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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Connecting to FileMaker Server using
FileMaker Server Admin
Once you have started FileMaker Server, you can connect to it
locally or remotely using FileMaker Server Admin.
To connect to FileMaker Server:
1. Start FileMaker Server Admin.
Windows: Choose the Start button > Programs > FileMaker Server
Admin.
Mac OS: Start FileMaker Server Admin (Applications/FileMaker
Server
7/).
2. Windows: Select FileMaker Server in the Console Root and choose
Action menu > Connect to FileMaker Server.
Mac OS: Choose Server menu > Connect to FileMaker Server.
3. From the pop-up menu at the top of the Connect to FileMaker
Server dialog box, choose
Local Servers, Favorite Servers, or Servers
Listed by LDAP.
If you are using FileMaker Server Admin on the same computer that
is running FileMaker Server, you can choose
(localhost) in the
Favorite Servers view.
For a remote Server, add the IP address to Favorite Servers. You can
select a Server from the
Local Servers list and click Add to Favorites to
add it to the Favorite Servers list.
In the Servers Listed by LDAP list, you see FileMaker Servers that have
the
Register FileMaker Server with a directory service property enabled.
4. Select the FileMaker Server you want to administer, then click
Connect.
5. Type a user name and password, if you are prompted to enter it.
You are now ready to administer FileMaker Server using FileMaker
Server Admin.
Administering hosted databases
Once you are connected to a FileMaker Server that is running, you
can view information about hosted databases by selecting
Databases
in the Console Root (Windows) or by selecting the
Databases button
(Mac
OS). From the list of databases, you can select one file or one
folder for the following administrative tasks:
1 view database details
1 open and close selected databases
1 pause and resume selected databases
1 send messages to clients accessing hosted databases
1 disconnect clients from hosted databases
Tip With no database or folder selected, some commands operate on
all databases.
For more information, see “The FileMaker Server Admin
application” on page 8.
Hosting FileMaker Pro files
When FileMaker Server starts, it automatically opens and hosts all
FileMaker
Pro databases located in the default database folder and in
an additional database folder, if specified.
You can open a database at the command prompt (Windows) or
Terminal (Mac
OS). See “Using the command line to automate
tasks” on page 42 for more information.
Viewing hosted databases
The Databases view shows database folders and files located on the
FileMaker Server computer. Each folder can be opened to view a list
of database files in each folder.
You can view a list of the database files hosted by FileMaker Server,
regardless of which folder in which they are located, by selecting
Databases > Files in the Console Root (Windows) or Action menu >
Databases > Hide Folders (Mac OS).