Satellite sync fails with "rhnException: ('Could not initialize Oracle database connection', 'exceptions.ImportError', 'libclntsh.so.10.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory')"

Issue

• satellite-sync fails and receiving tracebacks from Satellite:

        Exception Handler Information 
        Traceback (most recent call last): 
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        rhnException: ('Could not initialize Oracle database connection', 'exceptions.ImportError', 'libclntsh.so.10.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory') 

httpd doesn't start:

# /etc/init.d/httpd start
Starting httpd:                                            [FAILED]

In the logs:

[Fri Oct 25 14:26:07 2013] [error] Can't load '/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.so' for module DBD::Oracle: libocci.so.10.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/DynaLoader.pm line 230.\n at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/RHN/DB.pm line 515\nCompilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/RHN/DB.pm line 515.\nBEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/RHN/DB.pm line 515.\nCompilation failed in require at /etc/rhn/satellite-httpd/conf/startup.pl line 5.\nBEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /etc/rhn/satellite-httpd/conf/startup.pl line 5.\nCompilation failed in require at (eval 2) line 1.\n
[Fri Oct 25 14:26:07 2013] [error] Can't load Perl file: /etc/rhn/satellite-httpd/conf/startup.pl for server satellite.example.com:0, exiting...