Enabling RHEL aarch64 repository on x86_64 system fails with error does not match a valid repository ID

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Attempt to enable the rhel-8-for-aarch64-baseos-rpms repository on an x86_64 RHEL system fails.

    # subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-8-for-aarch64-baseos-rpms
Error: 'rhel-8-for-aarch64-baseos-rpms' does not match a valid repository ID. Use "subscription-manager repos --list" to see valid repositories.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    • 8

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