Administrator’s Guide

4 FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
Administering hosted databases 29
Viewing hosted databases 29
Listing current clients 29
Sending messages to FileMaker Pro clients 29
Disconnecting clients 30
Closing hosted files 30
Enabling Auto Update for plug-ins 30
Chapter 5
Configuring FileMaker Server
Using the configuration assistants (Windows) 31
Configuring client connections 31
Setting the maximum number of clients 32
Enabling ODBC and JDBC connections 33
Registering the Web Publishing Engine 33
Setting the maximum time allowed for idle
FileMaker Pro clients 33
Allowing FileMaker Pro clients to download updates
automatically 33
Setting database properties 34
Setting the maximum number of files 34
Changing the amount of memory used by
FileMaker Server 34
Setting the cache flushing distribution interval 34
Opening runtime solutions automatically 35
Specifying additional database and default backup folders 36
Specifying an additional database folder 36
Specifying the default backup folder 36
Setting administrative properties 36
Specifying a custom server name 37
Authenticating the administrator 37
Enabling remote administration 37
Recording usage statistics and setting log file size limits 37
Controlling the collection of usage statistics 38
Logging FileMaker Server events 38
Configuring the Event Viewer (Windows) 38
Configuring a directory service 39
Registering FileMaker Server with a directory service 40
Setting FileMaker Server security 40
Defining groups for use with security features
(Windows) 41
Authenticating client log in 41
Filtering the display of files 41
Securing connections to FileMaker Server 41
Protecting files with accounts and privileges 42
Restoring FileMaker Server default settings 42
How FileMaker Server behaves during system sleep or
abnormal shutdown 42
Chapter 6
Administering FileMaker Server
Starting FileMaker Server (Windows) 45
Stopping FileMaker Server (Windows) 46
Starting FileMaker Server (Mac OS) 46
Stopping FileMaker Server (Mac OS) 47
Overview of starting and stopping FileMaker Server using
FileMaker Server Admin 48
Connecting to FileMaker Server using
FileMaker Server Admin 48
Default folders for plug-in files 49
Server plug-ins 49
Plug-ins to be updated automatically on client machines 49
Enabling database plug-ins 49
Preparing Mac OS plug-in files for conversion to
.tar format 49
Viewing usage statistics for FileMaker Server 50