Guide to Updating Plug-ins

7-18 FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
Tip You can use the Performance Monitor on a Windows client
computer or the System Monitor on a Windows 2000 client
computer to view usage statistics for FileMaker Server remotely
when the server is also a Windows computer.
Monitoring performance (Windows 2000)
Using the Windows System Monitor, you can chart real-time
statistics for various aspects of FileMaker Server performance.
To view FileMaker Server statistics in the System Monitor:
1. Start the FileMaker Server service, if it is not already running.
2. Click the Start button > Programs > FileMaker Server Console.
3. Select System Monitor in the Console Tree.
4. Click the + button on the toolbar.
5. You see the Add Counters dialog box.
6. Click Select counters from computer, then choose the computer
running FileMaker Server from the list.
7. For Performance object, choose FileMaker Server.
8. Click All counters (to chart all FileMaker Server usage statistics) or
click Select counters from list and choose the statistics you want to
chart, clicking Add after each selection.
Tip Transactions, Network KB/sec, Disk KB/sec. Cache Hit %, and Cache
Unsaved % give you the most information about how your system is
performing.
9. Click Close.
Real-time statistical information for FileMaker Server appears in the
System Monitor. For information about the statistics displayed, see
“Viewing usage statistics for FileMaker Server” on page 7-7.
Tip You can use the Performance Monitor on a Windows NT client
computer or the System Monitor on a Windows 2000 client
computer to view usage statistics for FileMaker Server remotely
when the server is also a Windows computer.
Using reported events to track activities
FileMaker Server uses the Windows Event Viewer (Windows) or
creates a Server Event Log (Mac OS 8.6 to 9.1) or Events.log
(Mac OS X) to help you keep track of activities on the server. These
log files contain time-stamped information on:
1 FileMaker Server starting and stopping
1 size of the database cache
1 database files opened and closed by FileMaker Server
Choose
FileMaker Server
Name of the server
you are monitoring
Click to add a
selected
counter to
your chart
Select
FileMaker Server
usage statistics
counters to add
to your chart
System Monitor (Windows 2000)
FileMaker Server
usage statistics
counters
Statistics are
charted in
real-time here