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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D
Database files. See Files
Dates, incorrect calculation 5-16
Dedicated host
described 1-1, A-1
performance issues 4-8
Deleting
FileMaker Server (Windows)
2-8
scheduled tasks 6-5
Dialog boxes, getting Help xi
Dimmed icon, in Hosts dialog box
4-7
Disabling
remote administration 4-6
scheduled tasks 6-5
Disconnecting guests
See also Administering;
Guests
locally (Mac OS) 5-13
remotely 5-6
troubleshooting C-5
Disconnection message 4-4
Disk
running out of room when
backing up files 6-8
writing guest data 4-5
writing statistics to log file
4-10
Disk I/O, asynchronous A-2
Disk KB/sec statistics, described
5-4
Documentation, for FileMaker
Server vii
DOS command line (Windows)
6-6–6-8, C-6
E
Edit Schedule dialog box 6-4
Enabling
remote administration 4-6
scheduled tasks 6-5
Server Administration plug-in
Mac OS 3-6
Windows 2-7
Error messages. See Messages;
Log files; Troubleshooting
Ethernet. See Networks
Event Viewer (Windows)
described 5-14
keeping data current 5-15
message descriptions C-1
Events
See also Log files
checking for file corruption
4-12
recording
Windows 2000 4-10
Windows NT 4-10
Exiting FileMaker Server
See also Quitting FileMaker
Server
Windows 2000 2-6
Windows NT 2-5
Extensions, filename (Windows)
registering 4-5
F
FAQ for FileMaker Server D-1
Features, new and improved 1-3
File sharing
cross-platform issues 2-2, 3-1
Windows B-2
File Types tab (Windows) 4-5
FileMaker Developer, described
4-5, 4-6
FileMaker Pro
enabling server plug-in
Mac OS 3-6
Windows 2-7
FileMaker Server, comparison
1-3
filename extensions,
registering (Windows) 4-5,
4-6
opening files
using command line
(Windows) 6-6
using FileMaker Server
5-4
passwords on files 4-11
Remote Administration
window 5-2
runtime solutions (Windows)
4-5, 4-6
FileMaker Server
See also Administering;
Configuring
activities
pausing using command
line (Windows) 6-6
resuming using command
line (Windows) 6-7
tracking remotely 5-4
viewing (Windows) 5-14
automatic file hosting B-2
closing files
locally (Mac OS) 5-12
remotely 5-5
using command line
(Windows) 6-6
coexistence with other
software A-2
configuring 4-1
console (Windows) 4-1
customizing 4-1
described 1-1–1-3
documentation, described vii
FileMaker Pro, comparison
1-3
files, described
Mac OS 3-4
Windows 2-3
guests per file A-1
hardware requirements
Mac OS 3-1
Windows 2-1
installing
Mac OS 3-1
Windows 2-2
limits A-1
making alias (Mac OS) 3-4
memory, changing
Mac OS 3-2, 4-4
Windows 4-4
network requirements
Mac OS 3-1
Windows 2-1
new features 1-3
opening files
locally (Mac OS) 5-11
remotely 5-4
using command line
(Windows) 6-6
optimizing B-1, C-1
performance tips B-1, C-1
quitting
Mac OS 3-5
Windows 2000 2-6
Windows NT 2-5
recording
events 4-10, 4-11
usage statistics 4-9
sample files
Mac OS 3-4
Windows 2-3, 2-4
scheduling tasks 6-1
security 4-7