During yum update we received a "[Errno 4] Socket Error"

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Error received when attempting to update my server with yum
Error: failed to retrieve repodata/primary.xml.gz from rhel-x86_64-server-5 
error was [Errno 4] Socket Error:
Name or service not known

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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