Modify Global Agent Settings

Required Tenable Vulnerability Management User Role: Scan Manager or Administrator

Use this procedure to edit agent settings in Tenable Vulnerability Management.

To modify global agent settings in Tenable Vulnerability Management:

  1. In the left navigation, click Sensors.

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

  2. Click the Nessus Agents tab.

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

  3. Select Settings in the drop-down box.

    The Settings page appears.

  4. Edit the settings as necessary:

    Option Description
    Inactive Agents

    Unlink agents that have been inactive for X days

    Specifies the number of days an agent can be inactive before the manager unlinks the agent. After the specified number of days, the agent is unlinked, but the corresponding agent data is not removed from the manager.

    Tenable Vulnerability Management automatically tracks unlinked agents and related data for the number of days specified in this option. You cannot turn off this tracking.

    Note: Inactive agents that were automatically unlinked by Tenable Vulnerability Management do not automatically relink if they come back online.
    Override Freeze Windows
    Exclude all agents from software updates

    Enable this option to prevent all linked agents from receiving software updates at any time. This option takes precedence over any existing freeze windows.

    Agents continue to receive plugin updates and perform scheduled scans if you enable this setting.

  5. Click Save.

    Tenable Vulnerability Management saves your changes.