Yum fails with "[Errno -3] Error performing checksum" error on a Client registered with Red Hat Satellite 6.

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Issue

  • Yum on client registered with Red Hat Satellite 6 fails for a repository with below error:
# yum repolist
Loaded plugins: product-id, security, subscription-manager
rhel-5-Server- rpms                                         | 2.1 kB    00:00
rhel-5-server-satellite-tools-6.1-rpms                      | 2.1 kB    00:00
rhel-5-server-satellite-tools-6.1-rpms/primary              | 6.7 kB     00:00
https://satellite.example.com/pulp/repos/Myorg/HQ_Servers_Test/Redhat_5_Monthly_Updates/content/dist/rhel/server/5/5Server/i386/sat-tools/6.1/os/repodata/b5581ac29136afb029bc784cdc43301f8eea0565ff5105aaf5fc5c88d44a15ab-primary.xml.gz: [Errno -3] Error performing checksum   Trying other mirror.
rhel-5-server-satellite-tools-6.1-rpms/primary              | 6.7 kB     00:00
https://satellite.example.com/pulp/repos/Myorg/HQ_Servers_Test/Redhat_5_Monthly_Updates/content/dist/rhel/server/5/5Server/i386/sat-tools/6.1/os/repodata/b5581ac29136afb029bc784cdc43301f8eea0565ff5105aaf5fc5c88d44a15ab-primary.xml.gz: [Errno -3] Error performing checksum   Trying other mirror.
repo id                                                       repo name                                      Status 
rhel-5-server-rpms                                     Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server(RPMS)               10,982                      
rhel-5-server-satellite-tools-6.1-rpms                 Red Hat Satellite Tools 6.1(for RHEL 5 Server)(RPMS)     0
repolist: 10,982

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.1
  • Red Hat Linux Server (Client)

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