Launch a Tenable PCI ASV Scan

Required User Role: Administrator

Required Scan Permissions: Can Control

In addition to configuring Schedule settings for a scan, you can manually start a scan run.

You can launch the scan using the targets as configured in the scan, or you can launch the scan with custom targets that override the configured targets.

Note: To learn more about scan limitations in Tenable PCI ASV, see Scan Limitations.

To launch a scan:

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

    The left navigation plane appears.

  2. In the left navigation plane, click Scans.

    The Scans page appears.

  3. In the Folders section, click a folder to load the scans you want to view.

    The scans table updates to display the scans in the folder you selected.

    For more information about scan folders, see Scan Folders.

  4. In the scans table, roll over the scan you want to launch.

    The action buttons appear in the row.

  5. Do one of the following:

    • To launch the scan using the targets as configured in the scan, click the Launch button in the row.
    • If you have previously launched the scan and want to use custom targets that override the configured targets:
      1. In the row, click the button.

        The Custom Launch Scan plane opens.

      2. In the Targets box, type a comma-delimited string of targets.
      3. Click Launch.

    Tenable PCI ASV launches the scan.

    You can follow the scan's progress by checking its Scan Status on the Scans page.