[root@homer ~]# yum repolist
rpmdb: Thread/process 3927744/139924716283648 failed: Thread died in Berkeley DB library
error: db3 error(-30974) from dbenv->failchk: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - (-30974)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
CRITICAL:yum.main:
Error: rpmdb open failed
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Fix it doing the following commands:
# Take backup of rpm folder
cp -avr /var/lib/rpm/ /root/backups.rpm
# Remove RPM database files
rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
#Verify the RPM db packages
db_verify /var/lib/rpm/Packages
# Rebuild the RPM database
rpm --rebuilddb
# Run yum clean to download repo data again
yum clean all