Why is my GFS/GFS2 filesystem failing to mount after an interrupted or failed fsck attempt?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The following error is occurring when mounting a gfs or gfs2 filesystem?
Jun 19 14:59:35 node1 kernel: GFS2: fsid=: Trying to join cluster "fsck_dlm", "appCluster:gfs2-a"
Jun 19 14:59:36 node1 kernel: GFS2: can't find protocol fsck_dlm
Jun 19 14:59:36 node1 kernel: GFS2: fsid=: can't mount proto=fsck_dlm, table=appCluster:gfs2-a, hostdata=

Environment

  • Red Hat Cluster Suite 4+ and Red Hat GFS 6.1:
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5, 6, 7, 8 (with the High Availability Add On and Resilient Storage Add Ons)

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