
Command Line Operations for Windows
This section describes some operations that are performed on the PVS server from a command line in Windows.
Command line operations need to be executed from a Windows shell that has been launched using the “Run as
Administrator” command or similar, depending on the Windows version.
File Locations
PVS installs its files into the following locations:
C:\Program Files\Tenable\PVS
Contains PVS binaries and dependent libraries
C:\ProgramData\Tenable\PVS
Contains all data files consumed and output by PVS and PVS Proxy (i.e.,
configuration, plugins, logs, reports)
The following is the folder layout under C:\ProgramData\Tenable\PVS\:
Contains PVS and PVS Proxy configuration files
Parent folder for PVS logs, reports, plugins, and scripts directories. Also
contains the pvs-services file.
This directory contains the database files relating to the configuration,
reports, and users for PVS.
This directory stores the PVS knowledgebase, if used.
Contains the tenable_plugins.prmx pushed down by SecurityCenter.
May also contain custom plugins.
Do not change from the default of
C:\ProgramData\Tenable\PVS\pvs if SecurityCenter is
being used to manage the plugins.
A file that PVS uses to map service names to ports. This file may be edited
by the user. Plugin updates will not overwrite modifications to the file.
Contains reports generated by PVS with the exception of .nsr. This folder
contains the .nessus file generated by default.
Folder for custom scripts, if any
Contains folders for user files and reports
Contains the files for the PVS web front-end
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