Fatal error YUM: Thread died in Berkeley DB library

I got an error while upgrading my CentOS server

# yum update
rpmdb: Thread/process 29212/3077682880 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

Step 1: Delete Databases

Remove database files from location /var/lib/rpm/

# rm /var/lib/rpm/__db*
rm: remove regular file `/var/lib/rpm/__db.001'? y
rm: remove regular file `/var/lib/rpm/__db.002'? y
rm: remove regular file `/var/lib/rpm/__db.003'? y
rm: remove regular file `/var/lib/rpm/__db.004'? y

Step 2: Run updates

Now execute the yum update command.

# yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security
Setting up Update Process
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirror.fysik.dtu.dk
 * epel: ftp.crc.dk
 * extras: mirror.fysik.dtu.dk
 * updates: mirror.fysik.dtu.dk
Resolving Dependencies
There are unfinished transactions remaining. You might consider running yum-complete-transaction first to finish them.
--> Running transaction check
---> Package bind.i686 32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1 will be updated
---> Package bind.i686 32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.3 will be an update
---> Package bind-chroot.i686 32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1 will be updated
---> Package bind-chroot.i686 32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.3 will be an update
---> Package bind-devel.i686 32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1 will be updated
---> Package bind-devel.i686 32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.3 will be an update
---> Package bind-libs.i686 32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1 will be updated
---> Package bind-libs.i686 32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.3 will be an update
---> Package bind-sdb.i686 32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1 will be updated
---> Package bind-sdb.i686 32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.3 will be an update
---> Package bind-utils.i686 32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1 will be updated
---> Package bind-utils.i686 32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.3 will be an update
---> Package busybox.i686 1:1.15.1-20.el6 will be updated
---> Package busybox.i686 1:1.15.1-21.el6_6 will be an update
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