Scan Result Statuses

You can view the scan status and the import status for scans running on your managed Tenable Security Center instances, as described in View Scan Result Details.

Scan Status

The scan status specifies the status of the scan.

Status

Description

Active Scans
Queued

The scan is queued.

Preparing Tenable Security Center is preparing to run the scan.
Resolving Hostnames Tenable Security Center is resolving hostnames before running the scan.
Verifying Targets Tenable Security Center is verifying targets before running the scan.
Initializing Scanners Tenable Security Center is initializing scanners before running the scan.
Running

The scan is running.

Pausing You paused the scan and Tenable Security Center is pausing the scan.
Paused The scan is paused.
Resuming You resumed the scan and Tenable Security Center is resuming the scan.
Stopping Tenable Security Center is stopping the scan.
Completed

The scan finished successfully.

Partial The scan finished and some results are available.
Error

The scan did not finish.

Agent Scans
Queued

The scan is queued.

Running

The scan is running.

Completed

The scan finished successfully.

Error

The scan did not finish.

Import Status

The scan status specifies the status of the scan result import to Tenable Security Center.

Status

Description

Active and Agent Scans
No Results The scan finished successfully but yielded no results.
Import Pending Tenable Security Center is preparing to start the import.
Importing Tenable Security Center is importing the scan result data.
Finished The import finished successfully.
Blocked

Tenable Security Center did not import the scan result for one of the following reasons:

  • You have exceeded your license limit.

  • The scan result import would cause you to exceed your license.

For more information about license limits, see License Requirements.

Error The import did not finish.

Availability

The scan result availability specifies whether the scan result can be viewed in Tenable Security Center Director.

Status

Description

Available

Tenable Security Center Director successfully imported the scan result data.

Note: By default, Tenable Security Center Director retains scan results from managed Tenable Security Center instances for 30 days. For more information, see Data expiration determines how long Tenable Security Center retains closed tickets, scan results, and report results..

Syncing Tenable Security Center Director is importing the scan result data from a managed Tenable Security Center instance.
Not Synced

The scan result is not imported to Tenable Security Center Director.

If the scan status is Partial or Completed, you can manually retrieve the scan result. For more information, see Manage Scan Results.