System searches conducted on a 5.3 Satellite gives ambiguous / erroneous results

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Issue

  • When searching for a package, running kernel, etc.; the results are either erroneous (wrong results altogether), ambiguous (correct results along with many others), or incomplete (no results when I know that there are results to be obtained)
  • Search for running kernel '2.4.21' results in all systems with 2.4.x kernel
  • Search for package pyXML results in no returns
  • Search for Dell vendor ID results in return of many VMware VMs, HP systems, and Dell systems.
  • Satellite reports a VM running on a different system than it actually is.

Environment

  • Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite 5.3

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