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
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FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
Starting FileMaker Server Help
Whenever you open FileMaker Server Help, you start the Windows
Help application (Windows) or the FileMaker Help Viewer
application (Mac OS). These help applications run independently of
FileMaker Server.
To start FileMaker Server Help when you’re working in the
FileMaker Server console (Windows) or FileMaker Server
application (Mac OS), do one of the following:
1 Windows: Press F1, click on the toolbar, or choose Action
menu > Help.
The topic you see is dependent on whether FileMaker Server or
Schedules is selected in the Console Tree (left pane of the
FileMaker Server console). The Help topic displayed is specific to
the area of FileMaker Server you are working with.
1 Mac OS: Choose FileMaker Server Help from the Help menu, press
the Help key, or press 2+?.
The topic you see is dependent on the window or dialog box that is
open. The Help topic displayed is specific to the area of
FileMaker Server you are working with.
About the Help topic window
To navigate to other topics in FileMaker Server Help, you click
buttons and underlined text in the Help topic window.
For specific information about using FileMaker Server Help—such
as printing a Help topic—review the Help topics on using onscreen
Help.
Finding a topic using the Help Contents
Windows: In the FileMaker Server console, choose Action menu >
Help, then click Help Topics.
Mac OS: In FileMaker Server, choose Help menu > Contents and
Index.
If a FileMaker Server Help topic is displayed, click Help Topics in the
Help topic window, then click Contents (if necessary) to display the
Help Contents.
Title of the current topic
Click to return to the last topic viewed
Click to see a
subject overview
for this topic
Click to print the topic
Click solid underlined
text to display more
information about
this step
Click to move to the
previous or next topic
Click to see the Help Contents, Index,
or to search Help for specific text
A Help topic
Click to see a list
of related topics
Click dotted underlined
text to display a
glossary definition