Yum throws "Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'BaseOS': - Downloading successful, but checksum doesn't match.."

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Yum repolist throwing the error:
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'BaseOS':
  - Downloading successful, but checksum doesn't match. Calculated: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX(sha256)  Expected: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX(sha256)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'BaseOS': Yum repo downloading error: Downloading error(s): repodata/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-productid.gz - Cannot download, all mirrors were already tried without success

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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