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 17
Verifying your installation
Before you configure FileMaker Server you should verify that your
copy has been installed correctly and is working.
FileMaker Server installs a pre-configured sample database as part of
a typical installation. This database, named
FMServer_Sample_Config.fp7, is located in the
Sample_Configuration folder within the default Databases folder
(/FileMaker Server 7/Data/Databases/Sample_Configuration/
FMServer_Sample_Config.fp7). It is is opened automatically when
FileMaker
Server is launched.You can close and remove this
database after you have verified that FileMaker
Server is functioning
correctly.
To verify that FileMaker Server is functioning correctly:
1. Start FileMaker Server. Depending on the option you chose on
installation, FileMaker
Server either launches automatically or must
be launched manually. See
“Starting FileMaker Server (Windows)”
on page 31, or “Starting FileMaker Server (Mac OS)” on page 33,
for more information.
2. Start the FileMaker Server Admin application.
Windows: Choose the Start button > Programs > FileMaker Server
Admin.
Mac OS: Start the FileMaker Server Admin application
(Applications/FileMaker
Server 7/).
3. Windows: Select FileMaker Server in the Console Root and choose
Action menu > Connect to FileMaker Server.
Mac OS: Choose Server menu > Connect to FileMaker Server.
4. From the pop-up menu at the top of the Connect to FileMaker
Server dialog box, choose
Local Servers, Favorite Servers, or Servers
Listed by LDAP.
If you are using FileMaker Server Admin on the same computer that
is running FileMaker
Server, you can choose (localhost) in the
Favorite Servers view.
For a remote Server, add the IP address to Favorite Servers. You can
select a Server from the
Local Servers list and click Add to Favorites to
add it to the Favorite Servers list.
In the Servers Listed by LDAP list, you see the FileMaker Servers that
have the
Register FileMaker Server with a directory service property
enabled.
5. Select the FileMaker Server you want to administer, then click
Connect.
6. Type a user name and password, if you are prompted to enter it.
7. Select the Databases node (Windows) or click the Databases
button (Mac
OS).
8. The FMServer_Sample_Config.fp7 database should be listed as
Normal in the Status column.