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
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For information on the types of statistics that are collected in the
statistics log, see
“Viewing usage statistics for FileMaker Server” on
page 37.
Managing log files
When Stats.log reaches its maximum size, FileMaker Server
renames it Stats-old.log and creates a new Stats.log.
Displaying statistics
In Windows, you can chart real-time statistics for various aspects of
FileMaker Server performance. See
“Monitoring server performance
(Windows)” on page 38.
Logging FileMaker Server events
Events that occur while FileMaker Server is running are logged and
timestamped. Typical events that are logged include FileMaker
Server starting and stopping, database files opening and closing,
clients logging in and out, scheduled tasks running, and changes to
FileMaker Server properties.
In Windows, events are logged in the Windows Application Log. For
more information, see
“Viewing activities in the Event Viewer
(Windows)” on page 39. In the Mac OS, events are logged in the
Event.log file that is created in the FileMaker Server/Data/Logs/
folder. When this file reaches 40 MB, it is renamed Event-old.log and
a new Event.log file is created. For more information, see
“Viewing
activities in the Event.log (Mac OS)” on page 39.
Configuring the Event Viewer (Windows)
You can configure the Event Viewer log files to overwrite event
information, because the default setting is to stop recording events
when the log files become full. If you have many databases open with
many users accessing them, and if you flush the cache often, the log
files could fill up quickly and the information in the log files could
quickly become out of date.
You can configure the Event Viewer log files by selecting the log file
in the Console Root and choosing
Action menu > Properties.
You can increase the Maximum Log Size setting from the default
512
KB, depending on how much FileMaker Server activity you
anticipate on your server computer. You can also select
Overwrite
Events as Needed
to continue logging events after the log file is full.
Configuring directory services
Windows: Change properties in the Directory Service assistant or
select host and then choose
Action menu > Properties > Directory
Service
tab.