Drobom (8) Linux Manual Page

drobom – CLI for managing data robotics (drobo) storage units

Synopsis

drobom [ options ] <command> [ arguments… ]

-c, –command: the command to execute.
-d, –device: the device to operate on (default searches all devices and picks first one found.)
-h, –help: print a usage message
-n, –no: answer all questions no (generally does not do any damage)
-s, –string <string>: sometimes new models are not recognized by drobom. See documentation.
-v, –verbose: verbosity, a bit-field to trigger increased output as needed, mostly for debugging. 1 – General, 2 – Hardware Dialog, 4 – Initiation, 8 – Raw returns, 16- Detection 64 will print everything… (default: 0, as terse as possible.) 128 enables simulation mode (for testing when no Drobo is available. Dangerous!)
-V, –version: print the version id.
-y, –yes: answer all questions yes (generally overwrites stuff)

blink: identify the drobo by making the lights blink
diag: dump diagnostics file into /tmp directory
diagprint <diagdumpfile>: print diagnostics file to standard output
<diagdumpfile> the diagnostic dump file to read.
fwcheck query drobo.com for updates to firmware for the given Drobo
fwload <fwimage>: load a specific firmware for the given Drobo. Arguments:
<fwimage> the firmware file to load.
fwupgrade: upgrade the firmware to the latest and greatest, recommended by DRI
help: print this text
info <toprint>: print information on a Drobo. The <toprint> argument is a comma separated list of the values below (default is to print all of them): config, capacity, protocol, settings, slots, firmware, status, options, luns, scsi
list: show device files for all Drobos found.
set <options> <value>: set firmware options, such as ipaddress, etc… use ‘info settings’
set name <newname>: Set the name of the Drobo to the given value ( only firmware > 1.3.0 supports this command )
set lunsize Set the size of LUNS on device. Arguments:: <sz> integer number of TiB to set the lunsize to Note: After execution, Drobo reboots, wait a few minutes before accessing again
set time – sets various Drobo’s clock to UTC
shutdown: shutdown drobo (DRI calls this ‘standby’)
status: report how is the Drobo doing

raw block device of a drobo (i.e. /dev/sdz) . If not given, assumes all attached drobos.

view

Start up the graphical user interface.

This manual page was written by Chris AtLee <chris [at] atlee.ca> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).