Cache drive missing after usb flash drive died

[flokason]

So my usb flash drive died. 

And all my backups of it are on on my array, and encrypted rclone gdrive

 

I was able to DMDE to restore my config file, or hopefully all of it.

So I made a new USB drive with unraid, and c/p my recovered config file to the new USB

I have gotten my licence to work on the new USB drive

 

But it says my cache drive is missing. It is a 1TB m2 SSD. So there are no cables to connect/reconnect

 

Now I am a afraid to do something wrong so destroy my data. So I will appreciate all help

tower-diagnostics-20231215-1737.zip

[JorgeB]

Try power/cycling the server, not just rebooting, then check to see if it's detected in the board BIOS.

[itimpi]

Could not see any sign of the crucial drive in the diagnostics.   Make sure nothing has worked loose.

[flokason]

Thanks for your replys
I checked BIOS, did not see the drive. 
Took the drive out, in again. Power on, did not see in the BIOS

There has been for some time 1 error on it in SMART, don't remember which one. I kind of thought it was no big deal.

 

So if this drive is dead, what are we talking about. Can I restore everything without it?
I think I was using it as cache for every 24 hours

[JorgeB]

1 minute ago, flokason said:

Can I restore everything without it?

Everything except what was on cache.

[flokason]

Well that does sound good, I can't imagine that something crucial was on it

So what should I do now. 
That is, how do I start my array without it correctly

 

Thank you

[flokason]

13 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

Everything except what was on cache.

Thanks for your help

Should I just click "delete pool". And then I can start the array up again

[JorgeB]

You can just start without the cache device assigned, check "I want to do this" next to start button.

[flokason]

15 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

You can just start without the cache device assigned, check "I want to do this" next to start button.

Thank you that worked,

Now forexample Dockers don't work 

But I do have access to a weeks old backup of my old flash drive.

Do I gain anything on recreating my usb flashdrive from that backup?
 

[trurl]

Your appdata, domains, and system shares are configured to be on cache (as they should be) so those are gone now. Your docker templates are on flash, so you can probably get your dockers back using the Previous Apps feature on the Apps page, but they would be a new install without your appdata.

 

Ideally, you would disable Docker and VM Manager in Settings until you have a cache for them to live on.