baweeks Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Cannot unlock a media set. Typing in the correct password and it just does nothing. 10.5.8. Build 626 of Retro 8.1. MacBook Pro 4,1. Had just successfully done a total disk restore from the media set in question; now I can't unlock the media set. Ideas? Media set is on a USB2 HDD. Catalog is on the local HD. For those who looked at my recent post about a good total disk restore, I can't unlock the backup media set from when booted from my somewhat-hosed internal drive or when booted from the restored drive (which seems to work perfectly). -baweeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baweeks Posted December 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 I should have given a few more specifics here. The backup set had been used for about a dozen smart incrementals with no problem unlocking it with the password. Just used it 24 hours ago to do a total disk restore that worked well. Now can't unlock it to continue backing up to it. -Where might the password be kept? Somewhere in the media set itself? If so, why cannot I start the process of just re-cataloging it. Can't even unlock the media set to re-catalog it. -If the password is kept in the catalog, does moving the catalog to another location cause some loss of connection; if so, how to re-pair the catalog and the media set. -If there is a back door, I doubt EMC2 would publish it (or disseminate it privately?) -Thanks to all. Now that my successful total disk restore occurred, my frustrations with 8.1.626 return. No other backup software I know of offers dual, rotating (one offsite, via sneakernet) encrypted, backups with the ability to search an entire media set for every version of document x and restore just the one from day y that you want. -baweeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maser Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 The only time I couldn't unlock a catalog file was when the file got completely corrupted. You should try a "rebuild". If that fails, you might be SOL with that media set, unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 -If there is a back door, I doubt EMC2 would publish it (or disseminate it privately?) There is no back door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 -If there is a back door' date=' I doubt EMC2 would publish it (or disseminate it privately?)[/quote']There is no back door. For some reason, I just had this bit of dialogue flash into my brain, taken from the excellent movie "The Princess Bride": "Give us the gate key!" Inigo demands. "I have no gate key." the guard protests. "Fezzig, tear his arms off." Inigo commands the giant. "Oh, you mean this gate key..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giobbi Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 This i have had about 10 times. Try first Repair, then Rebuild. If that wont work, delete the set, make a new one, rebuild with members, solved every one of mine with one of these three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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