CLI Help

30: Status
Usage: fmsadmin STATUS [TYPE] [CLIENT_NUMBER] [FILE]
Description:
Retrieves the status of the specified TYPE.
Valid TYPEs:
CLIENT Retrieves the status of a client specified by
CLIENT_NUMBER.
FILE Retrieves the status of a database specified by FILE.
Options:
No command specific options.
31: Stop
Usage: fmsadmin STOP [TYPE] [options]
Description:
Stops the server or process(es) of specified TYPE.
Valid server TYPEs:
ADMINSERVER Stops the Admin Server.
SERVER Stops the Database Server. By default, all clients
are disconnected after 90 seconds.
Valid process TYPEs:
FMSE Stops the FileMaker Script Engine process.
FMSIB Stops the Server Progressive Backup process.
XDBC Stops the ODBC/JDBC listener process.
WPE Stops all Web Publishing processes.
FMDAPI Stops 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.