rpm based commands hang due to third party package manager

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • RPM database is locked.
  • rpm commands hang, or give error messages.
  • Sosreport hangs (even if excluded modules yum, rpm).
  • Over time many thousands of rpm processes can be blocked.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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