Remove an Agent from an Agent Group

Required Tenable Vulnerability Management User Role: Scan Manager or Administrator

Use this procedure to remove an agent or agents from an agent group in Tenable Vulnerability Management.

To remove an agent from an agent group:

  1. In the upper-left corner, click the Menu button.

    The left navigation plane appears.

  2. In the left navigation plane, click Settings.

    The Settings page appears.

  3. Click the Sensors tile.

    The Sensors page appears. By default, the Nessus Scanners tab is active and Linked Scanners is selected in the drop-down box.

  4. Click the Nessus Agents tab.

    The list of agents appears and Linked Agents is selected in the drop-down box.

  5. In the drop-down box, select Agent Groups.

    The list of agent groups appears.

  6. (Optional) Search for a specific agent group or filter the agent groups in the table. For filter descriptions, see Agent Group Filters.

  7. In the agent groups table, click the agent group you want to modify.

    The Group Details page appears.

  8. Remove selected agent groups.

    To remove Action
    A single agent group
    1. Do one of the following:

      • In the agents table, right-click the agent group you want to remove.

        The action buttons appear in the row.

      • In the row of the agent group you want to remove, in the Actions column, click the button.

        The action buttons appear in the row.

      • Select the check box next to the agent group you want to remove.

        Tenable Vulnerability Management enables More > Remove from Group.

    2. Click Remove from Group.
    Multiple agent groups
    1. Do one of the following:

      • In the agents table, select the check box next to each agent you want to remove.

      • In the table header, select the check box to select the entire page.

      Tenable Vulnerability Management enables More > Remove Selected from Group.

    2. Click Remove Selected from Group.
  9. Tenable Vulnerability Management removes the agent or agents from the group.