Network Install Setup Guide

Network Install Setup Guide 5
Some PDF documentation comes with the product DVD or electronic download. You can also
access electronic documentation in the following ways:
1 In Admin Console, choose Help menu > FileMaker Server Product Documentation.
1 Click the links on the FileMaker Server Admin Console Start Page.
1 On the web, go to http://www.filemaker.com/documentation.
Online Help is accessible from FileMaker Server Admin Console, Help menu > FileMaker Server
Help.
For information about the product or deploying FileMaker Server, see FileMaker Server 13 Getting
Started Guide.
About assisted installations
An assisted installation eases installation of FileMaker Server when users are installing multiple
deployments. You enter required information (such as a generic user name, company name,
license key, and various installation options) in a personalization file and then make the file
available on your network. The file is used by the installer to install FileMaker
Server on computers
in your organization.
In Windows, you can also set up a silent (unattended) installation, which suppresses display of the
installation screens. For more information, see
“About silent assisted installations (Windows)” on
page 7.
After you edit the personalization file and make it and the FileMaker Server installation files
available on the network, users can perform an assisted installation. See
“How users perform an
assisted installation” on page 7.
After an assisted installation of FileMaker Server, users must use the Deployment assistant to set
up their single- or multiple-machine deployments of FileMaker Server. For more information,
instruct users to see FileMaker Server 13 Getting Started Guide.
Setting up assisted installations
To set up a networked volume so that users can install FileMaker Server for both Windows and
OS
X, perform the steps in the following sections.
Copying installation files to a networked volume
To make FileMaker installation files available on your network:
1. Create a folder on a networked volume for the FileMaker Server installer files.
2. Locate the following folder and files and copy them to the folder you created on your networked
volume:
1 Windows: The Files folder, which contains the personalization file, Assisted Install.txt, and
other required installation files.
1 OS X: The FileMaker Server 13 installer application and the personalization file,
Assisted
Install.txt.
3. To use a personalization file, continue with the next section.
If you don’t want to use a personalization file, you are done.