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
Configuring FileMaker Server
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3. Click any tab to set options for FileMaker Server configuration.
For configuration details, refer to the remaining sections in this
chapter.
Setting the number of guests
You can specify the number of guests who are simultaneously
connected to FileMaker Server. Specifying a lower number leaves
more memory available for FileMaker Server to operate.
See appendix B, “Performance and usage tips” for more information
about memory optimization.
To set the number of FileMaker Pro guests:
1. In the Properties (Windows) or Preferences (Mac OS) dialog box,
click the Guests tab.
2. Enter a number for the Allow up to
n
simultaneously connected
guests option.
The minimum number of guests is 1 and the maximum is 250.
(AppleTalk support is limited to 124 simultaneous guests.) For
example, if you monitor guest usage over time and notice you rarely
have more than 22 guests active at one time, set this option to allow
25 guests for best performance on your server.
3. Set any other options, then click OK.
If you increase the number of guests allowed, you must restart
FileMaker Server for the new setting to take effect.
Allowing disconnection of idle guests
FileMaker Server can disconnect guests who have been idle for more
than a specified period of time. You can:
1 specify the amount of time before idle guests are disconnected
1 use the default disconnect message to warn guests that they will be
disconnected, or write a custom message
Setting a time to disconnect idle guests
FileMaker Server can disconnect guests after a specified amount of
idle time.
Tip To avoid being disconnected, guests should periodically show
some activity (for example, move to a different record, then click in
one of the fields) when working in databases hosted by
FileMaker Server.
1. In the Properties (Windows) or Preferences (Mac OS) dialog box,
click the Guests tab.
2. Select Disconnect Idle Guests.
3. Click the up or down arrow to select the amount of idle time after
which inactive guests should be disconnected. The minimum setting
is 30 minutes and the maximum setting is 24 hours.
4. Set any other options, then click OK.
Preferences dialog box (Mac OS)