Change the Scheduled Backup Time

By default, Tenable Core backs up your applications daily at 2:30 AM local time. You can edit your schedule preferences in Tenable Core to change the time and frequency of your scheduled backups.

For more information about managing your time preferences, see Edit Your Time Settings.

Note: Tenable Core cannot perform a backup (scheduled or on-demand) until you configure a remote storage host on your computer. For more information, see Configure Storage for Tenable Core Backups.

Note: Your backup may fail if it occurs while Tenable Security Center processes are active. To avoid backup failures, Tenable recommends that you coordinate your on-demand and scheduled backups around Tenable Security Center freeze windows. For more information about Tenable Security Center freeze windows, see Freeze Windows in the Tenable Security Center User Guide.

To change the scheduled backup time:

  1. Log in to Tenable Core via the user interface, as described in Log In to Tenable Core.

    The Tenable Core web user interface page appears.

  2. In the left navigation bar, click Backup/Restore.

    The Backup/Restore page appears.

  3. In the AUTOMATIC BACKUPS table, locate the Timer Config Line row.

  4. Click Edit.

    The EDIT TIMER CONFIGURATION window appears.

  5. On the EDIT TIMER CONFIGURATION window, update the configuration based on your desired backup frequency:

    Note: If you specify a day of the week and a day of the month for your scheduled backups, Tenable Core performs the backups only when those values overlap. For example, if you specify Monday and 15, Tenable Core performs your backups only on Mondays that fall on the 15th day of the month.

    Frequency Configuration
    Daily
    • In the Day of Week and Day of Month boxes, type an asterisk (*).
    • In the Hour box, type the hour when you want Tenable Core to perform a backup as an integer between 0 and 23.
    • In the Minute box, type the minute when you want Tenable Core to perform a backup as an integer between 0 and 59.
    Weekly
    • In the Day of Week box, type the day of the week when you want Tenable Core to perform a backup (for example, Monday or Mon).
    • In the Day of Month box, type an asterisk (*).
    • In the Hour box, type the hour you want Tenable Core to perform a backup as an integer between 0 and 23.
    • In the Minute box, type the minute you want Tenable Core to perform a backup as an integer between 0 and 59.
    Monthly
    • In the Day of Week box, type an asterisk (*).
    • In the Day of Month box, type the day of the month when you Tenable Core to perform a backup as an integer (for example, 15).
    • In the Hour box, type the hour you want Tenable Core to perform a backup as an integer between 0 and 23.
    • In the Minute box, type the minute you want Tenable Core to perform a backup as an integer between 0 and 59.

  6. Click Save.

    Your scheduled backup time updates.

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