Why registration fails with an error "RestlibException: Problem creating unit Consumer" ?

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Issue

  • Registration fails with an error RestlibException: Problem creating unit Consumer
Problem creating unit Consumer [id=8a85f98a4a6df197014aa9e59b1234a, type = ConsumerType [id=0, label=system], getName() = hostname.example.org]
  • Registration fails:
[root@rhel7a ~]# subscription-manager register --username=rhn-user 
パスワード: 
ユニット Consumer [id = 8a85f9834d8510ee014d94c4750c5e37, type = ConsumerType [id=0, label=system], getName() = hostname] の作成に問題があります。
[root@rhel7a ~]#

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 5.7 and newer
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 6.1 and newer
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 7.0 and newer
  • Red Hat Subscription Management
  • Red Hat Subscription-Manager

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