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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To stop the FileMaker Server service on a remote computer:
1. Choose the Start button > Programs > FileMaker Server Admin.
2. Connect to the FileMaker Server that you want to stop.
3. Choose Action menu > Stop FileMaker Server.
4. You see a message asking for confirmation that you want to stop
FileMaker Server.
5. Click Yes.
Notes
1 Quitting FileMaker Server Admin does not stop the FileMaker
Server service.
1 Stopping the FileMaker Server service does not stop the FileMaker
Server Helper service.
1 Clients are requested to close the files hosted by FileMaker Server.
Starting FileMaker Server (Mac OS)
FileMaker Server running in the Mac OS has two primary
components: an administration application, called FileMaker Server
Admin, and the daemons (UNIX processes with no interface) that
comprise FileMaker Server.
To start the FileMaker Server daemon locally:
1. In FileMaker Server Admin, choose Server menu > Local FileMaker
Server Administration.
2. Click the lock.
3. At the prompt, enter an OS-level user name and password.
The account must have administrative privileges.
4. Click Start FileMaker Server.
Both the FileMaker Server and FileMaker Server Helper daemons
start.
To start the FileMaker Server daemon on a remote computer:
Note The FileMaker Server Helper daemon must be running on the
remote computer and the
Allow remote users to administer FileMaker
Server
preference must be enabled.
1. In FileMaker Server Admin, choose Server menu > Connect to
FileMaker Server.
2. Select the Server you want to connect to.
3. In the Connect to FileMaker Server dialog box, with no item
selected in the Favorite Servers list, click
Add to Favorites.
4. Double-click FileMaker Server in the list, then type the hostname.
5. Double-click Address/Hostname, then type the IP address.
6. Click Connect.
You see the following message:
“FileMaker Server [server name] [IP address] is not running. Would
you like to start FileMaker Server and then connect?”
7. Click Yes.
FileMaker Server opens the FileMaker Pro files for access by
FileMaker
Pro clients on the network. For information about starting
the FileMaker
Server service from the command prompt, see “Using
the command line to automate tasks” on page 42.
Notes
1 You can use the Activity Monitor application (Mac OS 10.3) or
Process Viewer application (Mac
OS 10.2.8) to see if FileMaker
Server or FileMaker Server Helper is running. Use
fms as the process
filter. See Mac
OS Help for more information.
1 You can make an alias for FileMaker Server Admin, but not for the
FileMaker Server application.
1 Typically, FileMaker Server is automatically started when the
computer is started. This can be specified during installation or with
the Local FileMaker Server Administration dialog box.