philw

It has been rebooted unfortunately. I can now see files on that disk not on others, and it appears? to all be intact, just no Dockers, If I reinstall Docker images, as part of that reinstall will they each see the original configs that remain in /mnt/cache/appdata?

I setup my server four years ago, and a lot of the config choices I made back then were probably not the best, but the server has been ticking along nicely ever since. I recently had a disc failure - I went through the replacement procedure, and restored it, or so I had thought from parity etc. Again, I left it to its own devices. A couple of months passed. Yesterday I noticed that one of my discs, I assumed the replacement, was disabled, although I could find no explanation as to why. SMART results seemed OK. I restarted the server and then saw an option to add the disc back, which I selected and the dashboard showed it checking against parity. Hours later the disc is now enabled, and scanning around my various folders, everything appears to be intact. At least I think everything still OK. But - all my carefully setup Docker images have disappeared, not appearing in the Dashboard. I dread having to re-configure all of those. /mnt/user/system/docker.img is still there, and /mnt/cache/appdata shows folders for each of the images I used to have still. Before I start reinstalling docker images (and I am hoping that they see the original configs in /mnt/cache/appdata), I would like to understand what has happened. Q. Why was the disc disabled? Q. Should I have NOT added it back? Q. Did adding it back somehow trash the Docker images? Q. Is there anything to be done to get them back other than re-installs? I have disabled parity checking for the time being while I figure out what has happened - I am minded to attach an external USB drive, and backup anything irreplaceable, before proceeding with anything.