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 3
Installing FileMaker Server in the Mac OS
This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for installing the
FileMaker Server application and associated files on your Mac OS
computer.
What you need
To use FileMaker Server, you need the following equipment and
software.
Mac OS system requirements
To use FileMaker Server, you need:
1 any Apple Power Macintosh or compatible computer, running
Mac OS 8.6 or later. FileMaker Server runs in native mode on a
Power Macintosh.
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 web browser for accessing FileMaker on the Web information from
the Help menu
1 a CD-ROM disk drive
1 32 MB of available system memory (RAM). For information about
running FileMaker Server with virtual memory turned on, see
“FileMaker Server, virtual memory, and physical memory
requirements” on page 3-3.
1 an internal or external hard disk drive with at least 4 MB of free
disk space to install the FileMaker Server application and all related
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.
Networking requirements
To share files among users on a network, you can use AppleTalk or
TCP/IP networking. TCP/IP is recommended for best performance.
Apple Open Transport 2.0.1 (or later) is required on the computer
running FileMaker Server.
Guests can use the following network protocols to access database
files hosted by FileMaker Server:
Installing FileMaker Server
Use the Installer to install the complete FileMaker Server package on
your hard disk. The Installer creates a folder called
FileMaker Server 5.
To install FileMaker Server on your hard disk:
1. Quit all other applications, especially virus protection software,
and disable file sharing.
2. Insert the FileMaker Server CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
You see the CD window on your screen. If you see only the disc icon,
double-click the icon to open its window.
Network
protocol Mac OS guest Windows guest
AppleTalk Apple LocalTalk (provided by your
system) or Apple EtherTalk (Phase I
or II)
AppleTalk isn’t supported
on FileMaker Pro 5 running
in Windows
TCP/IP Apple Open Transport 1.1.1 (or
later)
Microsoft TCP/IP-32