Select
Sessions
,
Session Recording
Select
View Recording
in the right-hand column of the file of interest.
The Session Recording Viewer opens loaded with the selected recording.

Session info
In the top segment of the upper-left panel, information about the session and its recording is displayed:
Server
: target hostname or IP Address
Security Layer
:
NLA (TLS 1.2) | TLS (1.1) | TLS (1.0) | TLS (TLS 1.0) | TLS (1. 1) | TLS (1.2) | RDP
Encryption Level
: High | Client Compatible | Low | FIPS Compliant | Not Applicable
If Security Layer is SSL, then Encryption Level is shown as Not Applicable, regardless of FIPS status.
Source IP
client hostname or IP Address
Resolution
: pixels x pixels (graphical recordings only)
Quality
: High | Medium | Low (web session recordings only). This setting is for web recording bit depth. Locate the setting from Settings, Global Settings, Applet Customization, Web Recording Bit Depth.
Duration
: HH:MM:SS Start time, using the
PAM
server time zone. This setting is not used for CLI recordings. For the recording date, see the timestamp of recording.
Start
: Start time, including Time Zone (not used for CLI recordings).
End
: End time, including Time Zone (not used for CLI recordings).
User info
In the middle segment of the upper-left panel, information about the
Privileged Access Manager
and target users is displayed:
User
: target user login ID
(when applicable).
Domain
: target user domain
(when applicable)
PAM
ID
: appliance name (if available) or address.
PAM
User ID
: login ID
Recording info
In the bottom segment of the upper-left panel, information about the recording itself is displayed:
Recording type
: ssh | RDP | TELNET | TN3270 | TN5250 | VNC | Web
Size
: Filesize (KB)
SHA verification
status for recording file: In progress… | Valid | FAILED
Events
In the lower-left panel, any violations that occurred are listed under
Events:
Type
: Violation or Text (icons)
Time of Event
: HH:MM:SS
Description
: Brief generic description of violation or text activity

Use the play buttons at the bottom center-right portion of the panel. (Play buttons are not available on CLI recordings.)
Step Backward
– Causes a 5 second jump backward
Play/Pause
Stop
– upon re-Play, returns to beginning
Fast Forward
– Switch to run at 2x, 4x, or 6x actual speed (normal)
Step Forward
– causes a 5-second jump forward
Drag the progress cursor across the timeline.
Near the lower-left corner, enter figures in the
Jump to time
field to skip to any point in the session. The time of the position in the recording shows in the lower right corner, with the duration and the current progress.

Activate the dynamic resizer option by selecting
Operation
,
Auto Scale
(or by typing Ctrl-A).
While
selected
, the GUI expands or contracts against the inner frame of the window as you resize the viewer. Meanwhile, it displays the new linear dimension (width or height) as a percentage of the original GUI length. After you stop resizing the viewer, this linear dimension box fades away.
When
unselected
, the viewer freezes the GUI to the size of the current inner frame. The frame no longer changes size as you expand or contract the viewer.
A reset option,
Operation
,
Original Size (1:1)
(Ctrl-R), to resize the recorded GUI to its original dimensions immediately

Keyboard shortcuts
Use
Ctrl
+
to zoom in and expand the recorded window in 5 percent increments
Use
Ctrl
-
to zoom out and contract the recorded window in 5 percent decrements
Keyboard-mouse shortcuts
Press
Ctrl
while moving the mouse (scroll) wheel up to zoom in and expand the recorded window
Press
Ctrl
while moving the mouse (scroll) wheel down to zoom out and contract the recorded window
Mouse panning:
If the recorded window is larger than the viewing window (not completely in view), you can pan with the mouse. Hold the mouse wheel down to grab and move the recorded window, so that the viewing window pans across the recorded window.
Zoom control: When you select the magnifying glass icon to the left of the navigation buttons, a zoom control slider is available. This widget provides you fine-tuned control of the size of the recorded GUI:
When you move the slider button up or down, you can resize the recorded window in a continuous motion.
By selecting the plus or minus of the zoom control, you can increase or decrease the recorded window in 1 percent increments.
The
maximum
size of the recorded window is 200 percent of its original linear size. The
minimum
size is 180 pixels on the shorter of the two dimensions (height or width).
For example: You can zoom in (expand) a 640 x 480 pixel window so that you view 1280 x 960 pixels. Zoom out (reduce) the window to see an actual viewing size of 240 x 180 pixels.

From the recording viewer menu bar, select
Operation
,
Find
to open a text-search panel above the display.
To the right of
Find what
, enter a string into the text box. Optionally, select checkboxes to restrict the search to
Match case
or to match only a
Whole word
.
Select the arrows next to the text box to reposition the window to the next instance of the search term on the top line.
Continue selecting the arrow to continue locating matches.

 
Recording file contains only file header packet. Possibly the remote server is powered off 
or security settings are too high. Deleting the file: gk72-0000001518-20130322092630268_RDP 

Use the Session Recording list
Select
View Recording
at the right of the
red violation line
record in the
Session Recording
list. The Session Recording Viewer window launches, and starts playing from the beginning of the session.
Search the logs
To search the logs, following these steps:
Select
Sessions, Logs
.
In the upper-right hand corner of list, select
Search
.
The Advanced Search pop-up window appears.
Set the Transactions to Violations, and select Search (at bottom of pop-up).
If a policy violation has occurred in an RDP applet session, a
View Recording
button appears in its record.
Select the
View Recording
button to bring up the RDP Session Recording Viewer. The recording begins a moment before the time of the violation.