Unable to delete a storage and associated VDEV

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So, I’ve got an Storage/vdev issue. I can’t delete it from TrueNAS. QUESTION: Is there way to force the deletion of a storage and vdev, even if the storage isn’t connected? The Storage in question is a Mediasonic ProRaid H82-SU3S2 8 Bay enclosure with RAID, and 8xWD Green 3TB drives. I didn’t know it initially, but the model of enclosure I have does not have an option to go PBOD (Plain Bunch O’ Disks). So TrueNAS saw it as a single physical volume because the HW RAID controller on the box was doing the work. I wiped the array, and reinitialized it as I was trouble shooting. The HW Array is recognized by TrueNAS as a different storage device. There’s no way for me to plug in the original device to allow the OS to delete it.

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Try

 zpool clear nameofyourpool
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Thank you for taking the time to reply to my question. I found a solution. It was step one in troubleshooting: reboot the system. It did get hung on reboot, so I had to power cycle. Once I did that, I was able to delete the old vdevs/pools.