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
8 FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
When you start FileMaker Server, it automatically opens and hosts
FileMaker
Pro files located in the Data folder in the
FileMaker
Server 7 folder (Windows) or the FileMaker Server Data
folder in the Library folder (Mac
OS) (or the first level of subfolders)
and, optionally, an additional folder that you specify. This folder
structure lets you easily set up the database files that you want
FileMaker
Server to host on the network.
You can publish files hosted by FileMaker Server Advanced on the
Internet or on a company’s intranet. For more information about web
publishing, see the
FileMaker Instant Web Publishing Guide or the
FileMaker Server Advanced Custom Web Publishing Guide.
Keep in mind the following points about the different uses of
FileMaker
Server and FileMaker Pro:
1 Use FileMaker Server to open and host FileMaker Pro files that
you want to make available to FileMaker
Pro clients on your
network.
1 Use FileMaker Pro to create database files and to enable the
extended privileges necessary for sharing with FileMaker
Server.
Then host the database files on FileMaker
Server. Use FileMaker Pro
to modify the structure of existing hosted databases (for example, to
set up accounts and privileges for each hosted file).
The FileMaker Server Admin application
FileMaker Server Admin is an application in the Mac OS, and a
console in Windows. It lets you easily configure and administer
FileMaker
Server, work with and monitor hosted databases and
clients, and track statistical information.
Console
Root
Details
Pane
Scope
Pane
FileMaker Server Admin (Windows)
FileMaker Server Admin (Mac OS)