Public bug reported: drobo-utils package is out of date with upstream.
Ubuntu version: 0.6.1+repack-2 Upstream version: 0.6.2.2 This project needs to be updated to support newer Drobo models with vendor string "Drobo". Older models have a different string "Data Robotics". Details can be found here: http://drobo-utils.sourceforge.net/#no-drobos-discovered Running the following command will result in "No Drobos discovered": $ sudo drobom -v 16 status examining: /dev/sdh id: (15, 0, 0, 0, 'Drobo\x00\x00\x00') rejected: vendor is Drobo (not from DRI) examining: /dev/sdi id: (15, 0, 0, 1, 'Drobo\x00\x00\x00') rejected: vendor is Drobo (not from DRI) returning list: [] No Drobos discovered Updating the package to the pre-built one from SourceForge adds support for newer models of Drobo. https://sourceforge.net/projects/drobo-utils/files/ Confirmed working on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic)! Running same command after updating drobo-utils to latest works: $ sudo drobom -v 16 status examining: /dev/sda [...SNIP...] examining: /dev/sdh id: (15, 0, 0, 0, 'Drobo\x00\x00\x00') found a Drobo appending new lundevs to devices: [['/dev/sda'], ['/dev/sdb'], ['/dev/sdc'], ['/dev/sdd'],['/dev/sde'], ['/dev/sdf'], ['/dev/sdg']] examining: /dev/sdi id: (15, 0, 0, 1, 'Drobo\x00\x00\x00') found a Drobo appending to lundevs... returning list: [['/dev/sda'], ['/dev/sdb'], ['/dev/sdc'], ['/dev/sdd'], ['/dev/sde'], ['/dev/sdf'], ['/dev/sdg'], ['/dev/sdh', '/dev/sdi']] trying: ['/dev/sda'] trying: ['/dev/sdb'] [...SNIP...] trying: ['/dev/sdh', '/dev/sdi'] cfg: (6, 16, 17592186044416) settings: (1586734106, 8, 'Drobo') found [['/dev/sdh', '/dev/sdi']] cfg: (6, 16, 17592186044416) settings: (1586734106, 8, 'Drobo') /dev/sdh:/dev/sdi /media/Drobo:/media/DroboTimeMachineBackups Drobo 94% full - (['Yellow alert'], 0) ** Affects: drobo-utils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Summary changed: - drobo-utils + drobo-utils out of date - "No Drobos detected" for newer models of Drobo -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1872402 Title: drobo-utils out of date - "No Drobos detected" for newer models of Drobo To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/drobo-utils/+bug/1872402/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
