> I've installed openvz kernel 2.6.32 from openvz repo thus getting a new kernel
> active:
> uname -r
> 2.6.32-042stab018.1
...
> It wants to install the original kernel once again over my openvz. This
> basicly breaks the security upgrade. Does anyone know how to remove kernel
> from yum upgrade as I only want to upgrade my kernel from the openvz repo?

Something like:

exclude=kernel-*

in your /etc/yum.conf file should get yum to leave your kernel alone.
Or you can out that line in the /etc/yum.repos.d/* files to only
exclude it from specific repositories, if you have some other
repository set up for your kernels.

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