Satellite registration fails with error about "Major version is too long"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Satellite registration fails with the following error:
Validation failed: Major version is too long (maximum is 5 characters), Major version is not a number

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6
  • subscription-manager on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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