# DROBOM

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## 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).