Problems upgrading Redhat Server 6.6 with "yum update"

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Hello,
i have problems to update a server system "Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.6 (Santiago)" with Kernel: 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6.x86_64
The system was last rebooted at "Wed Mar 14 11:01:33 2012". After that date, the system was updated online with "yum cron" and
YUM_PARAMETER: "--security".

I tried to update the system with "yum update" for an complete update with reboot -- and got the following messages:

yum clean all

Loaded plugins: downloadonly, product-id, rhnplugin, security, subscription-
: manager
Cleaning repos: rhel-x86_64-server-6 rhel-x86_64-server-optional-6
Cleaning up Everything

yum update

Loaded plugins: downloadonly, product-id, rhnplugin, security, subscription-
: manager
This system is receiving updates from RHN Classic or RHN Satellite.
Setting up Update Process
rhel-x86_64-server-6 | 1.8 kB 00:00
rhel-x86_64-server-6/primary | 21 MB 00:02
rhel-x86_64-server-6 14862/14862
rhel-x86_64-server-6-optional-6 | 1.8 kB 00:00
rhel-x86_64-server-6-optional-6/primary | 2.0 MB 00:00
rhel-x86_64-server-6 8310/8310
Error: Package tuple ('dracut-kernel', 'noarch', '0', '004', '356.el6_6.1') coul
d not be found in rpmdb

I mentioned that the system is now to old for an regular update and need a special procedure.

Please tell me how to update the system.

Thanks in advance
Michael Fischer

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