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Sequoia and Drobo
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Chiming in with my NO - Drobo Dashboard launches and shows the Drobo, but trying to mount a share is broken by Sequoia. I was using my Drobo as a Time Machine for several Macs and all the upgraded Sequoia machines give errors that the "drive disconnected during backup". The non-Time Machine shares can be mounted for a minute or so before disconnecting.
I'm looking at Synology and TerraMaster...
I'm looking at Synology and TerraMaster...
Any luck or resolution in getting Drobo to mount either in Sonoma or Sequoia on a M1 or Intel based Mac ?
Yes - I solved my problem by disabling Lulu, which is a packet sniffer similar to Little Snitch. This fixed my problem entirely and my Drobo shares are behaving normally now.
I'm planning on upgrading my M1 Studio from Monterey to Sequoia soon. I have Drobo Dashboard 3.6.1, and my Drobo 5D is on 4.2.3 firmware. The Drobo is my backup storage array. My primary one should have no problem upgrading (an OWC Thunderbay).
Is there anything special I need to do regarding the Drobo or Drobo dashboard to upgrade from Monterey to Sequoia? Any specific process steps, permissions, etc? Cheers.
Is there anything special I need to do regarding the Drobo or Drobo dashboard to upgrade from Monterey to Sequoia? Any specific process steps, permissions, etc? Cheers.
I can't speak from experience since my Drobo is an FS - a network drive not connected to a computer. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess with no good reason at all that your USB drive will continue to work as expected. My issue is that Lulu was working differently under Sequoia than how it had worked under Sonoma and blocking traffic. I can blame all my issues on a third-party piece of software and *not* the MacOS.
Yes, I'm running Drobo 3.6.1 on Sequoia 15.1 using a Drobo 5D. I have two ~15TB volumes To accomplish this you need to enable disk access in Privacy and security from Settings. But the pop-ups and instructions I got on Drobo dashboard were outdated for what was wrong and how to make it work. (no surprise). You need to Enable System Extensions you need to do it from the Startup Security Utility. You get there by powering up from shutdown by holding the power button until utilities options come up. Navigate to the Startup Utility and select "enable kernel extensions" from the security policy button. There are likely a number of steps including rebooting system a couple times. But finally I got Drobo Dashboard working as before. You also need to enable disk access from Privacy/Security for Drobo Dashboard and I think a related Drobo utility. This was lots of trial and error on my part, and my instructions may have missed a step. But my message is YES, it will run, and stick with it knowing you can get there.