Administrator’s Guide

Getting started 9
FileMaker Server Admin can be run on the same computer where
FileMaker
Server is running (locally). Or, if FileMaker Server has
been configured to allow remote administration, FileMaker Server
Admin can be installed and run on a Windows or Mac
OS networked
computer in order to administer one or more FileMaker Servers
installed on other Windows or Mac
OS computers in the same
network.
When administering FileMaker Server, you can:
1 Configure FileMaker Server application properties.
1 Open—or host—a FileMaker Pro database file, making it available
to clients on the network.
1 View information about the files being hosted, like the number of
clients accessing each database.
1 Send messages to connected clients.
1 Close a hosted FileMaker Pro database, making it unavailable to
clients.
1 Disconnect a selected client from all hosted databases.
1 Pause or resume hosted databases.
1 Create scheduled tasks to back up hosted databases.
1 View system events and event logs.
1 Start or stop FileMaker Server.
Using FileMaker Server in your network
FileMaker Server works with the following networking
technologies:
1 Multiple interface cards: FileMaker Server works with your
network operating system’s ability to utilize multiple network
interface cards (NICs). You can use multiple NICs and IP address
aliases to provide your clients better access to hosted databases.
1 LDAP: You can use a LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol) directory service to centrally manage your hosted
databases by registering FileMaker
Server with your directory
service.
1 Domain controllers: You can use a domain controller to centrally
manage group accounts that determine client access privileges to
hosted databases.
1 Encryption: FileMaker Server can be configured for encrypting
client data for secure data transfers between the client and hosted
databases. FileMaker
Server uses the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) of
your network protocol to encrypt and decrypt the data.
What’s new or improved in
FileMaker Server 7 and FileMaker Server
Advanced
The new and improved features of FileMaker Server and
FileMaker
Server Advanced include:
1 Remote administration
FileMaker Server Admin replaces the client remote administration
plug-in used in previous versions. Administrators can remotely
configure and maintain servers using FileMaker Server Admin.
1 Web publishing support
FileMaker Server Advanced includes a web connectivity application
that allows a FileMaker Web Publishing Engine client to access
hosted databases.
1 ODBC and JDBC applications support
FileMaker Server Advanced includes an optional plug-in that allows
ODBC and JDBC compliant applications to access hosted databases
(Windows only).
1 Live backups
FileMaker Server copies databases while clients are using the file.
When all files have been copied, FileMaker
Server pauses the files
and flushes the cache so the copied files (now backed up) are
synchronized with the files on the server.