Enable or Disable a Scanner

A standard user or administrator in Nessus Manager can perform this procedure.

To enable a linked scanner:

1. In the top navigation bar, click Sensors.

   The Linked Agents page appears. By default, Linked Agents is selected in the left navigation menu and the Linked Agents tab is active.

2. In the left navigation bar, click Linked Scanners.

3. In the scanners table, in the row for the scanner that you want to enable, hover over the button, which becomes .

4. Click the button.

   Nessus enables the scanner.

To disable a linked scanner:

1. In the top navigation bar, click Sensors.

   The Linked Agents page appears. By default, Linked Agents is selected in the left navigation menu and the Linked Agents tab is active.

2. In the left navigation bar, click Linked Scanners.

3. In the scanners table, in the row for the scanner that you want to disable, hover over the button, which becomes .

4. Click the button.

   Nessus disables the scanner.