How Do You Troubleshoot yum Command Failures with the Error “File /var/cache/yum/i386/7/epel/metalink.xml does not exist”?

Problem scenario:  yum commands are failing.  You get this error after running a yum command:  "File /var/cache/yum/i386/7/epel/metalink.xml does not exist"

Solution
Remove EPEL. Use this command: "yum remove epel-release"