Administrator’s Guide (Windows)

1-6 FileMaker Pro Server Administrator’s Guide
FileMaker Pro Server is designed to run by itself on a dedicated
computer—a computer where no applications are normally running.
Avoid installing FileMaker Pro Server on a computer that is a user’s
primary workstation or network file server. When FileMaker Pro Server
is hosting many guests or a large number of database files, it uses a high
level of processor and network capacity. Other processor-intensive
applications or heavy network traffic on the same computer may cause
FileMaker Pro Server to run more slowly and degrade the performance
of FileMaker Pro on guest computers.
Installing FileMaker Pro Server
Use the Setup program to install the complete FileMaker Pro Server
package on your hard disk. The installation program creates a folder
called FMServer. To host database files, move them into the FMServer
folder and then start the FileMaker Pro Server service.
The following table shows the files and folders you can install and the
best location for them on your hard disk.
File Description
Preferred location
on hard disk
fmserver.exe FileMaker Pro Server service C:\FMServer
fmsrvlog.txt FileMaker Pro Server log file C:\FMServer
fmsrvlas.txt Last FileMaker Pro Server log file C:\FMServer
fmsrvexs.txt FileMaker Pro Server excess log file C:\FMServer
fmserve.cpl FileMaker Pro Server control panel C:\Windows\System32
fmserve.hlp FileMaker Pro Server help file C:\Windows\System32
delsl1.isu File that uninstalls FileMaker Pro
Server
C:\FMServer\System
Sample batch files Sample template scripts to use for
running backups
C:\FMServer\Examples
readme.wri A text file containing important
information
C:\FMServer