Returned to find my node offline and restarted to no avail

The disqualification has nothing to do with any database.
The disqualification is happened when the audit score dropped below 0.6 (60% on dashboard).
This could happen only when your node is unable provide the piece for audit - either lost/corrupted or lost an access to it.

So, please, search for GET_AUDIT and failed in the same time in your logs to figure out what happened.