https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Pro/Arlo-Pro-USB-Storage-NOT/m-p/1378177#M22089 <P>VMB4000 the website won't let me say that - it suggested vmb3000 - but backpanel says VMB4000</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The USB storage just doesn't seem to do anything - I've connected a 1TB drive (3.0) and sure enough Arlo wants to format - OK I say and off it goes - formatted ok, and the device shows up.&nbsp; Then I read the first dissapointment - I still must put the video "in the cloud" (somebody's server) - the usb is for BACKUP in case Internet goes down - so I made the Inet go down by disconnecting the cable side.&nbsp; NO BACKUP was made during test outage - plenty of motion to detect - no backup.&nbsp; Yes, usb storage is visible and on.&nbsp; Is there really a usb backup - I presume so, what am I doing wrong?</P> Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:11:10 GMT charliemerritt 2017-09-25T02:11:10Z https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Pro/Arlo-Pro-USB-Storage-NOT/m-p/1378177#M22089 <P>VMB4000 the website won't let me say that - it suggested vmb3000 - but backpanel says VMB4000</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The USB storage just doesn't seem to do anything - I've connected a 1TB drive (3.0) and sure enough Arlo wants to format - OK I say and off it goes - formatted ok, and the device shows up.&nbsp; Then I read the first dissapointment - I still must put the video "in the cloud" (somebody's server) - the usb is for BACKUP in case Internet goes down - so I made the Inet go down by disconnecting the cable side.&nbsp; NO BACKUP was made during test outage - plenty of motion to detect - no backup.&nbsp; Yes, usb storage is visible and on.&nbsp; Is there really a usb backup - I presume so, what am I doing wrong?</P> Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:11:10 GMT https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Pro/Arlo-Pro-USB-Storage-NOT/m-p/1378177#M22089 charliemerritt 2017-09-25T02:11:10Z https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Pro/Arlo-Pro-USB-Storage-NOT/m-p/1378183#M22090 <P>If your " tests " we're done by manually started a recording....yes it's will not write to the USB backup.</P> <P>ONLY motion activated recordings will be be written to the USB drive</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Also the USB drive will not be synced to the cloud when internet comes back online</P> Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:28:12 GMT https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Pro/Arlo-Pro-USB-Storage-NOT/m-p/1378183#M22090 TomMac 2017-09-25T02:28:12Z