Pause, Resume, or Stop Scans on a Managed Tenable Security Center Instance
Required User Role: Tenable Security Center Director Administrator
From Tenable Security Center Director, you can pause, resume, and stop scans that are running on managed Tenable Security Center instances.
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If you pause a scan, the scan temporarily stops scanning targets. You can resume a paused scan at any time.
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If you stop a scan, you can choose to create a rollover scan.
For more information about connecting managed Tenable Security Center instances to Tenable Security Center Director, see Tenable Security Center Director Deployments.
To pause, resume, or stop scans on a managed Tenable Security Center instance:
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Log in to Tenable Security Center Director via the user interface.
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Click Scan Results.
The Scan Results page appears.
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To pause a running scan:
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In the row for the scan you want to pause, click the button.
Tenable Security Center pauses the scan on the managed Tenable Security Center instance.
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To resume a paused scan:
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In the row for the scan you want to resume, click the button.
Tenable Security Center resumes the paused scan on the managed Tenable Security Center instance.
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To stop a running scan:
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In the row for the scan you want to stop, click the menu.
The actions menu appears.
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Click Stop.
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Click one of the following options to determine how the managed Tenable Security Center instance handles the results of the stopped scan:
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Discard Results — The managed Tenable Security Center instance does not import any of the results obtained by the scan to the database.
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Import Results — The managed Tenable Security Center instance imports the results of the current scan and discards the information for the unscanned hosts.
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Import Results and Create Rollover — The managed Tenable Security Center instance imports the results from the scan into the database and creates a rollover scan that you can launch manually to complete the scan.
Tenable Security Center stops the scan on the managed Tenable Security Center instance.
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