One of our srx system alarm light is on. Check system alarms and fond this:

admin@srx-1> show system alarms 
node0:
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1 alarms currently active
Alarm time               Class  Description
2013-03-13 16:50:13 UTC  Minor  Autorecovery information needs to be saved

node1:
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No alarms currently active

Googled internet and here is explanation: 

Autorecovery—This feature is supported on dual-partitioned SRX100, SRX210, SRX220, SRX240, and SRX650 Services Gateways. With this feature, disk partitioning, configuration, and licenses information can be recovered in case of corruption.
This feature provides the following functions:
•    Detect corruptions in disk partitioning during system bootup and attempt to recover partitions automatically
•    Detect corruptions in the Junos OS configuration during system bootup and attempt to recover the configuration automatically
•    Detect corruptions in Junos OS licenses during system bootup and attempt to recover licenses automatically
Table 8 on page 129 lists the supported CLI commands and its description: Table 8: Supported CLI Commands for
Autorecovery
request system autorecovery state save    
Saves current state of the disk partitioning, configuration, and licenses for autorecovery.
request system autorecovery state clear
Clears all saved autorecovery information.
show system autorecovery state    
admin@srx-1> show system autorecovery state 
Configuration:
  File             Recovery Information    Integrity Check    Action / Status
  rescue.conf.gz   Not Saved               Not checked        Requires save
Licenses:
  File             Recovery Information    Integrity Check    Action / Status
  JUNOS107460.lic  Not Saved               Not checked        Requires save
  JUNOS412589.lic  Not Saved               Not checked        Requires save
BSD Labels:
  Slice            Recovery Information    Integrity Check    Action / Status
  s1               Not Saved               Not checked        Requires save
  s2               Not Saved               Not checked        Requires save
  s3               Not Saved               Not checked        Requires save
  s4               Not Saved               Not checked        Requires save

admin@srx-1> request system autorecovery state save 
Saving config recovery information
Saving license recovery information
Saving BSD label recovery information
admin@srx-1> show system autorecovery state            
Configuration:
  File             Recovery Information    Integrity Check    Action / Status
  rescue.conf.gz   Saved                   Passed             None
Licenses:
  File             Recovery Information    Integrity Check    Action / Status
  JUNOS107460.lic  Saved                   Passed             None
  JUNOS412589.lic  Saved                   Passed             None
BSD Labels:
  Slice            Recovery Information    Integrity Check    Action / Status
  s1               Saved                   Passed             None
  s2               Saved                   Passed             None
  s3               Saved                   Passed             None
  s4               Saved                   Passed             None

By Jon

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