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
Chapter 3
Installing FileMaker Server
This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for installing
FileMaker
Server, FileMaker Server Admin, and associated files on a
computer running Windows or Mac
OS.
Important If you are upgrading from FileMaker Server 7, first read
chapter 2, “Migrating FileMaker Server from the previous version.”
If you’re installing FileMaker Server Advanced software, installation
instructions for the Web Publishing Engine and ODBC and JDBC
support are described in the following manuals:
1 FileMaker Server Advanced Web Publishing Installation Guide
1 Installing FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Client Drivers
Hardware and software requirements
FileMaker Server should be run on a dedicated computer reserved for
use as a database server. When FileMaker
Server is hosting many
clients or a large number of database files, it uses a high level of
processor, hard disk, and network capacity. Other processor-intensive
applications (for example, web server or disk backup software) or
heavy network traffic on the same computer will cause
FileMaker
Server to run more slowly and degrade the performance of
FileMaker
Pro on client computers.
Notes
1 Avoid installing FileMaker Server on a computer that is a user’s
primary workstation or network file server.
1 Do not enable the operating system (OS) file sharing feature on the
computer running FileMaker Server, or use OS file sharing to share
FileMaker
Pro files.
1 You cannot run two different versions of FileMaker Server on the
same computer at the same time.
1 You must disable Access Control Lists in order to install the
product. After installing, do not use ACL file permissions to control
access to any FileMaker file. For more information, see the
documentation that came with your operating system software.
Windows requirements
Minimum requirements for 1-50 clients
1 Intel-compatible PC with a Pentium III 1GHz or Xeon processor
1 256 MB of installed RAM (1 GB or more recommended)
1 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (with Service
Pack
1),Windows 2000 Server (with Service Pack 4), or Windows XP
Professional SP 2 operating system
1 hard disk with at least 1 GB of available disk space. Be sure to
allow additional space for the database files you intend to host, which
must be located on the same disk as the FileMaker
Server application.
1 login account with administrative privileges for installing
FileMaker Server
1 CD or DVD drive