Remove an Agent from a Network

Required Tenable Vulnerability Management User Role: Scan Manager or Administrator

Before you begin:

• If you want to move an agent from one existing network to another existing network:
  • Note the IP addresses of the assets identified by the agent you want to move.
  • Use the IP addresses to move the assets from the first network to the second network.
  • Add the agent from the first network to the second network.

To remove an agent from a network:

1. In the upper-left corner, click the 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. Do one of the following:

   • To remove agents from the Linked Agents tab:

     1. Click the Nessus Agents tab.

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

     2. Select an agent or agents in one of the following ways:

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

          The action buttons appear in the row.

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

          Tenable Vulnerability Management enables Remove selected from network in the action bar.

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

        The action bar appears at the bottom of the page.

     3. Click Remove from network or Remove selected from network, as applicable.

        Tenable Vulnerability Management removes the agents from their networks and adds them to the Default network.

   • To remove agents from the Networks tab:

     1. Click the Networks tab.

        The list of networks appears.

     2. In the networks table, select the network from which you want to remove an agent or agents.

        The Settings page appears.

     3. In the left navigation menu, click Manage Agents.

        Lists of both Available Agents to Add and Member Agents in Network appear.

     4. In the row of the agent to remove from the network, click the button.

        Tenable Vulnerability Management removes the agent from the network and adds it to the Default network.