Satellite sync hangs at importing package metadata on Red Hat Satellite 5.7

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 5.7

Issue

  • satellite-sync hangs at importing package metadata on Red Hat Satellite 5.7
12:52:37 Processing rpm packages complete
12:52:37
12:52:37 Importing package metadata
12:52:37    Importing *relevant* package metadata: jb-ews-2-x86_64-server-6-rpm (182)
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Importing:
  • satellite-sync hangs at Importing package metadata

Resolution

  • Clean satellite sync cache and re-sync channels again
# rm -rf /var/cache/rhn/satsync/
# satellite-sync -c <channel>

Root Cause

  • Corrupt Satellite sync cache

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