IndexError('list index out of range') in Exachk

Asset ID:	1-72-2370782.1
Update Date:	2018-04-02
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Solution Type Problem Resolution Sure

Solution 2370782.1 : IndexError('list index out of range') in Exachk

Applies to:

Exadata X4-2 Hardware - Version All Versions and later
Oracle Exadata Storage Server Software - Version 12.2.1.1.1 to 18.1.5.0.0 [Release 12.2]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

While using the Exachk version 12.2.0.1.4, the script errors out as like below:

2018-01-10 15:43:41,156 - ERROR - __main__[(exachk)(<module>)(3245)] -
Error in exachk.py on line 3195
Error in exachk.py on line 2781
Error in discover_env.py on line 12604
Error in discover_env.py on line 9022
Error in utils.py on line 379
(<type 'exceptions.IndexError'>, IndexError('list index out of range',),
<traceback object at 0x7fc4fb6167e8>)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "exachk.py", line 3195, in <module>
File "exachk.py", line 2781, in read_cmdline_args
File "discover_env.py", line 12604, in start_discovery
File "discover_env.py", line 9022, in wrapper_connection_setup
File "utils.py", line 379, in check_hostname_mismatch

Changes

No changes.

Cause

The issue has been identified as an Bug 27433327 which will be fixed in future release 18.2.0.

Solution

The workaround is to use -legacy at the end of the command to run exachk successfully.

Please run Exachck as below:

# ./exachk -legacy

References

<BUG:27433327> - INDEXERROR IN EXACHK

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