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
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Specifying additional database and default
backup folders
Windows: Change default folder properties in Action menu >
Properties > Default Folders tab.
Mac OS: To change default folder properties, choose View menu >
Configure
, then click the Default Folders tab.
On startup, FileMaker Server looks in the default database folder as
well as an optionally specified additional database folder for databases
to host. In each of these locations, FileMaker Server will only open
files at the root level and in folders one level down.
Specifying an additional database folder
Specify the path to an additional folder for hosting databases.
Specifying the default backup folder
Specify the path to a folder to be used by FileMaker Server when a
Back Up Database scheduled task runs. See
“Scheduling
administrative tasks” on page 55 for more information.
Important Do not put the default backup folder in the same folder as
the databases to be hosted, or in a subfolder within that folder, because
any databases in that folder are automatically opened when FileMaker
Server starts.
Setting administrative properties
Windows: Configure administrative properties in the Administration
assistant or select host and then choose
Action menu > Properties >
Administration
tab.