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Use Session Recording Player to view, search, and bookmark recorded XenApp or XenDesktop sessions.

If sessions are recorded with the live playback feature enabled, you can view sessions that are in progress, with a delay of a few seconds, as well as sessions that are completed.

Sessions that have a longer duration or larger file size than the limits configured by your Session Recording administrator appear in more than one session file.

Note: A Session Recording administrator must grant users the right to access the recorded sessions of VDAs for Server OS. If you are denied access to viewing sessions, contact your Session Recording administrator.

When Session Recording Player is installed, the Session Recording administrator typically sets up a connection between the Session Recording Player and a Session Recording Server. If this connection is not set up, the first time you perform a search for files, you are prompted to set it up. Contact your Session Recording administrator for setup information.

Launch the Session Recording Player

  1. Log on to the workstation where Session Recording Player is installed.

  2. From the Start menu, choose Session Recording Player.

    The Session Recording Player appears.

This illustration shows the Session Recording Player with callouts indicating its major elements. The functions of these elements are described throughout the following articles.

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Display or hide window elements

The Session Recording Player has window elements that toggle on and off.

  1. Log on to the workstation where the Session Recording Player is installed.
  2. From the Start menu, choose Session Recording Player.
  3. From the Session Recording Player menu bar, choose View.
  4. Choose the elements that you want to display. Selecting an element causes it to appear immediately. A check mark indicates that the element is selected.

Change Session Recording Servers

If the Session Recording administrator sets up your Session Recording Player with the ability to connect to multiple Session Recording Servers, you can select the Session Recording Server that the Session Recording Player connects to. The Session Recording Player can connect to only one Session Recording Server at a time.

  1. Log on to the workstation where the Session Recording Player is installed.
  2. From the Start menu, choose Session Recording Player.
  3. From the Session Recording Player menu bar, choose Tools > Options > Connections .
  4. Select the Session Recording Server to which you want to connect.
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