Too many tables into RHN Yum command: unable to read Consumer identity warning and Solution

 

RHN Yum command: unable to read Consumer identity warning and Solution

 

Getting the following Waring:

 

Loaded plugins: Amazon-ID, product-ID, rhui-LB, security, subrole-Manager

Updating certificate-based repositories.

Unable to read Consumer identity

 

 

You need to edit the following files

 

[A]/etc/Yum/pluginconf. d/subscription-manager.conf

[B]/etc/Yum/pluginconf. d/product-id.conf

Use a text editor such as VI:

# Vi/etc/Yum/pluginconf. d/product-id.conf

/Etc/Yum/pluginconf. d/subscription-manager.conf

Set enabled to 0 as follows in both files:

[Main] 

Enabled = 0

Save and close the file. Finally, type the following command to clean cache:

Rm -Rfv/var/Cache/Yum /*

Yum clean all

You can now install or update the system:

# Yum install packagenamehere

Or

#Yum-y update

 

Reference

As per RHEL kb #165803 root cause for this error was:

When RHN classic or RHN satellite is used for updating the system, subscribe-manager shocould be disabled