Inter-Satellite sync encountering 'RhnSyncException: ERROR: server.dump.packages Timeout Exception' on the slave satellite

Issue

• The following error is being encountered on the slave satellite when trying to perform Inter-Satellite sync:

2012/02/27 05:31:13 -04:00 ERROR: server.dump.packages('<the systemid>', ['rhn-package-5006', 'rhn-package-5007', 'rhn-package-5008', 'rhn-package-5009', 'rhn-package-501', 'rhn-package-5010', 'rhn-package-5011', 'rhn-package-5012', 'rhn-package-5013', 'rhn-package-5014', 'rhn-package-5015', 'rhn-package-5016', 'rhn-package-5017', 'rhn-package-5018', 'rhn-package-5019', 'rhn-package-502', 'rhn-package-5020', 'rhn-package-5021', 'rhn-package-5022', 'rhn-package-5023', 'rhn-package-5024', 'rhn-package-5025', 'rhn-package-5026', 'rhn-package-5027', 'rhn-package-5028', 'rhn-package-5029', 'rhn-package-503', 'rhn-package-5030', 'rhn-package-5031', 'rhn-package-5032', 'rhn-package-5033', 'rhn-package-5034', 'rhn-package-5035', 'rhn-package-5036', 'rhn-package-5037', 'rhn-package-5038', 'rhn-package-5039', 'rhn-package-504', 'rhn-package-5040', 'rhn-package-5041', 'rhn-package-5042', 'rhn-package-5043', 'rhn-package-5044', 'rhn-package-5045', 'rhn-package-5046', 'rhn-package-5047', 'rhn-package-5048', 'rhn-package-5049', 'rhn-package-505', 'rhn-package-5050']): Timeout Exception
2012/02/27 05:31:13 -04:00
SYNC ERROR:

Exception reported from slave-satellite
Time: Mon Feb 27 05:31:13 2012
Exception type <class 'satellite_tools.syncLib.RhnSyncException'>

Exception Handler Information
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/satellite-sync", line 143, in main
    return satsync.Runner().main()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/satsync.py", line 223, in main
    ret = method()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/satsync.py", line 321, in _step_download_packages
    return self.syncer.download_package_metadata()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/satsync.py", line 1167, in download_package_metadata
    stream_loader.process(chunk)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/satsync.py", line 2146, in process
    stream = apply(self.wire_loader, args)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/xmlWireSource.py", line 236, in getPackageXmlStream
    return self._openSocketStream("dump.packages", (self.systemid, packageIds))
  File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/xmlWireSource.py", line 174, in _openSocketStream
    raise RhnSyncException, lastErrorMsg
RhnSyncException: ERROR: server.dump.packages('<the systemid>', ['rhn-package-5006', 'rhn-package-5007', 'rhn-package-5008', 'rhn-package-5009', 'rhn-package-501', 'rhn-package-5010', 'rhn-package-5011', 'rhn-package-5012', 'rhn-package-5013', 'rhn-package-5014', 'rhn-package-5015', 'rhn-package-5016', 'rhn-package-5017', 'rhn-package-5018', 'rhn-package-5019', 'rhn-package-502', 'rhn-package-5020', 'rhn-package-5021', 'rhn-package-5022', 'rhn-package-5023', 'rhn-package-5024', 'rhn-package-5025', 'rhn-package-5026', 'rhn-package-5027', 'rhn-package-5028', 'rhn-package-5029', 'rhn-package-503', 'rhn-package-5030', 'rhn-package-5031', 'rhn-package-5032', 'rhn-package-5033', 'rhn-package-5034', 'rhn-package-5035', 'rhn-package-5036', 'rhn-package-5037', 'rhn-package-5038', 'rhn-package-5039', 'rhn-package-504', 'rhn-package-5040', 'rhn-package-5041', 'rhn-package-5042', 'rhn-package-5043', 'rhn-package-5044', 'rhn-package-5045', 'rhn-package-5046', 'rhn-package-5047', 'rhn-package-5048', 'rhn-package-5049', 'rhn-package-505', 'rhn-package-5050']): Timeout Exception

• Happens when syncing a big channel, eg RHEL5 base channel, using inter-satellite sync