Guide to Updating Plug-ins

8-2 FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
2. In the New Schedule dialog box, type a name for the task in the
Schedule Name text box.
3. Choose the type of task (Back Up Database, Run Script, or Send
Message) from the pop-up menu. See the sections following step 6
for more information.
4. Click one or more days you want the task to be performed.
5. Click one or more hours and the up arrow for Start at n minutes past
the hour to set the time you want the task to be performed.
To deselect a day or hour, click it again.
Note A new scheduled task is enabled by default, which means the
task will run at its scheduled time after you close the New Schedule
dialog box. For more information about enabling and disabling
scheduled tasks, see page 8-7.
6. Click OK.
Scheduling database backups (Mac OS 8.6 to 9.1)
1
For Operate on, choose one of the following options:
1 For Back up to, click Specify and locate a folder that you want
FileMaker Server to store your backups in, or create a new folder.
Tips
1 Be sure to specify a folder that is not in the same folder as the
FileMaker Server application (or a subfolder one level down).
Otherwise, your backups could accidentally be opened after a server
restart because FileMaker Server automatically opens all databases
in this location on startup.
1 It’s important that you have enough disk space on the backup
destination disk. For more information, see “Making sure you don’t
run out of disk space during backups” on page 8-10.
Running a script (Mac OS 8.6 to 9.1)
1
For Operate on, choose one of the following options:
Note For an example using the No Databases option, see the example
AppleScript named Run a Schedule in the AppleScript Examples
folder inside the FileMaker Server 5.5 folder.
Type a name for the scheduled task
Choose a
task type
Choose the files
(or files in a
folder) that the
task should
operate on, or
choose No
Databases
Set the day
and time the
schedule
should run
Enable or disable the
scheduled task
Choose a
backup location
(if applicable)
Choose To
All Databases Back up all hosted databases that are currently open
A specific folder name
in the pop-up menu
Back up hosted databases in the selected folder
Choose To
All Databases Have the script affect all hosted databases that are
currently open
A specific folder name
in the pop-up menu
Run the script on all databases in the selected folder
No Databases Run a non-database related script