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
Administering FileMaker Server
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Note You can use the Performance Monitor on a Windows client
computer or the Performance console on a Windows 2000 client
computer to view usages statistics for FileMaker Server remotely
when the server is also a Windows computer.
Monitoring performance locally (Windows 2000)
Using the Windows Performance console, you can chart real-time
statistics for various aspects of FileMaker Server performance.
To view FileMaker Server statistics in Windows Performance
console:
1. Click the Start button > Settings > Control Panel.
2. Open the Administrative Tools folder.
3. Double-click the Performance icon.
4. Select System Monitor in the Console Tree.
5. Click the + button on the toolbar.
You see the Counters dialog box.
6. Click Select counters from computer, then choose the server
computer from the list.
7. Click All counters (to chart all FileMaker Server usage statistics) or
click Select counters from list and choose the statistics you want to
chart, clicking 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.
8. Click Close.
Real-time statistical information for FileMaker Server appears in the
Performance console. For information about the statistics displayed,
see “Viewing usage statistics for FileMaker Server remotely” on
page 5-3.
Note You can use the Performance Monitor on a Windows NT client
computer or the Performance console on a Windows 2000 client
computer to view usages statistics for FileMaker Server remotely
when the server is also a Windows computer.
Opening the local administration window (Mac OS)
To open the FileMaker Server local administration window:
1. Start FileMaker Server.
2. Choose Window menu > Administration Window.
You see the FileMaker Server administration window.
Listing hosted files and guests locally (Mac OS)
The local administration window lists hosted databases and the
guests who are using them. You can choose to display information
by folder, files (databases), or guest.
FileMaker Server host name
List of hosted
database files
Number of open
databases
Local administration window (Mac OS)
Shows total files,
guests, and the
network protocols
in use
Click to reverse the
sort order in the
selected column