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
18 FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
Minimum requirements for more than 50 clients
1 Intel-compatible PC with a Pentium 4 or Xeon processor
1 512 MB of installed RAM (1 GB or more recommended)
1 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (with Service Pack 1) or
Windows 2000 Server (with Service Pack 4) 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
Networking requirements (Windows)
To share files among users on a network, you need to have the
following additional software and hardware installed on the host
computer running FileMaker
Server:
1 Windows compatible network card
1 the software driver for your network card
1 TCP/IP network protocol
Note Because some DHCP servers cycle IP addresses, FileMaker
recommends using a static IP address.
Mac OS requirements
Minimum requirements for 1-50 clients
1 Power Mac G4 500 MHz
1 256 MB of installed RAM (1 GB or more recommended)
1 Mac OS X (10.3.9 or 10.4), or Mac OS X Server (10.3.9 or 10.4)
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
Minimum requirements for more than 50 clients
1 Power Mac G4 1 GHz
1 512 MB of installed RAM (1 GB or more recommended)
1 Mac OS X Server (10.3.9 or 10.4)
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
Networking requirements (Mac OS)
1 TCP/IP network protocol
Note Because some DHCP servers cycle IP addresses, FileMaker
recommends using a static IP address.