Suspend or Resume a Scheduled Active Scan

Required User Role: Organizational user with appropriate permissions. For more information, see User Roles.

If you suspend a scheduled active scan, Tenable Security Center stops launching new scans for that active scan configuration. Tenable Security Center does not disrupt scans already in progress or prevent users from launching scans on demand.

If you resume a suspended active scan, Tenable Security Center resumes launching scans on the schedule configured for that active scan.

For more information, see Active Scans.

Before you begin:

Configure a scheduled active scan, as described in Add an Active Scan.

To suspend or resume a scheduled active scan:

Log in to Tenable Security Center via the user interface.
Click Scans > Active Scans.

The Active Scans page appears.
Right-click the row for the scheduled scan you want to suspend or resume.

The actions menu appears.

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Select the check box for the scheduled scan you want to suspend or resume.

The available actions appear at the top of the table.
Click Suspend Schedule or Resume Schedule.

The page updates to reflect the scan schedule status. When a scan is suspended, Tenable Security Center displays a line through the Start Time and Schedule values.