Administrator’s Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Getting started
- Chapter 2 Migrating FileMaker Server from the previous version
- Read this first
- Step 1. Stop FileMaker Server
- Step 2. Make a copy of databases, scripts, and plug-ins
- Step 3. Save your settings
- Step 4. Uninstall FileMaker Server 7
- Step 5. Install FileMaker Server 8
- Step 6. Restore your settings
- Step 7. Move files to the proper location
- Step 8. Complete your migration
- For FileMaker Server Advanced users
- Chapter 3 Installing FileMaker Server
- Chapter 4 Hosting databases
- Chapter 5 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 a directory service
- Setting FileMaker Server security
- Restoring FileMaker Server default settings
- How FileMaker Server behaves during system sleep or abnormal shutdown
- Chapter 6 Administering FileMaker Server
- 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
- Default folders for plug-in files
- 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 7 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
10 FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
Introducing FileMaker Server
FileMaker 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 FileMaker 7 and FileMaker 8 users
1 FileMaker Server 8 Web Publishing Engine clients
1 FileMaker ODBC (open database connectivity) and JDBC (Java
database connectivity) clients
Your copy of FileMaker Server supports one of the following client
configurations:
1 FileMaker Server:
1 up to 250 FileMaker Pro clients
1 up to 125 hosted databases
1 FileMaker Server Advanced:
1 up to 250 FileMaker 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 FileMaker Server Option Pack:
1 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?
FileMaker Server has two primary components: an administration
application called FileMaker Server Admin, and the services
(Windows) or daemons (Mac
OS) that comprise FileMaker Server.
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.
When you start FileMaker Server, it automatically opens and hosts
FileMaker
Pro files that have the appropriate extended privileges
enabled and are located in the Databases folder:
Windows: Program Files\FileMaker\FileMaker Server\Data\Databases\
Mac OS: [hard disk]/Library/FileMaker Server/Data/Databases/
FileMaker Server also opens databases in 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.