The utility "fsck.gfs2" produced the following error while checking a RHEL 5, RHEL 6, or RHEL 7 GFS2 filesystem: "too many bad RGs."

Issue

• The utility fsck.gfs" produced the following error while checking a GFS2 filesystem(below is a snippet):

(rgrepair.c:73) False RG found at block 0x39c71
(rgrepair.c:73) False RG found at block 0x39c73
(rgrepair.c:73) False RG found at block 0x39c78
(rgrepair.c:148) RG found at block 0x11
(rgrepair.c:148) RG found at block 0xffbb
(rgrepair.c:156) dist 0xffaa = 0xffbb - 0x11(rgrepair.c:169) (shortest so far)
(rgrepair.c:148) RG found at block 0x1feea
(rgrepair.c:156) dist 0xff2f = 0x1feea - 0xffbb(rgrepair.c:169) (shortest so far)
(rgrepair.c:148) RG found at block 0x2fe19
(rgrepair.c:156) dist 0xff2f = 0x2fe19 - 0x1feea(rgrepair.c:172)
(rgrepair.c:148) RG found at block 0x3fd48
(rgrepair.c:156) dist 0xff2f = 0x3fd48 - 0x2fe19(rgrepair.c:172)
(rgrepair.c:221) Block 0xce578d
(rgrepair.c:243) Missing or damaged RG at block 13522829 (0xce578d)
(rgrepair.c:282) Prev ri_data set to: ff28.  * RG 208 at block 0xCE578D *** DAMAGED *** [length 0xff2f]
(rgrepair.c:221) Block 0xcf56bc
(rgrepair.c:243) Missing or damaged RG at block 13588156 (0xcf56bc)
(rgrepair.c:282) Prev ri_data set to: ff28.  * RG 209 at block 0xCF56BC *** DAMAGED *** [length 0xff2f] (rgrepair.c:221) Block 0xd055eb
Error: too many bad RGs.
Error rebuilding rg list.
(level 4 failed)
RG recovery impossible; I can't fix this file system.

or

Error: too many bad RGs.
Error rebuilding rgrp list.
(level 4 failed at block 0 (0x0): Too many rgrp misses: rgrps must be unevenly spaced)
RG recovery impossible; I can't fix this file system.