Locking RPM versions within the latest minor release across multiple hosts

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Hi,

We know that we can lock a certain minor release version using "SM release --set=7.x". But is there a possibility to lock/ always update to a certain state of RPM packages within that release, across a set of machines?

Example:
A company's "OS patching cycle" starts on 1st Jan and continues for 3 months. During those 3 months "yum update" provides different results on multiple machines as new pkgs become available during the course of those 3 months.

Is there a way, so that "yum update" installs the same set of pkgs on 25th March and 1st Jan.

Is it only possible using Satellite?

Thanks,
Junaid.

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