What strategies can be used to rollback updates containing many packages, maybe spanning different RHEL versions?

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Issue

  • What strategies can be used to rollback updates containing many packages, maybe different spanning different RHEL versions?
  • Can software RAID be used for systems to allow an easy rollback after updates that cause problems?
  • What are the options to provide a failsafe / backout mechanism after problematic updates have been applied to packages?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), versions 4 to 8

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