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
Chapter 2
Installing FileMaker Server in Windows
This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for installing
FileMaker Server and associated files on a computer using the
Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 operating system.
What you need
To use FileMaker Server, you need the following equipment and
software.
Intel-Pentium compatible systems
To use FileMaker Server on Intel-Pentium and compatible systems,
you need:
1 an Intel compatible PC with a Pentium or later processor
1 at least 32 MB of installed RAM (Windows NT) or 64 MB of
installed RAM (Windows 2000)
1 one of the following operating system software configurations:
1 Windows NT Server 4.0 or later or Windows NT Workstation
4.0 or later (10 or fewer users only) and Windows NT Service
Pack 3, 4, or 5. See the End User License Agreement that came
with the Windows NT operating system for more information
concerning the allowed number of connections.
1 Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2000 Professional (10 or
fewer users only)
1 Microsoft Management Console (MMC) 1.1 or later (installed by
the FileMaker Server Installer if not already installed on your
computer)
1 Internet Explorer 4.01 or later
1 FileMaker Pro 5 for running the remote administration capability
and for creating and converting databases to be hosted by
FileMaker Server 5. FileMaker Server 5 supports only
FileMaker Pro 5 databases.
1 a login account with administrative privileges for installing
FileMaker Server
1 a CD-ROM disk drive
1 a hard disk with at least 4 MB free disk space for the
FileMaker Server files. Be sure to allow additional space for the
database files you intend to host, which should be located on the
same disk as the FileMaker Server application.
Important Up to 20 MB of free disk space may be required during
the installation process.
Networking requirements
To share files among users on a network, you need to have the
following additional software and hardware installed on the host
computer running FileMaker Server:
1 a Windows NT or Windows 2000 compatible network card. If you
want to specify a preferred IP address for FileMaker Server, a second
network card is required. For more information, see “Setting the
preferred IP address” on page 4-9.
1 the software driver for your network card
1 NWLink IPX/SPX Compatible Transport and/or TCP/IP network
protocol for Windows NT or Windows 2000