'halt' or "shutdown -h now" remote command to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 on Red Hat satellite 5 results in a shutdown loop.

Issue

• When a remote command "shutdown -h now" is scheduled for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 systems, it gets executed successfully but status on satellite webUI remains as "The client has not yet completed this action"
• The above action results into shutdown loop .
• Scheduling remote command on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 systems fails with status as "The client has not yet completed this action".
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 systems registered to satellite server does not complete scheduled action.
• Repeated reboots when shutdown scheduled via Satellite 5 remote command.