Get Started

Use the following getting started sequence to migrate your entire Tenable Appliance deployment.

To get started with your Tenable Appliance to Tenable Core migration:

  1. If your deployment includes multiple instances of Tenable Appliance, plan your migration sequence.

    • You must migrate instances of Tenable Appliance individually to Tenable Core. Tenable does not support a bulk migration for multiple instances.

    • If you have multiple Tenable Appliance instances supporting different applications, Tenable recommends migrating in the following order:

      1. All Tenable Appliance + Tenable Security Center instances
      2. All Tenable Appliance + Tenable Nessus instances
      3. All Tenable Appliance + Tenable Nessus Network Monitor instances

      Note: You cannot change applications during the migration process. For example, you can only migrate Tenable Nessus on Tenable Appliance to an instance of Tenable Core + Tenable Nessus.

      If you need to change versions, see Version Requirements.

      For more information about migrating multiple instances of Tenable Appliance, see Considerations for Large Deployments.

  2. Choose the migration method you plan to use for each individual instance of Tenable Appliance:
  3. If your deployment includes one or more instances of Tenable Appliance + Tenable Security Center, migrate all of your Tenable Security Center instances individually:
    1. Migrate via the appropriate method: rsync or backup and restore.
    2. Perform all necessary post-migration action items.
  4. If your deployment includes one or more instances of Tenable Appliance + Tenable Nessus, migrate all of your Tenable Nessus instances individually:
    1. Migrate via the appropriate method: backup and restore or deploying new instances.
    2. Perform all necessary post-migration action items.
  5. If your deployment includes one or more instances of Tenable Appliance + Tenable Nessus Network Monitor, migrate all of your Tenable Nessus Network Monitor instances individually:
    1. Migrate via the appropriate method: backup and restore or deploying new instances.
    2. Perform all necessary post-migration action items.