Try and utilize the command lines. spacewalk-clone-by-date !!!RESTART TASKOMATIC!!!! before running this: /usr/bin/spacewalk-manage-channel-lifecycle -c $fromchnl --no-children --promote Base -> Always updating from the public repo's date{x}Base -> Frozen at Date {x} *Note, some 3rd party apps require certain kernels etc. So, if needed, have a distro associated with this and a kickstart... Just make sure kickstart doesn't run "yum update -y" You can still activate to the dev/test/prod channels via activation keys. Just as long as yum update is not ran afterwards, that would break the apps. To handle that you can during build time put in something like patch=NO... Then in the kickstart "cat /proc/cmdline /tmp/cmdline." If [[ ! `grep "patch=NO" /tmp/cmdline` ]]; then yum update -y; fi date{y}Base -> Frozen at Date {y} dev-Base -> test-Base -> prod-Base -> We do the same with child channels Thanks and good luck From: "Shaw, Michael" <mshaw@rti.org> To: "spacewalk-list@redhat.com" <spacewalk-list@redhat.com> Date: 01/12/2017 02:53 PM Subject: [Spacewalk-list] Need to setup monthly patching - while keeping base release frozen. Sent by: spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com <hr noshade> This email originated from outside of the company. Please use discretion if opening attachments or clicking on links.<hr> Hello, I walked into an environment that had no frozen channels and monthly patching happened by whatever was available in the channel at the time, i.e. if there was a kernel upgrade then the kernel upgraded. This has ended up causing issues. I have since then locked all of the hosts and created base OS channels, i.e. RHEL5.11, RHEL6.8, RHEL7.1, RHEL7.2, etc. I have also started creating a monthly patch channels but how can I merge the channels? I need to keep the hosts at certain release level, i.e. RHEL7.2, but still apply monthly patches. It doesn’t seem like there is a straight forward way to do this? Regards, Mike --- Mike Shaw – Linux Systems Administrator ITS - Production Operations – PaaS Phone-919.541.6003 Skype-live:mdshaw89 RTI International <a href=mailto:mshaw@rti.org>mshaw@rti.org</a> <tt>This email originated from outside of the company. Please use discretion if opening attachments or clicking on links. _______________________________________________ Spacewalk-list mailing list Spacewalk-list@redhat.com </tt><a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list"><tt>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list</tt></a> ** This email and any attachments may contain information that is confidential and/or privileged for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any use, review, disclosure, copying, distribution or reliance by others, and any forwarding of this email or its contents, without the express permission of the sender is strictly prohibited by law. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately, delete the e-mail and destroy all copies. **