[2nd DrivePool not recognized WHS 2011]

Thanks; I had already checked the disks, no issues. Nothing related in the event log. Thanks also for the link to GUI permissions at disk level, I had not gone deep enough in the button maze yet. The problem disks were set to system only, I gave them back to the administrator and I should be OK. Still not sure how this happened, I am the only administrator and the other DrivePool (and non-pooled drives) were fine. 

[2nd DrivePool not recognized WHS 2011]

It "kind of" works ; as noted, I can't use the normal methods of creating folders and browsing is a problem. I should say "was"; I essentially force disconnected the drives from the O pool as "damaged", as it didn't look like there was any quick fix. The issue I am left with now is that most of the remaining files under "pool part" xyz are only owned by 2 different "unknown user aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbcccccccccccccccc" accounts , I assume accounts for Drive Pool. I have to go into the files as administrator and assign access rights. I'll have to brush up on my batch commands so I can buzz through the affected files - but, as advertised it does not look like I lost anything. 

I would be curious to know what I did to get DrivePool so thoroughly confused. 

 

Thanks for your input!

[2nd DrivePool not recognized WHS 2011]

Thanks, no luck. It is now named DrivePool2, but otherwise looks and acts the same. Still unknown space, still can't share the folders that are seen on O: or create new ones.

[2nd DrivePool not recognized WHS 2011]

I decided to set up two pools on my home server; one essentially for Media Center DVR recordings and one for everything else. However, my 2nd pool has never been recognized or operated properly; it shows up as "unknown" capacity and unknown used space with 0GB free space in the dashboard. If I go to the drivepool add-in page, it shows my 2nd pool (O:) with 5.20 TB free in a 7.28 TB pool; seems correct. 

When I try to set up folders in the dashboard using O:, I get errors (unexpected error 80040088). I was able to save DVR recordings to O via a mapped network drive from my desktop, so it was sort of working - but I wanted everything correct. I decided to move all the files from O over to H (my 1st pool), so I got another 4 TB drive, added it to H, and proceeded to move files. The video files all moved over without incident. Two of my O: Pool Drives (M: and N:)show completely empty now in explorer, but according to Drivepool they still contain 617 and 1000 GB of data. When I try to remove one (there is enough space remaining in the O: pool) , I get an "access is denied" error. 

Next, I tried removing DrivePool, with the idea that the files are then theoretically available via their physical drive location and I could find them and move or delete them. This made no difference at all other than eliminating the pool-based folder assignments on the dashboard. I reinstalled Drivepool and headed to the forum. I am about ready to format everything in sight but I am not sure I can easily reproduce all the "stranded" files (some are images of decommissioned machines, etc) - and it is not easy to tell exactly what is there since dashboard and explorer to not display the files. 

 

I also tried upgrading to 2.2.2.561, but no improvement. 

 

Any ideas ?