DROBOM(8)

NAME
drobom - CLI for managing drobo units

SYNOPSIS
drobom [ options ] <command> [ arguments... ]

DESCRIPTION

  options is one of:

-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

-v, --verbose
    verbosity, a bit-field to trigger increased output as needed, mostly for debugging. 1 - General, 2 - Hardware Dialog, 4 - Initiation, 8 - DMP layer, 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.

  command is one of:

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 print.

fwcheck query drobo.com for updates to firmware for the given Drobo
    fwload 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

list
    show device files for all Drobos found.

name  <newname>
    Set the name of the Drobo to the given value ( only firmware > 1.3.0 supports this command )

settime sync Drobo's clock to UTC

setlunsize  Set the size of LUNS on device. Arguments:

    <sz> integer number of TiB to set the lunsize to

    <confirmation> Specify 'PleaseEraseMyData' if you really mean it

    Note: After execution, Drobo reboots, wait a few minutes before accessing again

shutdown
    shutdown drobo (DRI calls this 'standby')

status
    report how is the Drobo doing

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

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