Anyway to reconnect to Drobo after eject without pulling and plugging fw cable?

[chiefroastbeef]

Hi folks,

Sometimes I like to eject the drobo from the mac pro, is there any to reconnect the drobo without reaching in the back to pull out and plug back in the firewire cable?

Thanks!

 

[sidewinder]

Get the UUID of the Drobo array and use this Terminal command to mount it:

diskutil mount 'EB408EFE-37F2-3A32-B628-E6575B2C422E'

Replace what is in the single quotes with the array's UUID.

You can write a shell script to do this. It would look something like this:

#!/bin/bash

/usr/sbin/diskutil mount 'EB408EFE-37F2-3A32-B628-E6575B2C422E'

Here is the shell script to unmount it:

#!/bin/bash

/usr/sbin/diskutil eject 'EB408EFE-37F2-3A32-B628-E6575B2C422E'

S-

 

[Moocher]

I don't have a Drobo to try this with, but would Disk Utility work?


Mooch

 

[Billydelp4]

I don't have a Drobo to try this with, but would Disk Utility work?


Mooch

I would imagine you could just use disk utility. When you eject a disk it still stays within disk utility. It is just grayed out. Highlight it and click mount. right?

Billy

 

[sidewinder]

Yes, of course, Disk Utility will work. That is what I am suggesting the OP use. I just want to offer a more convenient way to mount it with Disk Utility.

Use Disk Utility to get the UUID for the Drobo array and then execute the shell script anytime you want to mount it.

S-

 

[chiefroastbeef]

Thank you guys for the help! I will try the terminal method, as I like the feeling of being a geek. 🙂

I completely forgot about disk utility and how I can remount disks that are plugged in.

Thank you so much for the solutions guys, I greatly appreciate it.

 

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