Unable to load packages from RHEL Server Optional Channel provided by Red Hat Satellite server

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • The error below occurs when the client machine is subscribed to the rhel-x86_64-server-optional-6 channel via Satellite:
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rhel-x86_64-server-optional-6. Please verify its path and try again

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 5.6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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