Seeing an error "do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Timed out" in /var/log/messages

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Running yum command times out and following errors are logged in /var/log/messages:
Jan 27 08:48:48 usilncpdev6 systemd[1]: Starting dnf makecache...
Jan 27 08:48:48 usilncpdev6 dnf[14350]: Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Jan 27 08:49:13 usilncpdev6 dnf[14350]: do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Timed out
Jan 27 08:49:39 usilncpdev6 dnf[14350]: do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Timed out
Jan 27 08:50:04 usilncpdev6 dnf[14350]: do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Timed out
Jan 27 08:50:29 usilncpdev6 dnf[14350]: do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Timed out
Jan 27 08:50:30 usilncpdev6 dnf[14350]: Metadata cache refreshed recently.
Jan 27 08:50:30 usilncpdev6 systemd[1]: Started dnf makecache.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1
  • NIS (yp)

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