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
remotely 5-3
Statistics log file. See Log files
Status (Current Date) function
5-16
Stop command (Windows) 6-6
Stopping FileMaker Server
Mac OS 3-5
Windows 2000 2-6
Windows NT 2-5
Summary reports B-1
Support, technical 1-1
System crash, checking for file
corruption 4-12
System requirements
See also Hardware
requirements; Memory;
Troubleshooting
Mac OS 3-1
Windows 2-1
T
Task Scheduling assistant
(Windows) 6-1
Tasks, scheduling. See Schedules
TCP/IP
host address C-5
hosting with
Mac OS 4-8
Windows 2-1, 4-8
troubleshooting C-5
TechInfo database D-1
Technical specifications A-1
See also FileMaker Server;
Optimization; Performance
Technical support
contacting 1-1
TechInfo database D-1
Tips. See Optimization;
Performance; Troubleshooting
Today function 5-16
TokenTalk. See Networks
Toolbar (Windows)
described 6-3
displaying descriptions for
buttons xi
Transaction statistics, described
5-4
Troubleshooting C-4–C-6
See also Log files; Hardware
requirements; Networks;
Optimization; Performance
U
Uninstalling FileMaker Server
(Windows) 2-8
Unsaved cache percentage 5-4
Unselectable icon, in Hosts dialog
box 4-7
Unused cache percentage B-1
Usage statistics
logging 4-9
viewing
locally (Mac OS) 5-11
remotely 5-3
Usage Statistics window (Mac
OS) 4-9
Users. See Guests
V
Viewing
details about files and guests,
remotely 5-6
FileMaker Server events
Mac OS 5-15
Windows 2000 5-15
Windows NT 5-14
scheduled tasks
Mac OS 6-4
Windows 6-3
usage statistics
locally (Mac OS) 5-11
remotely 5-3
Virtual memory. See Memory;
Performance
W, X, Y, Z
Web site
FileMaker, Inc. vii
for registering software 1-1
TechInfo database D-1
technical support 1-1
Writing guest data to disk 4-5