Backups

It is assumed that you already have a schedule for system backups as per your backup policies. Tenable recommends that, at minimum, the system back ups are more frequent than once a month as Tenable Security Center releases upgrades on a quarterly basis.

Tenable recommends performing backups before you perform these common scenarios:

• Tenable Security Center upgrades

• OS upgrades

• Any hardware / OS changes to the Tenable Security Center host

• Modifications recommended by Tenable Support

Tenable advises against modifying the Tenable Security Center databases on your own. Tenable Support engineers may provide SQL commands from the Tenable Security Center developers to modify the Tenable Security Center databases as part of the troubleshooting process. Steps provided may include backup steps that are more specific, before running the SQL commands, though a full backup can also be considered.