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
Installing FileMaker Server 15
Installing FileMaker Server (Windows)
This installation procedure describes how to install the
FileMaker
Server application and associated files. FileMaker Server
Admin is also installed with this procedure.
By default, the Setup program creates a folder named Program Files\
FileMaker\FileMaker
Server 7.
To install FileMaker Server:
1. Insert the FileMaker Server CD into the CD or DVD drive.
2. Double-click setup.exe.
3. Choose the installation language. Click OK.
You see the Welcome screen of the FileMaker Server Admin Setup
Wizard.
4. Click Next and follow the on-screen instructions.
5. Select an option for FileMaker Server start-up, then click Next and
follow the on-screen instructions.
6. When installation completes, you see a Product Registration
panel. You can register online if you have an Internet connection. If
you choose to register by letter or by fax, you can fill out the form on
your computer, print a copy of the form, and mail or fax it to
FileMaker.
Notes
1 The FileMaker Server Helper service is set to automatically start
whether you choose Automatic or Manual. The Helper is needed to
start the Server service from FileMaker Server Admin when
FileMaker
Server is not set to start automatically.
1 After installation, you must either restart the computer or start the
FileMaker Server service manually the first time. For more
information, see
“Starting FileMaker Server (Windows)” on
page 31. Thereafter, FileMaker Server will start when you restart the
computer.
Installing FileMaker Server Admin only (Windows)
You can install FileMaker Server Admin without entering a license
key using the separate FileMaker Server Admin installer. This
installer is on the FileMaker Server CD, and is also installed as part
of a typical FileMaker
Server installation.
To install FileMaker Server Admin from the FileMaker Server CD:
1. Insert the CD into the CD or DVD drive of the computer you
intend to use for remote administration.
2. Click the browse button, and open the Files folder.
3. Double-click FileMaker Server Admin.
4. Click Next and follow the on-screen instructions.
When you install FileMaker Server on Windows, the installer also
creates a separate installer for FileMaker Server Admin. You can use
this installer to install FileMaker Server Admin only on a networked
computer; the FileMaker
Server application is not installed when
you use the FileMaker Server Admin installer. This installer is
located in:
Program Files\FileMaker\FileMaker Server 7\
FMS
Admin Installer\
For remote administration of FileMaker Server, copy this folder to a
CD or server, and use it to install FileMaker Server Admin on other
computers using the above instructions.
Select If
Automatic You want FileMaker Server to start whenever Windows starts.
Manual You want FileMaker Server to start only after you start the
FileMaker Server service in the Services console.