Running "yum" commands show " [Errno -3] Error performing checksum" on RHEL 5 servers

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • RHEL 5 servers pulling in content from repositories configured on other servers (following article 9892).
  • RHEL 5 clients connected to Satellite 6.1.x getting the following error message for custom repositories:
[Errno -3] Error performing checksum 
Trying other mirror.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x
  • Satellite 6.x

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