Godaddy: Difference between VPS Recovery Console and Rescue Mode

VPS Recovery Console and Rescue Mode are related, but they are not the same thing.

Item	VPS Recovery Console	Rescue Mode
Meaning	Browser-based console screen for your VPS	Temporary rescue Linux OS
Purpose	See/control the server boot screen	Repair/mount/recover the broken server disk
Access type	Like virtual keyboard + monitor	SSH into rescue environment
Used when	SSH is down, GRUB rescue, boot errors	OS/filesystem is damaged and normal boot fails
What you see	Boot screen, GRUB, login prompt, kernel messages	Linux shell like rescue user/root
Can run Linux commands?	Only if the original OS boots to shell	Yes, full Linux rescue shell
Can clean files?	Usually no, especially at `grub rescue>`	Yes, after mounting original disk
Can repair filesystem?	No	Yes, using tools like `xfs_repair`
Can mount original disk?	No	Yes
Example use	View `grub rescue>` error	Mount `/dev/sda4` at `/mnt/original`

Simple explanation:

Recovery Console = screen access to see what is happening during boot
Rescue Mode      = separate repair OS used to fix/mount/recover the server

In your case:

Recovery Console showed the GRUB error:

grub rescue>
file /grub2/i386-pc/normal.mod not found

Rescue Mode allowed you to SSH in, run:

lsblk -f
mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/original
xfs_repair /dev/sda4

So:

Use Recovery Console when you want to see/debug boot.
Use Rescue Mode when you want to repair/recover the disk.