Agent Status

Tenable Nessus Agents can be in one of the following statuses:

Status	Description
Online	The host that contains the Tenable Nessus Agent is currently connected and in communication with Tenable Vulnerability Management.
Offline	The host that contains the Tenable Nessus Agent is currently powered down or not connected to a network. In Tenable Vulnerability Management, the Offline status appears after the agent has not been connected for two hours.
Initializing	The Tenable Nessus Agent is in the process of checking in with Tenable Vulnerability Management.

Status

Description

Online

The host that contains the Tenable Nessus Agent is currently connected and in communication with Tenable Vulnerability Management.

Offline

The host that contains the Tenable Nessus Agent is currently powered down or not connected to a network.

In Tenable Vulnerability Management, the Offline status appears after the agent has not been connected for two hours.

Initializing

The Tenable Nessus Agent is in the process of checking in with Tenable Vulnerability Management.

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