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Description of problem:
I have found out that satellite-clone is failing if ansible-core 2.13 is installed on target RHEL.
This is happening because ansible-core 2.13 needs python 3.9 but satellite-clone is being run with python 3.8 which doesn't have the ansible python package installed.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL 8.6
ansible-core-2.13.3-1.el8.x86_64
satellite-clone-3.2.0-1.el8sat.noarch

How reproducible:
Every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install and try running satellite-clone


Actual results:
# satellite-clone -y
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/satellite-clone", line 98, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/satellite-clone", line 82, in main
    from ansible.cli.playbook import PlaybookCLI


ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'ansible'

Expected results:
Satellite clone shouldn't fail.

Additional info:
See Comment1

To workaround the issue, you need to replace the Python version satellite-clone is being executed with:

sed -i 's/python3.8/python3.9/' /usr/sbin/satellite-clone

Verified on Satellite 6.13 snap 7

Satellite clone is running successfully with ansible-core 2.13

Steps to reproduce:

1) Get a satellite and a base rhel

2) Run the clone to target rhel VM

Results:

satellite-clone -y runs successfully without any issues.

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (Important: Satellite 6.13 Release), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2097