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
Index 51
Log files
Event Viewer (Windows) 26, 39
Event.log (Mac OS) 39
folder 25
statistics log
maximum size 25
writing to disk 25
M
Mac OS X Server 28
Maximum number of clients 7
setting 20
Maximum number of files 7
setting 22
Memory
adjusting 22
requirements 13
Messages
error 39
scheduling 46
sending to clients 36
Microsoft Active Directory 27
N
Naming servers 24
NetInfo Manager (Mac OS) 41
Netscape Directory 27
Network KB/sec statistics, described 37
Network requirements
Mac OS 14
Windows 14
Networks, described 9
NICs 9
Number of clients, setting 20
O
ODBC
and FileMaker Server Advanced 7
enabling 20
installing drivers 13
number of clients 20
Opening files
plug-ins 21
protected 29
remotely 18, 25, 35
runtime solutions 23
OpenLDAP 27
Operating system
group privileges 24
preferences and properties 39
Overview
FileMaker Server 7–11
starting and stopping with FileMaker
Server Admin 34
P
Passwords, setting 24
Performance 14
cache flushing 22
usage statistics 25, 38
Permissions (Mac OS)
file 40
group 39
Plug-ins 11, 37
downloading automatically 21
setting up folders for 31
Port numbers 37
specifying for a directory service 27
Power Conservation mode (Windows) 29
Privileges
extended 8
privilege sets 29
Process Viewer (Mac OS) 33
R
Registering FileMaker Server 6
Remote administration
enabling in FileMaker Server 25
hosting files 35
overview 34
security 37
with FileMaker Server Admin 9
Requirements, hardware and software 13
Root (Mac OS) 39
Runtime solutions 23
S
Sample file 17
Schedules
backups 45
enabling and disabling 47
messages to clients 46
running manually 46
viewing 46
Scope Pane (Windows) 8
Screen readers 6
Scripts
and system sleep 29
protecting 29, 42
running on a schedule 45
setting up folders for 31
shell 31, 41
using fmsadmin commands in 42
Security
authenticating clients 28
configuring 28
data encryption 29
recommendations 25
remote administration 37
Sending messages to clients
all, remotely 36
scheduled 46
Server name, setting 24
Servers, external 28