Administrator’s Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Getting started
- Chapter 2 Installing FileMaker Server
- Chapter 3 Configuring FileMaker Server
- Using the configuration assistants (Windows)
- Configuring client connections
- Setting database properties
- Opening runtime solutions automatically
- Specifying additional database and default backup folders
- Setting administrative properties
- Recording usage statistics and setting log file size limits
- Configuring directory services
- Setting FileMaker Server security
- Restoring FileMaker Server default settings
- How FileMaker Server behaves during system sleep or abnormal shutdown
- Chapter 4 Administering FileMaker Server
- Default folders for files
- Starting FileMaker Server (Windows)
- Stopping FileMaker Server (Windows)
- Starting FileMaker Server (Mac OS)
- Stopping FileMaker Server (Mac OS)
- Overview of starting and stopping FileMaker Server using FileMaker Server Admin
- Connecting to FileMaker Server using FileMaker Server Admin
- Administering hosted databases
- Enabling database plug-ins
- Viewing usage statistics for FileMaker Server
- Monitoring server performance (Windows)
- Using reported events to track activities
- Using FileMaker Server in Mac OS
- Using the command line to automate tasks
- Chapter 5 Scheduling administrative tasks
- Scheduling database backups
- Running script files
- Sending messages to clients of hosted databases
- Viewing scheduled tasks in the Schedules view (Windows)
- Viewing scheduled tasks in the Schedules view (Mac OS)
- Running scheduled tasks manually
- Editing scheduled tasks
- Duplicating scheduled tasks
- Deleting scheduled tasks
- Enabling and disabling scheduled tasks
- Index
14 FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
Networking requirements (Windows)
To share files among users on a network, you need to have the
following additional software and hardware installed on the host
computer running FileMaker
Server:
1 Windows compatible network card
1 the software driver for your network card
1 TCP/IP network protocol
Note Because some DHCP servers cycle IP addresses, FileMaker
recommends using a static IP address.
Mac OS requirements
Minimum requirements for 1-50 clients
1 Apple G4 500 MHz
1 256 MB of installed RAM
1 Mac OS X (10.2.8), or Mac OS X Server (10.2.8)
1 hard disk with at least 1 GB of available disk space. Be sure to
allow additional space for the database files you intend to host, which
must be located on the same disk as the FileMaker
Server
application.
1 login account with administrative privileges for installing
FileMaker
Server
1 CD or DVD drive
Minimum requirements for more than 50 clients
1 Apple G4 1 GHz
1 512 MB of installed RAM (1 GB or more recommended)
1 Mac OS X (10.2.8), or Mac OS X Server (10.2.8)
1 hard disk with at least 1 GB of available disk space. Be sure to
allow additional space for the database files you intend to host, which
must be located on the same disk as the FileMaker
Server
application.
1 login account with administrative privileges for installing
FileMaker
Server
1 CD or DVD drive
Networking requirements (Mac OS)
1 TCP/IP network protocol
Note Because some DHCP servers cycle IP addresses, FileMaker
recommends using a static IP address.
Important note about supported operating systems
At the time this book was written, FileMaker, Inc. tested
FileMaker
Server with the Windows and Mac OS operating systems
listed above. These are the minimal requirements; the software may
also work with later versions certified by FileMaker.
About FileMaker Server Advanced and web publishing
support
You can install the Web Publishing Engine and its associated
software components on the same computer as FileMaker
Server, or
on one or two separate host computers, depending on your needs.
Web publishing requires more server resources and may also require
the use of more powerful computers, especially when all of the
software components are installed on a single computer. For more
information, see the
FileMaker Server Advanced Web Publishing
Installation Guide
.