Administrator’s Guide

Configuring FileMaker Server 25
Important If you require a password or authentication for security
reasons, also remember to restrict access to the server computer. Do
not put the computer in an unsecured room.
Enabling remote administration
Using the FileMaker Server Admin application, you can remotely
control, or administer, FileMaker
Server from a different computer
than the one on which FileMaker
Server is installed and hosting
databases. Select
Allow remote users to administer FileMaker Server to
enable remote administration.
Important You enable remote administration only with the FileMaker
Server Admin application installed on the same computer as
FileMaker Server. You can disable remote administration from a
remote computer.
After you enable remote administration, you can use FileMaker
Server Admin on a remote computer to configure FileMaker Server
properties, view a list of hosted databases, view the clients using
them, and monitor performance statistics. You can also send
messages to clients, disconnect clients, and open or close hosted
databases remotely.
Recording usage statistics and setting log
file size limits
Windows: Configure log file properties in the Administration assistant
or select host and then choose
Action menu > Properties > Logging tab.
Mac OS: To configure log file properties, choose View menu >
Configure
, then click the Logging tab.
Controlling the collection of usage statistics
Use Collect and update usage statistics every n (mm:ss) to set the
statistics collection interval. FileMaker
Server writes this
information to a log file.
When you enable statistical logging for FileMaker Server, a log file
is created in the FileMaker Server
7/Data/Logs/ folder.
You can view these statistics by opening the Stats.log file in any
application that can read tab-delimited data (FileMaker
Pro, a
spreadsheet, or a text editor) or the Console application (Mac
OS).
You can also view real-time usage statistics in the Statistics view of
FileMaker Server Admin.
Note The Console application on the Mac OS allows you to view a
.log file while also displaying updates to that file.
Operating
System
Statistics
log name View log in
Windows Stats.log 1 Performance Logs and Alerts (Windows 2000
Server)
1 System Monitor (Windows Server 2003)
Mac OS Stats.log 1 The Console application
1 Any application that can read tab-delimited data