Start or Pause a Scan

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

To start or pause a scan or synchronization job:

  1. Log in to Tenable Security Center.

  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)

      Note: You cannot pause agent scans in Tenable Security Center.

    • 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.