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
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FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
Notes
1 The FileMaker Server Installer installs MMC files on the server
computer, if MMC is not already installed. In this situation, a few
MMC-related files are installed in the System32 and Help folders on
your server computer in addition to the files listed in the table.
1 When you install the Server Administration plug-in on a remote
computer, the plug-in is installed in the System folder inside the
FileMaker Pro 5 folder on the remote computer. For more
information, see page 2-6.
Starting FileMaker Server (Windows NT)
To start the FileMaker Server service:
1. Place the FileMaker Pro 5 files that you want FileMaker Server to
open—or shortcuts to those files—in the same folder as
FileMaker Server (or in subfolders one level down).
Up to 125 FileMaker Pro 5 database files can be automatically
opened when FileMaker Server starts up.
2. Click the Start button > Settings > Control Panel.
3. Double-click the Services icon.
4. Select FileMaker Server in the list, then click Start.
FileMaker Server opens the FileMaker Pro files for access by
FileMaker Pro 5 guests on the network.
Note The Services control panel also lets you change how
FileMaker Server starts: either manually or automatically. If you
want to start FileMaker Server manually when Windows restarts,
click the Startup button, then click Manual. If you want
FileMaker Server to start automatically when Windows restarts,
click the Startup button, then click Automatic.
For information about starting the FileMaker Server service from the
command prompt, see “Using the command line to automate tasks
(Windows)” on page 6-6.
Sample batch
files
Sample template scripts to use for
running backups on the command line
hard_drive:\
Program Files\
FileMaker \
FileMaker Server 5
\ Examples
fmpctrnm.h Used for manual setup of
FileMaker Server Performance Monitor
support
hard_drive:\
Program Files\
FileMaker \
FileMaker Server 5
\ Perfctrs
fmpsperf.ini Used for manual setup of
FileMaker Server Performance Monitor
support
mmc.exe Microsoft Management Console
application
system_root\
System32
File Description Default location
Sets FileMaker Server
to start up
automatically or
manually
Starts the FileMaker
Server service
Stops the FileMaker
Server service
Services control panel (Windows NT)