The encrypted volume can be successfully decrypted, so at least you should have no problem to make a backup.

If you want to set up full-disk encryption, it is strongly recommended that you perform a new installation and "erase" the disk (filling with random data).

During installation, re-create the partition table on the destination disk. Create a non-encrypted partition for /boot (and one for /boot/efi, for UEFI/TianoCore payload). Create an encrypted volume using all remaining disk space.

After setting up the password (and random filling) for the encrypted volume, you should create physical volumes (PV) on the encrypted volume, then create volume groups (VG) on the PV, and finally create logical volumes (LV) on the VG.

Once you have configured LVs, you can assign them to different mounting points like /, /home, etc., as well as swap area. Do not create swap area outside the encrypted volume, because this would defeat any security provided by full-disk encryption.

Configuration of full-disk encryption using Debian Installer is quite straightforward. A professional installer should be like this.

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