Need help recovering my old TrueNAS/FreeNas setup

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I setup both FreeNas and TrueNas Scale in the past with help with guides.

I got it setup and functioning finally, but then my family and freinds switched mostly to smartphones. So I decided I didn’t need the server anymore.

Now, I am back to my old server as smart phones are cgarging for cloud service, so I can hopefully figure this out.

I have a pair of 256GB raid1 boot drive setup, plus 4 x 4TB drives that was preconfigured and left in my old case. but one of the drives won’t register anymore. but I have 3 drives still.
I have 3 WD red drives and 1 hitachi drive. 1 of the WD Reddrives are bad, or not registering.

I pulled the 1st WD Red drive sata connector and it was the bad drive.

I was hoping for some help, as some things seemed to have changed. and guides are overwhelming.

Any advice for this newb?

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What exactly is your problem? Does it boot? Does it import the Zpool? What’s

zpool status

say?

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It boots to the “console Setup”

But when I login with my ip address, with my web browser, it gives me this message:

truenas ce You are using an insecure connection. Switch to HTTPS for secure access.

But it won’t let me progress any further.

Maybe I need more “Console Setup?” I just setup the IP address and just tried to login unsuccessfully.

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sounds like you have redirect to https enabled. what if you use https://yourtruenas ip insstead of http://yourtruenasip?

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I have tried both of those and neither seem to work at all.

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Find the introductory email you received when you signed up for the Forums. Do the TrueNAS Bot tutorial and browse some other threads to get your forum trust level up and post some images so we can see what you are seeing.

TrueNAS-Bot
Type this in a new reply and send to bring up the tutorial, if you haven’t done it already.
@TrueNAS-Bot start tutorial

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Okay, I finally got into TrueNAS dashboard. Here’s a screenshot my old system plus missing HDD.

Can I add screenshots here?

I have some info:

At Storage dashboard, it shows an Amber circle with an exclamation mark in the center of it. It says: The Pool contains DEGRADED Data VDEVs.

Then below, it says:

Data VDEVs 1 x RAIDZ1 3-wide 3.64 TiB

The ZFS says pool is unhealthy

How do I post screenshots on here?

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Sorry man - new accounts can’t post links/pictures until they complete a quick tutorial on the forums. Check your DM’s - you should have gotten a message from a BOT that gives you the rundown. After that is done, hopefully we can get things going fast with your screenshots.

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@rmjohnson144 Please keep to one thread. You don’t need multiple threads for the same, related issue.

Help me recover my old TrueNAS
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OK, I found it on the TrueNAS server. but I can’t copy and paste it?

There is a ton of info.

Pool: Backup
State: Degraded
Status: One or more devices could not be used because the label is missing or invalid. sufficient replicas exist for the pool to continue functioning in a degraded state.

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I am guessing you are using the Shell page in the GUI.
You should be able to copy and paste info from that window.
Shift + Insert to PASTE
Ctrl + Insert to COPY selected text in the Shell window.

Paste the info back to the forum using Preformatted Text mode. (</>) icon on toolbar or Ctrl+e

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OK, I found it on the TrueNAS server. but I can’t copy and paste it?

There is a ton of info.

Pool: Backup
State: Degraded
Status: One or more devices could not be used because the label is missing or invalid. sufficient replicas exist for the pool to continue functioning in a degraded state.

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action: replace the device using `zpool erase’.
see: https://openzfs,GitHub Pages | Websites for you and your projects, hosted directly from your GitHub repository. Just edit, push, and your changes are live.
scan: resilvered 9,47m in 00:00:01 with 0 errors

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Is there an easier way to do this than from CLI on two different PCs?

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Try posting a screenshots. Your forum trust level should allow it now.

I thought you were logged into the web GUI of TrueNAS and using the Shell page.

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Critical

Pool Backup state is DEGRADED: One or more devices could not be used because the label is missing or invalid. Sufficient replicas exist for the pool to continue functioning in a degraded state.

The following devices are not healthy:

  • Disk 8274919454823983753 is UNAVAIL

2026-04-02 17:20:58 (America/Los_Angeles)

DismissGo to Storage

Notice

New ZFS version or feature flags are available for pool ‘Backup’. Upgrading pools is a one-time process that can prevent rolling the system back to an earlier TrueNAS version. It is recommended to read the TrueNAS release notes and confirm you need the new ZFS feature flags before upgrading a pool.

2026-04-03 06:16:23 (America/Los_Angeles)

DismissGo to Storage

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In your first post you said you had 4 disks, but apparently you have a raidz1 with just 3 disks. You pulled one, which is now missing (unavail). As a raidz1 “tolerates” the failure of one disk, you can still access the data, but you do not have any redundancy. So will have to add another disk, same size or bigger, to replace the one you pulled and allow zfs to recreate redundancy (resilver).

Or, maybe the disk you pulled was actually fine, and the hitachi was the “bad” disk that did not show up?

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You don’t need to use TrueCommand Cloud to connect to your server. That is an optional choice. Just the web browser should do for now.

Posting an image of the Storage tab may help.
Do you have a spare disk to replace to replace the failed one? What are you attempting to do? Are you just trying to get data off this? Are you trying to start completely over and the current set up can be completely wiped of all info or trying to keep the past set up?

Ignore the message about New ZFS version and feature flags for now.

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