Administrator’s Guide

Configuring FileMaker Server 4-9
Setting the preferred IP address
If you have multiple IP addresses, you can specify the one you want
FileMaker Server to use.
Windows: There is one IP address per network card.
Mac OS: Apple Open Transport determines the number of IP
addresses there are for each network card in your computer.
1. In the Properties (Windows) or Preferences (Mac OS) dialog box,
click the Networking tab.
2. Select an IP address from the menu.
3. Set any other options, then click OK.
You must restart FileMaker Server for the new setting to take effect.
Recording usage statistics and
setting size limits
When you enable statistical logging for FileMaker Server, a file
named fmsvplog.txt (Windows) or Server Statistics Log (Mac OS) is
created in your FileMaker Server 5 folder.
Windows: You can view information from this log in the Usage
Statistics window when you administer remotely, or you can display
it graphically in real-time on your server computer using the
Performance Monitor. For more information about viewing
statistics, see “Viewing usage statistics for FileMaker Server
remotely” on page 5-3 and “Monitoring performance locally
(Windows NT)” on page 5-8.
Mac OS: You can view information from this log in the Usage
Statistics window when you administer both remotely or locally. For
more information, see “Viewing usage statistics for
FileMaker Server remotely” on page 5-3 and “Viewing usage
statistics locally (Mac OS)” on page 5-11.
Tips
1 FileMaker Server saves statistical information in a log file named
fmsvplog.txt (Windows) or Server Statistics Log (Mac OS) in the
FileMaker Server 5 folder. This is a tab-delimited text file, so you
can import it into, or drag and drop it onto, FileMaker Pro (or any
other application that supports tab-delimited input). You can then
examine historical statistical information about how
FileMaker Server is performing.
When FileMaker Server is stopped and restarted, the existing log file is
renamed fmsvplas.txt (Windows) or Server Last Statistics Log (Mac OS)
and a new one is created to record information for the current session. To
save statistics for more than two sessions, rename the backup copy of the
log before restarting FileMaker Server or it will be overwritten.
1 Mac OS: To display statistical information graphically in real-
time, you can use Apple events to transfer information from the
Server Statistics Log to Microsoft Excel. You can then use Microsoft
Excel to chart statistics. For more information about supported
Apple events, see the AppleScript Examples folder inside the
FileMaker Server 5 folder.
To record usage statistics in a log file:
1. In the Properties (Windows) or Preferences (Mac OS) dialog box,
click the Logging tab.
Logging tab (Mac OS)
This option, described
on page 4-11, is
available for
FileMaker Server
running in the
Mac OS only