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Oracle Linux OL7: Invoking targetcli Fails With "/usr/bin/targetcli", line 24 ... "ImportError: cannot import name ALUATargetPortGroup" During iSCSI Configuration (Doc ID 2320994.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 27, 2022

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 7.3 with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel [4.1.12] to Oracle Linux 7.3 with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel [4.1.12] [Release OL7U3]
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

A cluster, such as the Oracle Grid Infrastructure and database, installation needs some shared storage between Linux nodes using iSCSI technology.

Note that on Linux 7, the server side "scsi-target-utils" on previous OS versions has been replaced by "targetcli".


The package targetcli can be installed by the yum(8) utility.  Trying to run targetcli gives error:

 

Cause

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