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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When the set time elapses, FileMaker Server disconnects any
remaining guests and closes the file or files in the folder. The file or
folder name no longer appears in the local administration window.
Completing the process of closing a folder, a large database file, or a
file with many connected guests may take several minutes.
Disconnecting guests locally (Mac OS)
To disconnect a guest of a hosted database:
1. In FileMaker Server, choose Window menu > Administration
Window.
2. Click the Guests tab to display a list of guests who are currently
connected to hosted databases.
3. Select a guest that you want to disconnect from hosted databases.
Tip You can Shift-click additional guests in the list to disconnect
more than one at a time.
4. Choose File menu > Disconnect Guest.
You see the Disconnect selected guests dialog box.
5. Enter text for the options in the dialog box, or accept the default
settings. For more information about disconnection options, see
“Disconnecting guests remotely” on page 5-6.
6. Click OK.
The guest name in the list changes to italics to show that
FileMaker Server is attempting to disconnect the guest.
7. The selected guest sees a notification dialog box with your
message requesting that the guest disconnect from the server. If the
guest doesn’t disconnect, the message repeats approximately one
minute before the guest is set to be disconnected.
8. When the set time elapses, FileMaker Server disconnects the guest
and the guest’s name disappears from the Guests tab in the
administration window.
Sending messages to guests locally (Mac OS)
To send a message at any time to one or more guests:
1. In the FileMaker Server, choose Window menu > Administration
Window.
2. In the Administration window, make a selection.
Tip You can Shift-click additional guests to send your message to a
group of specific guests.
3. Choose File menu > Send Message.
You see the Send Message to selected guests dialog box.
Type your
message here
Enter the number of minutes
until FileMaker Server will
disconnect guests
Select To send a message to
A database file All guests of the database
A folder Guests of the databases in the folder
A guest One guest
Nothing All guests
Type your
message here