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I'm trying to fix my updater to point to a specific release. Is the subscription-manager for RedHat only? I don't see it in my CentOS 6.3 (yum) repository.

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  • What version are you trying to stay on? – ewwhite May 08 '13 at 19:33
  • I would like to remain 1 version back on 6.3... I think I have the solution (see this [http://serverfault.com/questions/497646/yum-update-entire-release-but-limit-to-a-prior-version](question)). – jcalfee May 09 '13 at 20:44

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subscription-manager for CentOS 6 is available 

wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/epel-rhsm.repo http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/candlepin/subscription-manager/epel-subscription-manager.repo
yum install subscription-manager -y
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Yes, it is available.

If you have an environment with Red Hat Satellite or Foreman ( the Opensource version of satellite 6) it is very useful.

You will be able to see your client systems and all the details (like dmidecode) on the satellite or Foreman.

See the below link on how to install subscription-manager in CentOS 6/7 or Fedora

http://www.candlepinproject.org/docs/subscription-manager/installation.html

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The subscription-manager tool is Red Hat-specific, allowing you to manage Red Hat subscriptions. Since CentOS doesn't have subscriptions, CentOS 6 omitted this tool.

CentOS 7 now includes subscription-manager, which you can use with Red Hat Satellite or its open source versions Spacewalk or Foreman/Katello.

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    If you use Katello and mirror CentOS repos, you can treat `CentOS` just as you would treat `RHEL` with subscriptions, products, activation keys, errata and so on. – fuero Sep 18 '14 at 15:24
  • subscription manager is required for use with Katello (Satellite 6) – xdfil Oct 08 '15 at 20:16