Hello! I have the same issue as the screenshot above, I was wondering how long it should take?
Is there a manual way to speed it up? I installed OpenVAS a couple of days ago, it was only up a few hours each day, and today so far a few hours:
Greenbone SCAP Data Feed
20260219T0529
Update in progress…
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Greenbone CERT Data Feed
20260219T0448
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Greenbone Data Objects Feed
20260219T0531
Update in progress…
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Here is a couple of log files:
└─$ sudo cat ospd-openvas.log
OSPD[22640] 2026-02-20 01:42:11,167: INFO: (ospd.main) Starting OSPd OpenVAS version 22.10.0.
OSPD[22640] 2026-02-20 01:42:11,311: INFO: (ospd_openvas.messaging.mqtt) Successfully connected to MQTT broker
OSPD[22640] 2026-02-20 01:42:21,295: INFO: (ospd_openvas.daemon) Loading VTs. Scans will be [requested|queued] until VTs are loaded. This may take a few minutes, please wait…
OSPD[22640] 2026-02-20 01:52:11,242: INFO: (ospd_openvas.daemon) Finished loading VTs. The VT cache has been updated from version 202602180713 to 202602190705.
OSPD[2349] 2026-02-20 02:45:36,914: INFO: (ospd.main) Starting OSPd OpenVAS version 22.10.0.
OSPD[2349] 2026-02-20 02:45:37,192: INFO: (ospd_openvas.messaging.mqtt) Successfully connected to MQTT broker
OSPD[2349] 2026-02-20 02:45:47,227: INFO: (ospd_openvas.daemon) Loading VTs. Scans will be [requested|queued] until VTs are loaded. This may take a few minutes, please wait…
OSPD[2349] 2026-02-20 02:50:10,434: INFO: (ospd_openvas.daemon) Finished loading VTs. The VT cache has been updated from version 0 to 202602190705.
OSPD[6236] 2026-02-20 03:10:15,037: INFO: (ospd.main) Starting OSPd OpenVAS version 22.10.0.
OSPD[6236] 2026-02-20 03:10:15,246: INFO: (ospd_openvas.messaging.mqtt) Successfully connected to MQTT broker
OSPD[6236] 2026-02-20 03:10:25,252: INFO: (ospd_openvas.daemon) Loading VTs. Scans will be [requested|queued] until VTs are loaded. This may take a few minutes, please wait…
OSPD[6236] 2026-02-20 03:14:30,694: INFO: (ospd_openvas.daemon) Finished loading VTs. The VT cache has been updated from version 0 to 202602190705.
OSPD[1710] 2026-02-20 03:22:34,344: INFO: (ospd.main) Starting OSPd OpenVAS version 22.10.0.
OSPD[1710] 2026-02-20 03:22:34,487: INFO: (ospd_openvas.messaging.mqtt) Successfully connected to MQTT broker
OSPD[1710] 2026-02-20 03:22:44,489: INFO: (ospd_openvas.daemon) Loading VTs. Scans will be [requested|queued] until VTs are loaded. This may take a few minutes, please wait…
OSPD[1710] 2026-02-20 03:24:51,488: INFO: (ospd_openvas.daemon) Finished loading VTs. The VT cache has been updated from version 0 to 202602190705.
OSPD[1710] 2026-02-20 03:25:40,947: INFO: (ospd.main) Shutting-down server …
OSPD[23321] 2026-02-20 04:13:01,072: INFO: (ospd.main) Starting OSPd OpenVAS version 22.10.0.
OSPD[23321] 2026-02-20 04:13:01,170: INFO: (ospd_openvas.messaging.mqtt) Successfully connected to MQTT broker
OSPD[23321] 2026-02-20 04:13:11,407: INFO: (ospd_openvas.daemon) Loading VTs. Scans will be [requested|queued] until VTs are loaded. This may take a few minutes, please wait…
OSPD[23321] 2026-02-20 04:17:32,231: INFO: (ospd_openvas.daemon) Finished loading VTs. The VT cache has been updated from version 0 to 202602190705.
OSPD[1896] 2026-02-20 21:38:08,887: INFO: (ospd.main) Starting OSPd OpenVAS version 22.10.0.
OSPD[1896] 2026-02-20 21:38:09,181: INFO: (ospd_openvas.messaging.mqtt) Successfully connected to MQTT broker
OSPD[1896] 2026-02-20 21:38:19,903: INFO: (ospd_openvas.daemon) Loading VTs. Scans will be [requested|queued] until VTs are loaded. This may take a few minutes, please wait…
OSPD[1896] 2026-02-20 21:42:53,151: INFO: (ospd_openvas.daemon) Finished loading VTs. The VT cache has been updated from version 0 to 202602190705.