Satellite-sync fails with "The requested channel version does not match the upstream version Error Class Code: 3013" message

Issue

• The satellite-sync command mgith fail with the following error messages:

 SYNC ERROR:

  Exception reported from <HOSTNAME OF SATELLITE SERVER>
  Time: <TIME AND DATE>
  Exception type <class 'spacewalk.satellite_tools.syncLib.RhnSyncException'>

  Exception Handler Information
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/satellite-sync", line 139, in main
      return satsync.Runner().main()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/spacewalk/satellite_tools/satsync.py", line 229, in main
      ret = method()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/spacewalk/satellite_tools/satsync.py", line 315, in _step_short
      return self.syncer.processShortPackages()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/spacewalk/satellite_tools/satsync.py", line 884, in processShortPackages
      stream_loader.process(package_ids)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/spacewalk/satellite_tools/satsync.py", line 1994, in process
      stream = self.loader(*args)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/spacewalk/satellite_tools/xmlWireSource.py", line 248, in getChannelShortPackagesXmlStream
      (self.systemid, channel, last_modified))
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/spacewalk/satellite_tools/xmlWireSource.py", line 155, in _openSocketStream
      stream = func(*params)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/rpclib.py", line 654, in __call__
      return self._send(self._name, args)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/rpclib.py", line 386, in _request
      self._handler, request, verbose=self._verbose)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 188, in request
      return self._process_response(fd, connection)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/spacewalk/satellite_tools/connection.py", line 50, in _process_response
      ret = self.parse_response(fd)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 240, in parse_response
      return u.close()
    File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 838, in close
      raise Fault(**self._stack[0])
  RhnSyncException: 
  Error Message:
      The requested channel version does not match the upstream version
  Error Class Code: 3013
  Error Class Info: Invalid channel version