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
62 FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
S
Sample database 12, 22
SAT. See FileMaker Server Admin
Schedules
backups 55
enabling and disabling 58
messages to clients 56
running manually 57
viewing 56
Scope Pane (Windows) 11
Screen readers 8
Scripts
and system sleep 42
protecting 41, 53
running on a schedule 56
setting up folders for 56
shell 53, 56
using fmsadmin commands in 54
Security
authenticating clients 41
configuring 40
data encryption 41
recommendations 37
remote administration 22
Sending messages to clients
all, remotely 29
scheduled 56
Server Admin tool. See FileMaker Server Admin
Server name, setting 37
Servers, external 41
Shutdown, checking for file corruption 43
Size
cache 34
file 55
log files 37
Sleep, by operating system 42
Software requirements 17
Solutions, runtime 35
Sorting
file listings 29
schedules 56
SSL 12, 41
Standby mode (Windows) 42
Starting FileMaker Server
automatically
Mac OS 21
Windows 19
manually
Mac OS 21, 46
Windows 19, 45
Static IP addresses 18
Statistics
collecting 38
viewing 50
System Monitor (Windows) 50
Stopping FileMaker Server
Mac OS 47
Windows 46
Subfolders 26
System crash, checking for file corruption 43
System requirements 17
T
Tagged PDF files 8
Tasks, scheduling. See Schedules
TCP/IP 18
TechInfo database 8
Technical support, contacting 8
Terminal (Mac OS) 53
Timestamps 29, 38
Troubleshooting 51
system crash 42
U
Uninstalling FileMaker Server
in Mac OS 15, 20, 21
in Windows 15, 19, 20
Unsaved cache percentage 50
Updating FileMaker Server license 9
Upgrading FileMaker Server to FileMaker Server
Advanced 9
Usage statistics
logging 37
viewing 50
User names
administrators 37
clients 41
V
Viewing
FileMaker Server events 51
hosted files list 29
protected files 41
scheduled tasks 56, 57
usage statistics 50
VPNs 22
W
Web publishing 10, 19
enabling 33
installing Web Publishing Engine 17
number of clients 32
SSL protection 12, 41
Web Publishing Engine 10, 13, 16, 17
Web site, FileMaker 8
Workgroup Manager (Mac OS) 27
Writing client data to disk 34