Unable to register or patch RHEL 5 systems after upgrading to Red Hat Satellite 6.10 or later

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Existing RHEL 5 systems already registered to Red Hat Satellite 6.10+, cannot perform any yum or subscription-manager specific actions.

  • Registration of RHEL 5 system with Red Hat Satellite 6.10+ fails with the following error:

    # subscription-manager register
    Unable to verify server's identity: tlsv1 alert protocol version
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.10 and above
  • Red Hat Capsule 6.10 and above

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