Getting History of YUM actions

Point 1: List Yum actions list

(base) [root@hpc-node1 ~]# yum history list
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
ID | Login user | Date and time | Action(s) | Altered
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
42 | root <root> | 2020-06-30 11:36 | I, U | 3
41 | 12345 | 2020-06-04 16:43 | Install | 2
40 | 12345 | 2020-06-04 16:26 | I, O, U | 878 E<
39 | 12345 | 2020-03-20 13:54 | Install | 1 >
38 | 12345 | 2020-03-20 13:46 | Install | 1
37 | 12345 | 2020-03-20 13:45 | Install | 2
36 | 12345 | 2020-03-20 13:44 | Install | 1
35 | 12345 | 2020-03-20 13:43 | Install | 28
34 | 12345 | 2020-03-20 12:52 | Update | 4
33 | 12345 | 2020-03-20 12:51 | Install | 1
32 | 12345 | 2020-03-20 12:43 | Update | 1
31 | 12345 | 2020-03-20 11:10 | Install | 1
30 | 12345 | 2020-03-20 10:53 | Install | 2
29 | 12345 | 2020-02-20 14:54 | Install | 1
28 | 12345 | 2020-01-23 16:10 | I, U | 2
27 | 12345 | 2020-01-15 15:03 | Update | 15
26 | 12345 | 2020-01-15 15:03 | I, U | 18
25 | 12345 | 2020-01-15 15:03 | Update | 3
24 | 12345 | 2019-11-07 11:00 | Install | 1 <
23 | 12345 | 2019-09-23 12:47 | Install | 1 >

Point 2: Undo the Yum action.

(base) [root@hpc-node1 boot]# yum history undo 42
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Undoing transaction 42, from Tue Jun 30 11:36:18 2020
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Running transaction
  Installing : ntpdate-4.2.6p5-29.el7.centos.x86_64                                                                                                                                             1/4
  Erasing    : ntp-4.2.6p5-29.el7.centos.2.x86_64                                                                                                                                                       2/4
  Erasing    : autogen-libopts-5.18-5.el7.x86_64                                                                                                                                                        3/4
  Cleanup    : ntpdate-4.2.6p5-29.el7.centos.2.x86_64                                                                                                                                                   4/4
  Verifying  : ntpdate-4.2.6p5-29.el7.centos.x86_64                                                                                                                                                     1/4
  Verifying  : ntp-4.2.6p5-29.el7.centos.2.x86_64                                                                                                                                                       2/4
  Verifying  : autogen-libopts-5.18-5.el7.x86_64                                                                                                                                                        3/4
  Verifying  : ntpdate-4.2.6p5-29.el7.centos.2.x86_64                                                                                                                                                   4/4

Removed:
  autogen-libopts.x86_64 0:5.18-5.el7                              ntp.x86_64 0:4.2.6p5-29.el7.centos.2                              ntpdate.x86_64 0:4.2.6p5-29.el7.centos.2

Installed:
  ntpdate.x86_64 0:4.2.6p5-29.el7.centos

Complete!

Point 3 – Check on the history of a particular package

yum history list ntpdate
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
ID     | Login user               | Date and time    | Action(s)      | Altered
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    43 | root               | 2020-07-06 11:31 | D, E           |    3
    42 | root               | 2020-06-30 11:36 | I, U           |    3
    40 | root               | 2020-06-04 16:26 | I, O, U        |  878 EE
     2 | root               | 2019-07-09 09:31 | I, U           | 1029 EE