Why channel export fail with error 'UnicodeDecodeError caught in dump_rpms' on Satellite 5.6?
Issue
- Why getting the following error when trying to backup satellite settings?
[root@ ~]# rhn-satellite-exporter -c rhel-x86_64-server-6 --dir /home/user/satellite-backup/
22:39:20 Gathering channel info...
Appending channels []
22:39:20 Gathering binary RPM info...
22:39:20 Gathering package info...
22:39:20 Gathering errata info...
22:39:20 Gathering kickstart data...
22:39:20 Gathering kickstart files info...
22:39:20 Exporting channel families...
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Exporting: #################### - Done!
22:39:20 Exporting arches...
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Exporting: #################### - Done!
22:39:21 Exporting arches extra...
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Exporting: #################### - Done!
22:39:21 Exporting channel info...
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Exporting: #################### - Done!
22:39:21 Exporting blacklists...
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Exporting: #################### - Done!
22:39:21 Exporting short packages...
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Exporting: #################### - Done!
22:40:17 Exporting binary RPMs...
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Exporting: ######22:43:24
UnicodeDecodeError caught in dump_rpms.
Environment
- Red Hat Satellite 5.6
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