How can I recover my GFS or GFS2 filesystem that has withdrawn due to a fatal filesystem consistency error?

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Issue

  • My GFS filesystem has withdrawn with a message stating that there has been a fatal filesystem consistency error. How can I recover the filesystem?
May  2 16:06:46 node1 kernel: GFS: fsid=gfscluster:gfs02.1: fatal: filesystem consistency error
May  2 16:06:46 node1 kernel: GFS: fsid=gfscluster:gfs02.1:   RG = 851968
May  2 16:06:46 node1 kernel: GFS: fsid=gfscluster:gfs02.1:   function = gfs_setbit
May  2 16:06:46 node1 kernel: GFS: fsid=gfscluster:gfs02.1:   file = /builddir/build/BUILD/gfs-kmod-0.1.34/_kmod_build_/src/gfs/bits.c, line = 81
May  2 16:06:46 node1 kernel: GFS: fsid=gfscluster:gfs02.1:   time = 1367510806
May  2 16:06:46 node1 kernel: GFS: fsid=gfscluster:gfs02.1: about to withdraw from the cluster
May  2 16:06:46 node1 kernel: GFS: fsid=gfscluster:gfs02.1: telling LM to withdraw
May  2 16:10:31 node1 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
  • GFS2 filesystem I/O error

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (with the Resilient Storage Add On)

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