diff -Nur --no-dereference smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/Yum-remove-previous-eolversion smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/Yum-remove-previous-eolversion
--- smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/Yum-remove-previous-eolversion	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/Yum-remove-previous-eolversion	2021-03-21 13:12:19.847000000 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    use POSIX qw(strftime);
+    my $curdate = strftime '%Y%m%d', localtime;
+    my $curVers = 7;
+    my $curVersEOL = 20240630;
+    # we remove the forced value if for a previous release; 
+    # also if not after the eol date
+    my $dropit = $DB->get_prop_and_delete('yum','eolversion') if ( (substr($yum{eolversion},0,1)<$curVers)  || ( "$curdate"  < "$curVersEOL") );
+}
diff -Nur --no-dereference smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/db/yum_repositories/migrate/45CentOSEOL smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/etc/e-smith/db/yum_repositories/migrate/45CentOSEOL
--- smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/db/yum_repositories/migrate/45CentOSEOL	2021-03-21 02:05:05.155000000 -0400
+++ smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/etc/e-smith/db/yum_repositories/migrate/45CentOSEOL	2021-03-21 13:12:20.078000000 -0400
@@ -1,15 +1,45 @@
 {
     use POSIX qw(strftime);
     use File::Slurp;
+    my $curdate = strftime '%Y%m%d', localtime;
+    my $curVers = 7;
+    my $curVersEOL = 20240630;
     #get CentOS release we are
     my $SUBVER = read_file('/etc/centos-release');
     $SUBVER =~ s/^CentOS Linux release ([0-9\.]+).*?$/$1/;
     chomp $SUBVER;
+    # we ignore the force value if for a previous release; idealy should be deleted from another fragment against configuration db
+    delete $yum{eolversion} if ( ( defined $yum{eolversion} && (substr($yum{eolversion},0,1)<$curVers) ) || ( "$curdate"  < "$curVersEOL") ); 
     $SUBVER =  $yum{eolversion} ||  $SUBVER ;
+
+    # we need to remove that from migrated server 
+    for my $name ( qw(base updates centosplus extras fasttrack centos-sclo-rh centos-sclo-centos) )
+    {
+	my $repo = $DB->get($name) or next;
+	my $baseurl = $repo->prop('BaseURL') or next;
+	my $mirrorlist = $repo->prop('MirrorList') or next;
+	if ( $baseurl =~ /^http:\/\/vault\.centos\.org\/([0-9])/ )
+	{
+	    # we want to reset this unless vers 7
+	    next if ($1 == $curVers && "$curdate"  >= "$curVersEOL");
+            $repo->delete_prop('MirrorList');
+            $repo->delete_prop('BaseURL');
+            unlink "/var/cache/yum/$name/$_" foreach qw(repomd.xml mirrorlist.txt);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+	    # no match for a numerical, we probably want to reset that as well
+            $repo->delete_prop('MirrorList');
+            $repo->delete_prop('BaseURL');
+            unlink "/var/cache/yum/$name/$_" foreach qw(repomd.xml mirrorlist.txt);
+	}
+    }
+
+    # return unless we have a release version
     return unless $SUBVER ne "";
     my $curdate = strftime '%Y%m%d', localtime;
     # return unless EOL is reached
-    return unless ( "$curdate"  >= "20240630");
+    return unless ( "$curdate"  >= "$curVersEOL");
     for my $name ( qw(base updates centosplus extras fasttrack centos-sclo-rh centos-sclo-centos) )
     {
         my $repo = $DB->get($name) or next;