Restore a Backup

Required Tenable Security Center User Role: Root user

For more information about the backup and restore process, see Backup and Restore.

Before you begin:

  • Perform a backup of your Tenable Security Center Director, as described in Perform a Backup.

  • Confirm your receiving Tenable Security Center Director meets the requirements described in Backup and Restore.

  • Move the backup file to your receiving Tenable Security Center Director's /tmp directory.

To restore a backup file:

  1. Log in to Tenable Security Center Director via the command line interface (CLI).

  2. Stop Tenable Security Center Director, as described in Start, Stop, or Restart Tenable Security Center Director.

    Tenable Security Center Director stops.

  3. In the CLI in Tenable Security Center Director, run the following command to view all running processes:

    # ps -fu tns

  4. If any processes are listed, run the following commands to stop them:

    # killall -u tns

    # killall httpd

    Note: These commands stop all jobs running on Tenable Security Center Director.

  5. If necessary, repeat step 4 to confirm all processes are stopped.

  6. Empty the /opt/sc folder of all contents.

  7. If you have configured an external PostgreSQL database, restore the database from the backup file you created in Perform a Backup.

  8. Run the following commands to decompress the .tar file:

    # cd /

    # tar -xvf /tmp/sc_backup.tar.gz

    Note: The.tar file switches are case-sensitive.

    The restore finishes.

  9. Start Tenable Security Center Director, as described in Start, Stop, or Restart Tenable Security Center Director.

    Tenable Security Center Director starts.