Changes to the Administration page
In product versions 6.6.186 and later, we released a redesigned Administration page and other key pages to enhance usability and provide logical groupings of functions managed in the Security Console. As part of the redesign, some of the links you are familiar with may be renamed or moved to a different section in Administration > Vulnerability Management > Console Administration.
Some of the most noticeable changes include:
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The functions in the Maintenance, Storage, and Troubleshooting section are now in their own or related sections of the Administration page.
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The primary functionality from the Global and Console Settings > Console > Administer and Global and Console Settings > Global > Manage is now available in the Console section.
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Scan Options are now listed in the Scans section.
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The functions in the Discovery Options section are now in the Assets > Discovery section.
Administration page navigation comparison
The following tables show the differences in navigation for the Administration page in versions prior to 6.6.186 and the current version.
Users and assets
| Previous | Current |
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Users > Create and manage user accounts and manage your password policy |
Users > User Management |
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Asset Groups > Create dynamic or static asset groups and manage existing asset groups |
Assets > Asset Groups |
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Discovery Options > Connections > create and manage connections that allow the Security Console to discover assets dynamically |
Assets > Discovery Connections |
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Discovery Options > Connections > view events and statistics for asset discovery mechanisms |
Assets > Discovery Events |
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Discovery Options > NSX Manager > Create and manage settings that give the Scan Engine direct access to an NSX network of virtual assets |
Assets > Exclusions |
Scans and scan options
| Previous | Current |
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Scan Options > Engines > Create and manage available Scan Engines, and Scan Engine Pools |
Scans > Scan Engines |
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Scan Options > History > View complete scan history for this installation |
Scans > History |
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Scan Options > Templates > Create and manage scan templates for controlling and tuning scans |
Scans > Templates |
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Scan Options > Shared Credentials > Create and manage shared credentials for authenticated scans |
Scans > Shared Credentials |
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Scan Options > Blackouts > Create and manage global blackouts |
Scans > Blackouts |
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Scan Options > Root Certificates > manage root certificates used in scanning |
Scans > Root Certificates |
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Calendar > View monthly calendar of all scheduled scans and reports |
Calendar icon |
Global and Console settings
| Previous | Current |
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Global and Console Settings > Console > Administer settings for the Security Console, including auto-update and logging settings |
Console > Information |
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Global and Console Settings > Console > Administer settings for the Security Console, including auto-update and logging settings > Web Server |
Console > Web Server |
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Global and Console Settings > Console > Administer settings for the Security Console, including auto-update and logging settings > Proxy Settings |
Console > Proxy Settings |
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Global and Console Settings > Console > Administer settings for the Security Console, including auto-update and logging settings > Manage console auth |
Console > Authentication: 2FA and SSO |
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Global and Console Settings > Console > Administer settings for the Security Console, including auto-update and logging settings > Data Synchronization |
Console > Platform Data Synchronization |
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Global and Console Settings > Console > Administer settings for the Security Console, including auto-update and logging settings > SMTP |
Notifications > SMTP Mail Notifications |
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Global and Console Settings > Console > Administer settings for the Security Console, including auto-update and logging settings > Licensing |
Console > Licensing |
Maintenance, Storage, and Troubleshooting
| Previous | Current |
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Maintenance, Storage, and Troubleshooting > Maintenance > Perform database maintenance and migration tasks |
Database > Settings |
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Maintenance, Storage and Troubleshooting > Troubleshooting > Diagnose and troubleshoot problems with the Security Console. Run Security Console commands. |
Troubleshooting > Troubleshooting |
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Maintenance, Storage and Troubleshooting > Manage data export settings for storage to obtain richer scan data for integration with your internal reporting systems |
Database > Data Warehousing |
Vulnerabilities, exceptions, and overrides
| Previous | Current |
|---|---|
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Exceptions and Overrides > Review requests to exclude vulnerabilities from reports and to override policy compliance results |
Vulnerabilities > Exceptions and Investigations |
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SCAP > View information pertaining to SCAP content |
Policies > SCAP |
Changes to the users page
| Previous | Current |
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Manage users > New User |
Manage users > Add User |
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Manage users > Disable Users |
Manage users > Deactivate Users |
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Manage users > Enable Users |
Manage users > Activate Users |
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Manage profile roles > New Custom User Role |
Manage profile roles > Create Custom Role |
Changes to the Scan Engine Pools page
| Previous | Current |
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Scan Engine Pools > New Engine Pool |
Engine Pools > Create Engine Pool |
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Scan Engine Management > Scan Engine Pool |
Engine Pool Management > Engine Pool |