[Satellite 6] How to use content view filters to restrict the kernel or any single package update being updated to the latest version?

Environment

• Red Hat Satellite 6

Issue

• Need to apply all the latest package updates except a single package, 'kernel', as an example in most of the use cases. 
• An example scenario -

The latest version of RHEL 7.9 Kernel is  "kernel-3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.x86_64"
       But I want to patch the Satellite Content Host to  "kernel-3.10.0-1160.118.1.el7.x86_64"  ONLY.
       To do so, how to configure a Filter for that purpose?

Resolution

• Create an exclude filter for the single package, kernel.

Content --> Content views --> CV_test --> Filters --> Create filter : Content type:RPM and Exclude filter

Now, click on the newly created filter and 'Add RPM rule'. Mention RPM name as 'kernel' and under 'version', choose the rule to filter the package.

• For more information on using exclude filter options, refer to the article On Red Hat Satellite 6 Could the filter options be "Greater than or equal to" or "Less than or equal to" in the content views?
• Publish and promote a new version of the content view to take the filter rules into effect.

Root Cause

• Unable to filter a single package being updated to the latest version.

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