upgrading satellite 5.0.1 to satellite 5.3 failed with error 'Upgrade flag passed, but could not determine if a satellite is installed'

Issue

• Upgrading satellite 5.0.1 to satellite 5.3 failed with the following error

  Command: ./install.pl --upgrade
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  192/221 Installing ../Satellite/piccolo-1.04-2jpp_1rh.noarch.rpm
  193/221 Installing ../Satellite/spacewalk-ssl-cert-check-1.7-1.el4sat.noarch.rpm
  194/221 Installing ../Satellite/odmg-3.0-3jpp.ep1.2.noarch.rpm
  195/221 Installing ../Satellite/spacewalk-schema-0.5.20-23.el4sat.noarch.rpm
  error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/sysconfig/rhn/schema-upgrade/spacewalk-schema-0.3-to-spacewalk-schema-0.4: cpio: rename failed - Is a directory
  RPM error while handling  The message was:
  There was a rpm unpack error installing the package: spacewalk-schema-0.5.20-23.el4sat
  

• When tried to rerun upgrade then getting the following message

  # ./install.pl --upgrade
  * Starting the Red Hat Network Satellite installer.
  * Performing pre-install checks.
  ERROR: Upgrade flag passed, but could not determine if a satellite is installed.