User guide

Managing remote servers through the Video Session Viewer 80
NOTE: Stealth video sessions are passive video sessions, where the primary user is not aware of the
presence of the secondary user. The ability to open a stealth video session is governed by the privilege of
the user. If a user can preempt another user, they can also open a Stealth video session.
Access to the server is governed by the nature of the current connection of the user to the server.
There are two types of Video Session Viewer users, a primary user and up to 11 simultaneous secondary
users (a single console switch supports up to 12 simultaneous sessions across all attached servers). Only
the primary user can accept or reject preemption requests for all users sharing a connection. The primary
user also maintains control of video parameters and the display resolution of the video session.
Secondary users can be either active users who have the ability to input mouse and keyboard data or
passive users who may not input mouse and keyboard data.
If Automatic Sharing is enabled on the console switch (Global>Session), secondary users do not need the
permission of the primary user to join the session.
If a primary user leaves the session, then the oldest secondary user with active user privileges will become
the primary user. If there are no secondary users with active user privileges sharing the session when the
primary user leaves the session, then the session will be closed.
For more information about configuring connection sharing, see "Configuring session parameters (on
page 38)."
Expanding and refreshing the Video Session Viewer
You can adjust your view using the three icons at the top of the Video Session Viewer. The first icon,
Single Cursor Mode, hides the local cursor. Press the F10 key to return to dual cursor mode. The second
icon, Refresh Video, enables you to refresh the video. The third icon, Align Local Cursor, enables you to
align the mouse cursors.
Adjusting the local cursors
To adjust the local cursors, click Align Local Cursor. The local cursor aligns with the cursor on the
remote server. If the cursors drift out of alignment, turn off the mouse acceleration in the server.
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To adjust the local and remote cursors' tracking, perform an Automatic Video Adjust from the Tools
menu option.
Refreshing the screen
To refresh the screen, click Refresh Video.
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From the Video Session Viewer menu, select View>Refresh. The digitized video image is completely
regenerated.
Expanding to full screen mode
From the Video Session Viewer menu, select View>Full Screen. The desktop window disappears, and
only the accessed server desktop is visible. The screen resizes up to 1280 x 1024. If the client desktop
has a higher resolution than the target desktop, a blank background surrounds the full screen image. A
floating toolbar appears.
To exit full screen mode, click Normal Window Mode on the floating toolbar in the upper right
corner.