drobom.8

.TH DROBOM 16 October 2009 "drobo manager" System Administration Utilities
.SH NAME
drobom \- CLI for managing data robotics (drobo) storage units
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B drobom
[ \fIoptions\fR ] \fI<command> \fR[ \fIarguments\fR... ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.SS options is one of:
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\-c, \-\-command
the command to execute.
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\-d, \-\-device
the device to operate on (default searches all devices and picks first one found.)
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\-h, \-\-help
print a usage message
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\-n, \-\-no
answer all questions no (generally does not do any damage)
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\-s, \-\-string \<string\>
sometimes new models are not recognized by drobom. See documentation.
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\-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!)
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\-V, \-\-version
print the version id.
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 \-y, \-\-yes       
answer all questions yes (generally overwrites stuff) 


.SS command is one of:
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blink
identify the drobo by making the lights blink
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diag
dump diagnostics file into /tmp directory
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diagprint \<diagdumpfile\>
print diagnostics file to standard output
.sp
.br
\<diagdumpfile\>
the diagnostic dump file to read.
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fwcheck query drobo.com for updates to firmware for the given Drobo
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fwload  \<fwimage\>
load a specific firmware for the given Drobo. Arguments:
.sp
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<fwimage>
the firmware file to load.
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fwupgrade
upgrade the firmware to the latest and greatest, recommended by DRI
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help
print this text
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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
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list
show device files for all Drobos found.
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set \<options\> \<value\>
set firmware options, such as ipaddress, etc... use 'info settings'
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set name  <newname>
Set the name of the Drobo to the given value ( only firmware > 1.3.0 supports this command )
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set lunsize  Set the size of LUNS on device. Arguments:
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\<sz\>
integer number of TiB to set the lunsize to
.sp
Note: After execution, Drobo reboots, wait a few minutes before accessing again
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set time - sets various Drobo's clock to UTC
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shutdown
shutdown drobo (DRI calls this 'standby')
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status
report how is the Drobo doing
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device
raw block device of a drobo (i.e. /dev/sdz) . If not given, assumes all attached drobos.
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view
Start up the graphical user interface.

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