I got an email from Drobo support yesterday with the following instructions: “Since Drobo1 is only a back up, then instead of just reformatting, you might try starting the array from scratch by performing a Clear Disk per the attached instructions. Once this completes, verify that “Tools” tab indicates that this Drobo is running v1.3.1…. [Read More]
The new look
We’ve got a new CPA web site. The new site has ditched the old red-on-black color scheme. I’ve changed web hosting companies. I’m still using WordPress for my blog software, but I don’t feel the need to match the colors of the old blog, which colors I chose to provide some continuity with the old… [Read More]
Droboing over the weekend
I got an email from a Drobo tech yesterday afternoon telling me to install the 1.3.1 release of the Drobo firmware. I told him I’d already figured that out but that I couldn’t do it until the Drobo console recognized Drobo1. He called and said to try power cycling it without the USB cable attached,… [Read More]
The Drobo plot thickens
I poked around on the Drobo support site until I found a firmware update that’s supposed to fix the Error 51 problems. Unfortunately, the instructions only apply to updating a Drobo that the Drobo management software recognizes. I hadn’t heard from Drobo support this morning so I decided to try some things myself. I shut… [Read More]
More Drobo troubles
I went to check on the server backups today and noticed that they had been failing for the last two days. Vice-Versa reported “target folder not found”. It only seemed to affect one of the Drobos, Drobo1; unfortunately, that was the one with the most-rapidly-changing data. The Drobo management software reported that all was well…. [Read More]