Administrator’s Guide

48 FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
Notes
1 Quitting FileMaker Server Admin does not stop the FileMaker
Server daemon.
1 Stopping the FileMaker Server daemon does not stop the
FileMaker Server Helper daemon.
1 Clients are requested to close the files hosted by FileMaker Server.
Overview of starting and stopping FileMaker
Server using FileMaker Server Admin
Connecting to FileMaker Server using
FileMaker Server Admin
After you have started FileMaker Server, you can connect to it locally
or remotely using FileMaker Server Admin.
To connect to FileMaker Server:
1. Start FileMaker Server Admin.
Windows: Choose the Start button > Programs > FileMaker Server
Admin.
Mac OS: Double-click the FileMaker Server Admin icon in the
Applications/FileMaker
Server 8/ folder.
2. Windows: Select FileMaker Server in the Console Root and choose
Action menu > Connect to FileMaker Server.
Mac OS: Choose Server menu > Connect to FileMaker Server.
Mac OS X Windows
Start
FileMaker
Server
Locally:
1 Server menu > Local FileMaker
Server Administration > Start
FileMaker Server Processes
button
Starts fmserver and Helper
daemons
1 Server menu > Connect to
FileMaker Server
This starts the fmserver daemon
if the Helper daemon is already
running
Locally:
1 Services (Local) node
Starts fmserver and Helper
services
1 Action menu > Connect to
FileMaker Server
This starts the fmserver
service if the Helper service is
already running
On a remote computer:
1 Server menu > Connect to
FileMaker Server
Starts fmserver daemon if the
Helper daemon is running
remotely and the Allow remote
users to administer FileMaker
Server
preference is enabled
On a remote computer:
1 Action menu > Connect to
FileMaker Server
Starts fmserver service if the
Helper service is running
remotely and the Allow remote
users to administer FileMaker
Server
preference is enabled
Stop
FileMaker
Server
Locally:
1 Server menu > Local FileMaker
Server Administration > Stop
FileMaker Server Processes
button
Stops the fmserver and Helper
daemons
Locally:
1 Services (Local) node
Select the fmserver service to
stop only the fmserver
service. Select the Helper
service to stop both services.
On a remote computer:
1 Server menu > Stop
FileMaker Server. Click Yes.
Stops only the fmserver daemon
on the server to which you are
connected through FileMaker
Server Admin
On a remote computer:
1 Action menu > Stop
FileMaker Server
Stops only the fmserver
service on the server to which
you are connected through
FileMaker Server Admin
Mac OS X Windows