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17: Restart
Usage: fmsadmin RESTART [TYPE]
Description:
Restarts the server or process(es) of specified TYPE. This command stops
the server or process TYPE and then starts it after a short delay.
Valid server TYPEs:
ADMINSERVER Stops then starts the Admin Server.
SERVER Stops then starts the Database Server.
Valid process TYPEs:
FMSE Restarts the FileMaker Script Engine process.
FMSIB Restarts the Server Progressive Backup process.
XDBC Restarts the ODBC/JDBC listener process.
WPE Restarts all Web Publishing processes.
FMDAPI Restarts all FileMaker Data API processes.
This command works only if the FileMaker Server service (Windows)
or fmserver_helperd daemon (macOS) is running.
Options: (applicable to SERVER only)
-f, --force
Expedites shut down of the Database Server. All clients are
immediately disconnected (overrides -t option).
-m message, --message message
Specifies a text message to send to the connected clients.
-t seconds, --gracetime seconds
Specifies the total number of seconds to wait before forcing
disconnection of clients. By default, all clients are
disconnected after 90 seconds..
18: Resume
Usage: fmsadmin RESUME [FILE...] [PATH...]
Description:
Makes a database that has been paused available again. Resumes activity on
the specified databases (FILE) or all the paused databases in the
specified folders (PATH). If no FILE or PATH is specified, all paused
databases are resumed.
Options:
No command specific options.