Guide to Updating Plug-ins
Table Of Contents
- Preface Using the FileMakerServer documentation
- Chapter 1 Welcome to FileMakerServer 5.5
- Chapter 2 Installing FileMakerServer in Windows
- Chapter 3 Installing FileMakerServer in MacOS 8.6 to 9.1
- Chapter 4 Installing FileMakerServer in MacOS X
- Chapter 5 Installing FileMaker Server in Red Hat Linux
- Chapter 6 Configuring FileMakerServer (Windows and Mac OS)
- Using the configuration assistants (Windows)
- Opening the Properties dialog box (Windows)
- Opening the Preferences dialog box (MacOS 8.6 to 9.1)
- Opening the Preferences dialog (MacOSX)
- Setting the number of guests
- Allowing disconnection of idle guests
- Authenticating guest log on (Windows)
- Setting the maximum number of files
- Changing the amount of memory used by FileMakerServer
- Adjusting memory (MacOS 8.6 to 9.1)
- Setting how often the cache is flushed
- Allowing single user files to be hosted
- Allowing software updates to be downloaded automatically
- Opening runtime solutions automatically (Windows and MacOS X)
- Opening runtime solutions automatically (MacOS 8.6 to 9.1)
- Enabling remote administration
- Specifying a custom host name
- Maximizing performance (MacOS 8.6 to 9.1)
- Choosing network protocols
- Setting the preferred IP address
- Recording usage statistics and settingsizelimits
- Setting a size limit for the Application Log (WindowsNT)
- Setting a size limit for the Application Log (Windows2000)
- Setting a size limit for the event log (MacOS)
- Using FileMaker Server with a directoryservice
- Restoring FileMaker Server defaultsettings
- Protecting files with a password
- How FileMakerServer behaves during system sleep (Windows 2000 and Mac OS)
- Chapter 7 Administering FileMakerServer (Windows and Mac OS)
- Starting FileMakerServer (WindowsNT)
- Starting FileMaker Server (Windows 2000)
- Stopping FileMakerServer (WindowsNT)
- Stopping FileMakerServer (Windows2000)
- Starting FileMakerServer (MacOS8.6to9.1)
- Quitting FileMakerServer (MacOS8.6to9.1)
- Starting FileMakerServer (MacOS X)
- Quitting FileMakerServer (Mac OS X)
- Using remote administration
- Automatically downloading the Server Administration plug-in to a remote computer
- Opening the Remote Administration window
- Listing hosted files and current guests
- Viewing usage statistics for FileMakerServer
- Hosting FileMakerPro5.x files
- Closing hosted files
- Disconnecting guests
- Viewing detailed information about hosted files andguests
- Sending messages to guests
- Sending messages to all guests
- Determining if you have exclusive access to hosteddatabases
- Using local administration (Mac OS 8.6 to 9.1 )
- Opening the local administration window (MacOS 8.6 to 9.1)
- Listing hosted files and guests (MacOS 8.6 to 9.1)
- Viewing usage statistics (MacOS 8.6 to 9.1)
- Hosting FileMaker Pro 5.x files (MacOS 8.6 to 9.1)
- Closing hosted files (MacOS 8.6 to 9.1)
- Disconnecting guests (MacOS 8.6 to 9.1)
- Sending messages to guests (MacOS 8.6 to 9.1)
- Monitoring server performance (Windows)
- Using reported events to track activities
- Recalculating the Today function inhosteddatabases
- Chapter 8 Scheduling administrative tasks (Windows and Mac OS)
- Scheduling tasks to run automatically (Windows)
- Scheduling tasks to run automatically (MacOS 8.6 to 9.1)
- Scheduling tasks to run automatically (Mac OS X)
- Viewing scheduled tasks in the Schedules list (Windows)
- Viewing scheduled tasks in the Schedules window (MacOS)
- Running scheduled tasks manually
- Changing scheduled tasks
- Duplicating scheduled tasks
- Deleting scheduled tasks
- Enabling and disabling scheduled tasks
- Using the command line to automate tasks (Windows)
- Using a script to automate tasks (MacOS)
- Making sure you don’t run out of disk space during backups
- Chapter 9 Using FileMaker Server in Red Hat Linux
- Getting onscreen help with command and preference syntax
- Administering FileMaker Server
- Starting and stopping FileMaker Server automatically
- Configuring FileMaker Server
- Editing the configuration file
- Applying configuration changes
- Setting the number of guests
- Disconnecting idle guests
- Setting the maximum number of files
- Changing the amount of memory used by FileMaker Server
- Setting how often the cache is flushed
- Allowing single user files to be hosted
- Allowing software updates to be downloaded automatically
- Specifying the location of hosted files
- Specifying a user account name and group name for FileMaker Server
- Enabling remote administration in FileMaker Server
- Using the fmspasswd utility to encryptpasswords
- Specifying a custom host name
- Specifying the preferred IP address
- Opening runtime solutions automatically
- Using reported events and statistics to track activities
- Using FileMaker Server with a directoryservice
- Chapter 10 Manually installing the Server Administration pluginonaremote computer
- About the Server Administration plug-in
- Manually installing the plug-in on a remotecomputer (WindowsNT and Windows2000)
- Manually installing the plug-in on a remote computer (Windows95 or Windows 98)
- Enabling the Server Administration plug-in using FileMakerPro (Windows)
- Manually installing the Server Administration plug-in on a remote computer (MacOS)
- Enabling the Server Administration plug-in using FileMaker Pro (MacOS)
- Appendix A Technical specifications and optimization
- Appendix B Performance and usage tips
- Appendix C Event log messages and troubleshooting
- Appendix D About the TechInfo database
- Index
C-6 FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
Problems on guest computers
A FileMaker Pro guest using TCP/IP can’t find
FileMaker Server databases on the network.
Verify that TCP/IP networking software is properly installed on the host and guest computers. In the Hosts
dialog box, click the Specify Hosts button and enter the host IP address.
Windows and Red Hat Linux: Use the Ping command to contact the host address and verify the network is
working properly. Verify that the 250 simultaneous guest limit has not been reached.
Windows: Verify that the TCP/IP network protocol (or both TCP/IP and IPX/SPX) is selected in the
Networking tab of the Properties dialog box.
Mac OS: Verify that the TCP/IP network protocol (or both TCP/IP and AppleTalk [Mac OS 8.6 to 9.1]) is
selected in the Networking tab of the Preferences dialog box.
A FileMaker Pro guest using AppleTalk can’t find
FileMaker Server databases on the network.
Verify that the 124 simultaneous guest limit has not been reached. Also remember that AppleTalk is not
supported by FileMaker Server running in Windows or Mac OS X.
Symptom Suggested solution or explanation
Symptom Suggested solution or explanation
The FileMaker Server name does not appear in the
FileMaker Pro Hosts dialog box.
Hold down the Ctrl key (Windows) or Option key (Mac OS) as you click Hosts in the Open dialog box.
Sometimes with high network traffic, FileMaker Pro might not find the server on the first attempt. Holding
down the Ctrl or Option key forces FileMaker Pro to check the network for a longer period of time.
Windows: Verify that the FileMaker Server service is started in the Windows Services control panel.
On a TCP/IP network, you may need to specify the host IP address or name. Click Specify Hosts in the
TCP/IP Hosts dialog box, then type in the IP address or the name of the computer running FileMaker Server.
Guests using the IPX/SPX protocol can’t see
FileMaker Server databases.
Windows: This is generally caused by using an incorrect frame type on the server or guest machine. To change
the frame type on Windows, you must change the configuration of the IPX/SPX compatible protocol in the
Network control panel. See your Windows documentation for more details.
Guests receive Communication with the host was
interrupted and could not be re-established message on
guest computer.
The guest has been disconnected from a database by FileMaker Server because the guest didn’t comply with
a request from FileMaker Server to close a database. Another reason communication between the host and
guest may have been disrupted is due to a hardware failure (lost network connection) or a software connection
time-out (no response from guest for a given period of time). The latter could be caused by a screen saver,
debugger, or processor-intensive operation.
Guests receive servername is no longer available or the
host capacity has been exceeded message on guest
computer.
FileMaker Server has shut down or you reached the maximum allowable connections or guests on
FileMaker Server. Verify that FileMaker Server is running or increase the number of guests allowed in the
Guests tab of the Properties dialog box (Windows) or the Preferences dialog box (Mac OS). See “Setting the
number of guests” on page 6-3.