KB ID 0000993
Problem
I noticed the alarm light was lit amber on an SRX240 Juniper firewall.
Solution
This will not serve as a solution to every alarm on the SRX, but it should point you where to look, and show you how to resolve the two problems I identified on my firewall.
View SRX Alarm Status in J-Web
The status is displayed on the ‘Dashboard’ tab, here you can see I’ve got two minor alarms.
View SRX Alarm Status at Command Line
If connected via console cable or SSH.
[email protected]> show system alarms 2 alarms currently active Alarm time Class Description 2014-08-26 21:52:14 GMT Minor Autorecovery information needs to be saved 2014-08-26 21:52:14 GMT Minor Rescue configuration is not set
Juniper SRX – Rescue Information Is Not Set (J-Web)
This one is easy to fix in J-Web, Maintain > Config Management Rescue > Set Rescue Configuration.
Then click OK.
Juniper SRX – Rescue Information Is Not Set (Command Line)
To do the same via console cable or SSH.
[email protected]> request system configuration rescue save
Juniper SRX – Autorecovery Information Needs To Be Saved (Command Line)
Despite my best efforts I could not locate how to do this in the GUI, so I had to use command line.
[email protected]> show system alarms 1 alarms currently active Alarm time Class Description 2014-08-26 21:52:14 GMT Minor Autorecovery information needs to be saved [email protected]> request system autorecovery state save Saving config recovery information Saving license recovery information Saving BSD label recovery information [email protected]>
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