The SRX5400 device may boot from the alternate media, which results into "Minor Host 0 Boot from alternate media alarm' Minor alarm. In this case, the device was running on the OAM volume since it failed to boot from Junos volume.
root@SRX5400> show chassis alarms node0: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 alarms currently active Alarm time Class Description 2024-05-06 05:04:32 PDT Minor Host 0 Boot from alternate media node1: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- No alarms currently active
The device boots runs on the OAM volume, so following output is observed if we run snapshot recovery command.
root@SRX5400> request system snapshot recovery node0: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ERROR: You are currently running Junos on the OAM volume ERROR: A recovery snapshot is not possible node1: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Creating image ... Compressing image ... Image size is 2120MB Recovery snapshot created successfully
Look for the recovery snapshots available on the node, if it's available, proceed to reboot that node. The device will boot up from the Junos volume if the file system is intact and not corrupted. Run the command below to check for the snapshots available on the nodes.
root@SRX5400> show system snapshot node0: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Non-recovery snapshots: Snapshot snap.20230308.051642: Location: /packages/sets/snap.20230308.051642 <<< Non-Recovery snapshot available on the node Creation date: Mar 8 05:16:48 2023 Junos version: 21.2R3-S3.5 Total non-recovery snapshots: 1 Recovery Snapshots: Snapshots available on the OAM volume: recovery.ufs Date created: Wed Mar 8 05:19:09 PST 2023 Junos version: 21.2R3-S3.5 Total recovery snapshots: 1
The the above method does not resolve the issue contact JTAC for further assistance.