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
5-8
FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
Administering FileMaker Server locally
If you’re running FileMaker Server in Windows, you must use the
remote administration capability from a different computer (not the
one running FileMaker Server) to perform most administrative tasks.
However, you can monitor usage statistics from the server computer
using the Performance Monitor (Windows NT) or Performance
console (Windows 2000). For more information, see the next
section, “Monitoring performance locally (Windows NT),” or
“Monitoring performance locally (Windows 2000)” on page 5-9.
If you’re running FileMaker Server in the Mac OS, you can perform
all the administrative activities described in the previous sections in
this chapter from the computer running the server software. The
steps you follow, however, are different and are described beginning
on page 5-9. In addition, you can perform many administrative tasks
using Apple events both from the local computer or a remote
computer. For more information about Apple events, see the
AppleScript Examples folder inside the FileMaker Server 5 folder.
Monitoring performance locally (Windows NT)
Using the Windows Performance Monitor, you can chart real-time
statistics for various aspects of FileMaker Server performance.
To view FileMaker Server statistics in Windows Performance
Monitor:
1. Click the Start button > Programs > Administrative Tools (Common)
> Performance Monitor.
2. Choose Edit menu > Add To Chart.
3. For Object, choose FileMaker Server.
4. For Counter, choose the FileMaker Server statistics that you want
to track, then click Add after each selection.
Tip Transactions, Network KB/sec, Disk KB/sec. Cache Hit %, and Cache
Unsaved % give you the most information about how your system is
performing.
5. Click Done.
Real-time statistical information for FileMaker Server appears in the
Performance Monitor.
For information about the statistics displayed, see “Viewing usage
statistics for FileMaker Server remotely” on page 5-3.
Choose
FileMaker Server
Name of the server
you are monitoring
Click to add a selected
counter to your chart
Click to see your chart
Select
FileMaker Server
usage statistics
counters to add
to your chart
Windows Performance Monitor
FileMaker Server
usage statistics
counters
Statistics are
charted in
real-time here