Replaced cache drive, plex and other data data is gone

[tito07]

Hi all, I am trying to minimize any damage I could have done right now. I read up on some forum posts here on how to replace a cache drive. From what I understood it was that I needed to set the appdata share secondary storage to array, then cache > array then invoke the mover and wait for it to finish. Once that is done, swap the drive. Once swapped, delete the pool and create new one selecting the new drive. Set array > cache, invoke the mover and wait for data to return. 

 

One of the first issues I noticed was that docker.img stated filepath not found. I started it up thinking it needed to be recreated anyway. I have had docker.img be corrupted before, so I was not unfamiliar with re-adding my old containers. I added just plex back as a test and even though my users are listed, the server itself is not connected and my libraries are gone. Almost like a fresh start.

 

Additionally, reading back on that thread I do realize I forgot to stop my docker service before invoking the move. I also thought putting my old cache back in would resume how I left off. 

 

I have also tried restoring from the Appdata Backup plugin on the old cache drive and plex is still in the same condition.

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[tito07]

I ended up resolving the issue. I had the backup application plugin so I just conducted a restore. This allowed me to resurface my containers safely and my entire system is back up for the most part. The only thing I was unable to recover were some VMs but thankfully they were only gameservers so doesnt bother me much to lose them and rebuild.