Administrator’s Guide

Getting started 7
Updating the FileMaker Server license
If you w ant to upgrade from a trial version of FileMaker Server, or
from FileMaker
Server to FileMaker Server Advanced, you must
update your FileMaker
Server license key.
To update the FileMaker Server license:
1. In FileMak er Server Admin, connect to the FileMaker Server that
you want to update:
1 W indows: In the Console Root, click the FileMaker Server node
and choose
Action menu > Connect to FileMaker Server . Then click the
server you just connected to and choose
Action menu > Update
FileMaker Server License
.
1 Mac OS: Choose Server menu > Connect to FileMaker Server , select
the server, then click
Connect .
2. In the Update FileMak er Server License dialog box (Windows) or
the Update FileMaker License area of the Summary view (Mac
OS),
enter the information required, then click
Update (Windows) or
Update License (Mac OS).
Introducing FileMaker Server
FileMak er Server is a dedicated database server that opens
FileMaker
Pro files and makes them available to clients on your
network. FileMaker
Server uses advanced client-server technology
to take care of much of the background work associated with
managing files, thus enhancing performance for clients accessing
those files.
Clients include:
1 FileMak er Pro 7 and FileMaker Developer 7 users
1 FileMak er Server 7 Web Publishing Engine clients
1 ODBC (open database connecti vity) and JDBC (Java database
connectivity) applications
Your copy of FileMaker Server supports one of the following client
configurations:
1 F ileMaker Server:
1 up to 250 FileMak er Pro clients
1 up to 125 hosted databases
1 F ileMaker Server Advanced:
1 up to 250 FileMak er Pro clients
1 up to 125 hosted databases
1 up to a total of 100 Custom Web Publishing and Instant Web
Publishing sessions
1 up to a total of 50 ODBC and JDBC clients
1 F ileMaker Server Option Pack: adds Custom Web Publishing,
Instant Web Publishing, and ODBC and JDBC client support to
FileMaker
Server, to the limits described for FileMaker Server
Advanced.
How does FileMaker Server work?
FileMak er Server consists of two applications, FileMaker Server and
FileMaker Server Admin.
FileMaker Server
The FileMaker Server application is a tool to use with FileMaker Pro
in a network environment to:
1 Enhance database client performance.
1 Increase the number of FileMaker Pro clients who can connect to
a file hosted by FileMaker
Server.
1 Increase the number of files that can be hosted.