Start or Pause a Scan

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

To start or pause an active scan, agent scan, or agent synchronization job:

1. Log in to Tenable.sc.
2. Click one of the following:
   • Scans > Active Scans (to manage active scans)
   • Scans > Agent Synchronization Jobs (to manage agent synchronization jobs)
   • Scans > Agent Scans (to manage agent scans)
   • Scans > Scan Results (to manage a scan from the results page).
3. Do one of the following:
   • To pause the scan or synchronization job, select the check box for the scan or synchronization job, and click Pause at the top of the table.
   • To start the scan or synchronization job, select the check box for the scan or synchronization job, and click Launch at the top of the table.