Information about the package, iscsi-initiator-utils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The iscsi-initiator-utils package is designed for, iSCSI daemon and utility programs.
Package Name:
iscsi-initiator-utils
Summary:
iSCSI daemon and utility programs
Description:
The iscsi package provides the server daemon for the iSCSI protocol, as well as the utility programs used to manage it. iSCSI is a protocol for distributed disk access using SCSI commands sent over Internet Protocol networks.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
6.2.0.873
Release:
27.el6_9
Size:
2.5 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the iscsi-initiator-utils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install iscsi-initiator-utils
This command will install iscsi-initiator-utils on the server.
yum remove iscsi-initiator-utils
This command will un-install iscsi-initiator-utils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iscsi-initiator-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove iscsi-initiator-utils
This command will un-install iscsi-initiator-utils on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove iscsi-initiator-utils when using the -y flag.
yum update iscsi-initiator-utils
This command will update iscsi-initiator-utils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iscsi-initiator-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update iscsi-initiator-utils
This command will update iscsi-initiator-utils to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove iscsi-initiator-utils when using the -y flag.
yum info iscsi-initiator-utils
This command will show you core information about the iscsi-initiator-utils package.
yum deplist iscsi-initiator-utils
This command will show you the dependencies for iscsi-initiator-utils. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update iscsi-initiator-utils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on iscsi-initiator-utils. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.