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nenenet
Apr 22, 2020Aspirant
Failed to activate encrypted volume
Hello. For a long time I've been runnning my readynas on a single disk using the build in encryption. I felt it was time to change the drive and decided at the same time also add a bit of safety so I...
nenenet
Apr 22, 2020Aspirant
Hi, yes. I've tried copying over the key multiple times to the USB. Even tried renaming it to data-0.key instead of data.key due to ReadyNAS now reporting the drives name as "data-0"
I used the disk just prior to swapping to the new drives so the health should be good.
StephenB
Apr 22, 2020Guru - Experienced User
nenenet wrote:
Hi, yes. I've tried copying over the key multiple times to the USB. Even tried renaming it to data-0.key instead of data.key due to ReadyNAS now reporting the drives name as "data-0"
It's calling it that because it's not able to mount it. No need to rename the key.
Was the NAS powered down when you removed the drive?
Maybe download the log zip file, and see if there is more information in there on what's going on.
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