Pulp broken symlinks are found in "/var/lib/pulp" after upgrading Red Hat Satellite 6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Pulp broken symlinks are generated in /var/lib/pulp/ after upgrading Satellite server from version 6.2.9 or older to 6.2.10/6.3 or newer
  • This affects both yum clients getting 404 error on repository metadata (usually productid.gz) and also it causes capsule sync failures due to the same cause beneath

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.2
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.3

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