geo-rep faulty due to "Meta-volume is not mounted"

Issue

[2019-09-26 12:47:58.315865] E [master(/gfs/brick2/repl_s1_tst2):498:should_crawl] _GMaster: Meta-volume is not mounted. Worker Exiting...
[2019-09-26 12:47:58.326934] I [syncdutils(/gfs/brick2/repl_s1_tst2):295:finalize] : exiting.
[2019-09-26 12:47:58.328597] I [repce(/gfs/brick2/repl_s1_tst2):92:service_loop] RepceServer: terminating on reaching EOF.
[2019-09-26 12:47:58.328857] I [syncdutils(/gfs/brick2/repl_s1_tst2):295:finalize] : exiting.
[2019-09-26 12:47:59.300837] I [monitor(monitor):299:monitor] Monitor: worker died in startup phase brick=/XXX/XXX/XXX
[2019-09-26 12:47:59.302464] I [gsyncdstatus(monitor):244:set_worker_status] GeorepStatus: Worker Status Change status=Faulty