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
24 FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
On startup, FileMaker Server looks in the default database folder as
well as an optionally specified additional database folder for
databases to host. In each of these locations, FileMaker Server will
only open files at the root level and in folders one level down.
Specifying an additional database folder
Specify the path to an additional folder for hosting databases.
Specifying the default backup folder
Specify the path to a folder to be used by FileMaker Server when a
Back Up Database scheduled task runs. See
“Scheduling
administrative tasks” on page 45 for more information.
Important Do not put the default backup folder in the same folder as
the databases to be hosted, or in a subfolder within that folder,
because any databases in that folder are automatically opened when
FileMaker Server starts.
Setting administrative properties
Windows: Configure administrative properties in the Administration
assistant or select host and then choose choose
Action menu >
Properties > Administration tab.
Mac OS: To configure administrative properties, choose View
menu > Configure, then click the Administration tab.
Specifying a custom server name
For the computer running FileMaker Server, you can specify a server
name that’s different from the name registered by the operating
system.When you define a custom name, FileMaker
Pro clients see
this new name when they open the Open Remote File dialog box. The
custom name is also displayed when connecting using FileMaker
Server Admin.
Authenticating the administrator
FileMaker Server Admin can be protected by requiring:
1 a password for access
1 the administrator be a member of a local operating-system-level
group account called fmsadmin on the system where FileMaker
Server is running
1 the administrator be a member of the domain group account called
fmsadmin. The system running FileMaker Server must be logged in
to the same domain. See
“Defining groups for use with security
features (Windows)” on page 28 for more information.
Note Unless Allow remote users to administer FileMaker Server is
enabled, the settings apply only to local users on the system running
FileMaker Server.