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
Chapter 4
Administering FileMaker Server
This chapter provides information about starting and stopping
FileMaker Server and administering hosted databases.
Default folders for files
Before starting FileMaker Server, place your files in the following
folders.
Important Because Mac OS X is UNIX based, you must make
permissions changes to your database files, plug-ins, and scripts
before hosting them with FileMaker Server in Mac
OS X. See
“Using FileMaker Server in Mac OS” on page 39 for more
information.
Database files
Place the FileMaker Pro files that you want FileMaker Server to open
in the folders:
Windows: Program Files\FileMaker\FileMaker Server 7\ Data\
Databases\
Mac OS: [hard disk]/Library/FileMaker Server 7/Data/Databases/
Note FileMaker Server will also automatically open files located in
the first level of subfolders within these folders.
You can also place the files in an additional database folder. For more
information, see
“Specifying an additional database folder” on
page 24.
Up to 125 FileMaker Pro database files can be automatically opened
when FileMaker Server starts up.
Mac OS: FileMaker recommends adding the .fp7 file extension to all
hosted databases. Although this extension is not necessary for
databases used exclusively on the Mac
OS, the .fp7 extension is
necessary for databases used on Windows.
Server plug-ins
Place server plug-ins in the folder:
Windows: Program Files\FileMaker\FileMaker Server 7\Extensions\
Plugins\
Mac OS: [hard disk]/Library/FileMaker Server 7/Extensions/
Plugins/
Plug-ins to be updated automatically on client machines
Place plug-ins to be updated automatically on client machines in the
folder:
Windows: Program Files\FileMaker\FileMaker Server 7\Data\
Databases\AutoUpdate\
Mac OS: [hard disk]/Library/FileMaker Server 7/Data/Databases/
AutoUpdate/
Shell scripts
Place shell scripts in the folder:
Windows: Program Files\FileMaker\FileMaker Server 7\Data\
Scripts\
Mac OS: [hard disk]/Library/FileMaker Server 7/Data/Scripts/
Starting FileMaker Server (Windows)
FileMaker Server running in Windows has two primary components:
an administration application, called FileMaker Server Admin, and
the services that comprise FileMaker Server.
If you didn’t choose to start FileMaker Server automatically during
Windows startup or if you stopped FileMaker Server, you can start it
again manually.