---
name: "drobom"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "drobo-utils"
version: "0.6.1+repack-2"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/drobom"
---

# drobom(8)

CLI for managing drobo units

## 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).