1DROBOM(16) drobo manager DROBOM(16)
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6 drobom - CLI for managing data robotics (drobo) storage units
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9 drobom [ options ] <command> [ arguments... ]
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12 options is one of:
13 -c, --command
14 the command to execute.
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16 -d, --device
17 the device to operate on (default searches all devices and picks
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20 -h, --help
21 print a usage message
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24 answer all questions no (generally does not do any damage)
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34 thing... (default: 0, as terse as possible.) 128 enables simu‐
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46 blink identify the drobo by making the lights blink
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48 diag dump diagnostics file into /tmp directory
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50 diagprint <diagdumpfile>
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53 <diagdumpfile> the diagnostic dump file to read.
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55 fwcheck query drobo.com for updates to firmware for the given Drobo
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57 fwload <fwimage>
58 load a specific firmware for the given Drobo. Arguments:
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63 upgrade the firmware to the latest and greatest, recommended by
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66 help print this text
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68 info <toprint>
69 print information on a Drobo. The <toprint> argument is a comma
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74 list show device files for all Drobos found.
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77 set firmware options, such as ipaddress, etc... use 'info set‐
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81 Set the name of the Drobo to the given value ( only firmware >
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91 set time - sets various Drobo's clock to UTC
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94 shutdown drobo (DRI calls this 'standby')
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96 status report how is the Drobo doing
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99 raw block device of a drobo (i.e. /dev/sdz) . If not given, assumes all
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106 This manual page was written by Chris AtLee <chris@atlee.ca> for the
107 Debian project (but may be used by others).
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