17:00:24,779 [DEBUG] rhsmcertd-worker:29992 @connection.py:523 - Making request: GET /subscription/
2016-04-20 17:00:25,205 [DEBUG] rhsmcertd-worker:29992 @connection.py:523 - Making request: GET /subscription/consumers/111f75ea-00a9-47d9-bc07-917f201adc2f/content_overrides
2016-04-20 17:00:26,825 [DEBUG] rhsmcertd-worker:29992 @connection.py:523 - Making request: GET /subscription/consumers/111f75ea-00a9-47d9-bc07-917f201adc2f/release
2016-04-20 17:00:34,208 [DEBUG] rhsmcertd-worker:29992 @plugins.py:769 - Running update_content_hook in container_content.ContainerContentPlugin
2016-04-20 17:00:34,279 [DEBUG] rhsmcertd-worker:29992 @hwprobe.py:772 - Running 'virt-what'


You see from the log about that it does more of what I expect subscription-manager refresh to do.


My proposal is to add a new option to subscription-manager refresh that simply calls /usr/libexec/rhsmcertd-worker
   subscription-manager refresh --more

And you could also have an option that refreshes even more than that which calls /usr/libexec/rhsmcertd-worker --autoheal
   subscription-manager refresh --all




Note: the --more and --all options that I gave above are poorly worded.  We need to come up with a better value.  My point is that subscription-manager is what our customers are running and refresh is what they find when they look for help, but it often fails to do what they expect it to do.  Providing additional options to subscription-manager refresh that wrap /usr/libexec/rhsmcertd-worker will make the refresh module more powerful.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
[root@dell-per320-01 ~]# rpm -q subscription-manager
subscription-manager-1.15.9-15.el7.x86_64