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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Running script files
You can use a script to automate administrative tasks performed by
FileMaker
Server. For more information, see FileMaker Server Help.
Default folders for script files
Before starting FileMaker Server, be sure your command files
(Windows) or shell scripts (Mac OS) are in the proper folders.
Windows: Program Files\FileMaker\FileMaker Server\Data\Scripts\
Mac OS: [hard disk]/Library/FileMaker Server/Data/Scripts/
For more information, see “FileMaker Server folders in Mac OS” on
page 52.
Modifying file permissions for shell scripts (Mac OS)
Your shell script is executed with the fmserver user id and
fmsadmin group id. Therefore, you cannot call some privileged
commands from your scripts. For example, your script will not have
access to the
/etc folder.
It is recommended that you enable some form of logging in order for
your script to be able to troubleshoot possible permissions issues.
Refer to the Apple web site for information on creating log files in
Mac OS.
Sending messages to clients of hosted
databases
You can:
1 Send a message to all clients who are currently connected to hosted
databases
1 Send a message to clients of all open databases in a selected folder
Viewing scheduled tasks in the Schedules
view (Windows)
After you create scheduled tasks, they appear in the schedules list. The
list shows you a summary of each defined schedule, including the last
time the task ran and the next time it will run.
To display the schedules list, select the Schedules node in the Console
Root.
You can use this view of your scheduled tasks to change, duplicate,
enable, disable, and run tasks manually.
Click buttons on the toolbar to administer scheduled tasks