Administrator’s Guide
Table Of Contents
- Preface Using the FileMakerServer documentation
- Chapter 1 Welcome to FileMakerServer 5
- Chapter 2 Installing FileMakerServer in Windows
- What you need
- Installing FileMakerServer
- Where files are stored on your hard disk
- Starting FileMakerServer (WindowsNT)
- Starting FileMakerServer (Windows2000)
- Stopping FileMakerServer (WindowsNT)
- Stopping FileMakerServer (Windows2000)
- Installing the Server Administration plug-in on a remote computer running Windows
- Enabling the Server Administration plug-in using FileMakerPro (Windows)
- Uninstalling FileMakerServer (Windows)
- Chapter 3 Installing FileMakerServer in the MacOS
- What you need
- Installing FileMakerServer
- Adjusting memory (MacOS)
- Where files are stored on your hard disk
- Starting FileMakerServer (MacOS)
- Quitting FileMakerServer (Mac OS)
- Installing the Server Administration plug-in on a remote computer running the MacOS
- Enabling the Server Administration plug-in using FileMaker Pro (MacOS)
- Chapter 4 Configuring FileMakerServer
- Using the configuration assistants (Windows)
- Opening the Properties dialog box (Windows)
- Opening the Preferences dialog box (MacOS)
- Setting the number of guests
- Allowing disconnection of idle guests
- Setting the maximum number of files
- Changing the amount of memory used by FileMakerServer
- Setting how often the cache is flushed
- Allowing single user files to be hosted
- Opening runtime solutions automatically (Windows)
- Opening runtime solutions automatically (Mac OS)
- Enabling remote administration
- Specifying a custom host name
- Maximizing performance (MacOS)
- 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 Server Event Log (MacOS)
- Protecting files with a password
- How FileMakerServer behaves during system sleep
- Chapter 5 Administering FileMakerServer
- Administering FileMakerServer remotely
- Opening the Remote Administration window
- Listing hosted files and current guests remotely
- Viewing usage statistics for FileMakerServer remotely
- Hosting FileMakerPro5 files remotely
- Closing hosted files remotely
- Disconnecting guests remotely
- Viewing detailed information about hosted files and guests remotely
- Sending messages to guests remotely
- Sending messages to all guests remotely
- Administering FileMakerServer locally
- Monitoring performance locally (WindowsNT)
- Monitoring performance locally (Windows2000)
- Opening the local administration window (MacOS)
- Listing hosted files and guests locally (MacOS)
- Viewing usage statistics locally (MacOS)
- Hosting FileMaker Pro 5 files locally (MacOS)
- Closing hosted files locally (MacOS)
- Disconnecting guests locally (MacOS)
- Sending messages to guests locally (MacOS)
- Using reported events to track activities
- Recalculating the Today function inhosteddatabases
- Administering FileMakerServer remotely
- Chapter 6 Scheduling administrative tasks with FileMakerServer
- Scheduling tasks to run automatically (Windows)
- Scheduling tasks to run automatically (MacOS)
- 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 an AppleScript to automate tasks (MacOS)
- Making sure you don’t run out of disk space
- 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
Welcome to FileMaker Server 5
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Keep in mind the following points about the different uses of
FileMaker Server and FileMaker Pro:
1 Use FileMaker Server to open and host FileMaker Pro files that
you want to make available to FileMaker Pro guests on your
network.
1 As a dedicated host, FileMaker Server only hosts the files.
FileMaker Server can’t access or modify the information in the files.
1 Use FileMaker Pro to create database files or modify the structure
of existing files (for example, to password-protect each hosted
FileMaker Pro file or to access field definitions).
The FileMaker Web Companion feature of FileMaker Pro can be
used to publish files hosted by FileMaker Server on the World Wide
Web or a company’s intranet. For more information about web
publishing, see the documentaiton for FileMaker Developer,
FileMaker Pro, or FileMaker Pro Unlimited.
What’s in the FileMaker Server package
The FileMaker Server package includes:
What’s new or improved in
FileMaker Server 5
The new and improved features of FileMaker Server include:
1 Added support for up to 250 simultaneous guests (AppleTalk
support is limited to 124 simultaneous guests)
1 Ability to host up to 125 files simultaneously
1 Automatic disconnection of guests who have been idle for a period
of time you specify
1 Ability to host single user files without having to change them to
multi-user using FileMaker Pro
1 Ability to set the frequency with which the cache is flushed
1 Ability to specify a preferred IP address for FileMaker Server
communication
1 Ability to set the sampling frequency for usage statistics collection
1 Ability to set a preferred size for the statistics log file, used for
performance monitoring
1 Improved detail in logged messages
Windows
1 Ability to automatically open and host runtime database solution
files by registering non-.fp5 filename extensions
1 Ability to use the Windows Event Viewer to monitor
FileMaker Server activities
1 Usage statistics monitoring in the Windows Performance Monitor
1 Ability to schedule automatic backups of hosted databases using
the FileMaker Server console
1 Ability to sort and resize columns in the Schedules list
1 Better performance through improved asynchronous I/O support
Package component Description
FileMaker Server
CD-ROM
The Setup application (Windows), the Start Here
application (Mac OS), as well as all the files you
need to use FileMaker Server
FileMaker Server
Administrator’s Guide
This guide. Installation instructions and
information about how to use FileMaker Server
FileMaker registration
card
Information to register your copy of
FileMaker Server