FileMaker Server General Discussions
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I will be setting up a Filemaker Server that will be used with local clients as well as Remote clients. There are about 15 local clients. The Remote clients will be accessing the databases using a IP number. There will be about 6 remote clients. The site that is hosting the files has a DSL Line that runs at about 384kbps for upload. We may have to stay with that line speed because of location. Currently the computer that is running the server is a Macintosh 400mhz G4 with 192kb memory running OS 9.2.2 and Virtual memory is turned Off. Filemaker Server is the only active application that this computer is running. Filemaker Server has been allocated 40mb of memory and 40m…
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I just switched over to an OSX server and upgraded to 5.5 and would like to know if I could have FM pro server start automatically if lets say it crashes or should restarts. Any Idea? This was pretty easy to figure out in OS9 server... RET
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We are upgrading 2 of our FMServers. If we give the new servers a different name then our old servers, how does FMP deal with that? Will it automatically link files up with the new name when we bring the databases online? I first thought was that it would not deal with it nicely but I wanted to confirm. If we need to, we can give the new server the same name as the old. It would be much nicer if we can give it a new name. Thanks for any input you can offer. Thanks, John
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half of my hosted files were corrupted and now I get a dialog stating that the files can't be opened as read only .... unlock and open and close before using again. how do I unlock etc.
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I downloaded the Trial version of the FM Server. I hosted two relational FMDB and had them "served up" by starting the server on Mac 10.2.6. We used the DB from a remote location by specifying a host, opening the DB and entered data. Seemed to work fine for 2 days. Then I went to the server computer, opened the DB and it said file was damaged, use recover. When I recovered, the last 2 days of data were missing. What's up? I'm getting a bad feeling about converting to FM Server. Why not just keep hosting without it? Thank you! Help.
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Hello all, I have gotten a password font to mask the password field of my login process. However, I have both Mac and PC clients and I've found that I need to install the font on all computers for the password to be properly hidden. The problem arises when the font is not found, the font default to a readable set. Is there a way to either embed the font in the fp5 file or to have FM server serve the font with the fp5 file? I know the serving is possible with plug-ins, but what about additional supporting files? Thanks for discussion. damyena
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I am running FM Server 5.0 on a PII, NT Server. The clients on the LAN are G3/G4 iMac's. Every now and then I take a copy the database with me on my laptop (PIII, WINXP) and use it . I have notice the performance is slower on my laptop than on the LAN. The biggest difference is I don't use FM Server on my laptop, but it seems like the laptop should still have better performance. I have also tried it on a P4 and PowerBook G4, both slower than the LAN. Is this normal, should I be concerned? Are there any good benchmark tools I can test my database on?
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Running FMServer 5.5 on Windows 2000 server on a couple of very specific instances I ALWAYS get a server crash. Just curious if anyone else experiences these and knows why. When I spoke to FM on both of these items, they suggested I run FM server on a Win2000 Pro machine stand-alone. Funny thing, when I moved the dbase to a Win2000 Pro machine and ran it stand-alone, the same thing happened. (I subsequently moved back to the server for file management purposes.) 1) Importing data into a file from a DBF, XLS, etc. if there are other folks in the file. This one is easy enough to work around by writing a script checking for other users in this file... Still i…
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I'm just curious. I just received my 5.5FMS and 10pack FM6 disk. How does the server recognize the 10 seats. If I avoid network installs and give the disk to 10 remote users (in different states) how does the server keep track of the 10 license copies? Thanks.
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Hi! It's my first time to use FM Server, i've downloaded a Trial Version of FM Server 5.5... How do I register it with out buying the "Package". I mean registering the Trial version by entering a license code??? Is it possible? Or do I still have to order the package version? I want to cost-cut from shipping and handling fees etc.. Pls. Help...... How do I make FM Server Trial a registered version?? Thanks!!!
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I've recently changed from OS9 to OSX for my FM Server. I've had nothing but headaches. 1. (I'm just wyning here) How to get into the remote admin is not clear, the manual did not help. 2. (Real problem) Of the 60 or so databases regularly hosted, one always becomes un-hosted for some unknown reason. At least once a day I get call from someone trying to use it, and find its gone offline. 3. (Yet another real problem) I am using 5.5v1. I tried the 5.5v2 updater but when I ran it, it failed -- at the end of the update, it would say "Update did not complete because of an error". After that the server would launch but never start hosting files. I had to reinsta…
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We currently run Filemaker server 5.5v1 under OS 9.1. Running 80 files and on average 20 guests. Any thoughts about what makes for the most reliable configuration. The Server has crashed a number of times recently (following a rise in the number of files and guests). Is OS 9.2 a better option?
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Hi I want to be able to change the server's view of what's in a global field. Is the only way to do this to close the server, open the file in fm pro (normal version). Change it and put it back? Surely there's an easier way?! Bob
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Have a set of databases hosted on a FM Server. When one client tries to access the server and open one of the database files it gets a error dialog that reads. File XXXXX can not be open because of Error #6.
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Currently I have OS X Server running to run my cgi-scripts, FileMaker Pro Web Companion to run the CDML. I did notice that FileMaker Pro unexpectedly quits on OS X Server. These are both running in on the same machine. I obviously want to improve my stability and at the moment I only have one more extra machine to spare. (2 in total) How can improve my stability and perfomance running FileMaker to host my CDML, databases, and cgi-scripts. Here is what I am thinking. Have FileMaker Pro, open the databases remotely running on a second machine runnig FM Server. Then have the other machine to run the CDML and Apacher Server. Thanks.
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Hello everyone, I am looking for non-bias recomendations for a FM Server. Is it more stable to be running under Windows 2000 or Mac OS X? At a previous client's location we setup 2 FM servers 1-Mac solution and 1-Windows 2000 solution. The windows 2000 server ran flawlessly while the mac repeatedly had problems. I personally am leaning towards another windows 2000 server but I wanted the feedback on anyone who has experience with both and can offer an non-bias opinion. No mac vs win wars please. Regards, Adrian Mcmanus
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Hi, I have FM Server 5.5 running under Redhat Linux. Is there any way I can use this server to host web access to the database? Thanks in advance!! David
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I am about to upgrade a FMPro Server and all clients (about 40, soon to be 65) to the lastest current versions. We share about 70 dbs. I have been running the FMS on an imac running MACOS 8.6 for about 3 years with no real probs. I have to choose new hardware for the FMPro server to run on (all that will be running on this server is FMPro server and I have the following options... Mac Xserve Basic model except ram upgrade to 512MB running MAC OSX Mac G4 workstation, basic model except 512MB RAM running MAC OSX Windows hardware running Windows 2000 I am really interested in hearing reports good and bad running on these platforms and OSs. There seems to …
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After having installed MacOS X Server 10.2.4 and Filemaker Server v 5.5 with the update applied onto the new Xserve... we are still having major issues with Filemaker Server's Scheduler being able to run the automated backups (either locally or across the network). Filemaker Server does this easily on OS 9. In my opinion also, it seems reasonable to think that a script could be written as a "work-around" to mount the Xserve, copy the files (to be backed up) across the network, then unmount the Xserve. The problem is that you cannot copy/backup the databases while Filemaker Server is open or else major corruption is likely. Secondly Filemaker Server 5.5 is not Ap…
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Can anyone help me? I want to place my db not on my server but on a network location, now evrything goes well except that the db doesn't work (error message http 500). The db works fine internal btu when connecting from the net nothing happens. Maybe I need to change my links?
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Hellppp why wont the server install on 10.2.6 client version on mac os x i get an error with a share library baseintaller carbonlib any clues
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Hi all, I have a Filemaker Server running on MacOS X 10.2.6 and I experience some strange problems when using more than one client. For example: every client gets his own record when loggin in to a database. So when a user logs in to accounts receivable, he or she gets one record. The strange thing here is that when a second user logs in, the screen of the first user will refresh and he will see the record of the second user. I was told that each user get's and keeps his own found set, but i give a "go to related record:show only related" script command to give the user only his records. In this way, he can't screw up the records from other users. I didn't try anythi…
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Running FM6 on Windows against FMServer 5.5. Hope this is the correct forum to post this question. Even though at first glance this may appear to be an ODBC question, it's just mentioned to explain the setup. In attempt to reduce the ODBC reporting burden for the FMserver users we created a separate storage location where the last-night backup from our production files is being copied to. The problem is this: The few users who have access to the reporting backup files open this data-set every now and then to run some reports through ODBC connections, so far so good. After they close these files and connect to the FMServer production databases, the client op…
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What is a server backup doing, regarding the following: - does it save a data base in a consistent state? - is it possible to restore a backup? How and where to? - is a data base consistent between backups, eg after a cache flush command? - are backups done by simple copying, while FMS is up, unreliable? - what happens to connected guests during a backup, perhaps even having running scripts and the like? what happens to backups scheduled as scripts are running? Where does FMI says something about this, in docs or so? O'course I was looking for this but unfinding it, before post. (I did not search across forums. pointers to them would be answers.) Peter
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we are about upgrade our server and we want to know which config would be best we have a g4 500 with 512 megs of ram max os 10 server latest edition and a g3 333 with 360 megs or ram with latest jaguar the g4 will running file sharing and an imap email server the g3 will be running nothing which would be the best machine to run filemaker server on regarding reliability stability and speed cheers for all the help
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I'm running FileMaker Server on Linux. One of my served files has corrupted VLs. I have managed to import the rest of the data into a backup and am ready to go live with this file. However, the fmserverd close <myfilename>.fp5 is not working, the Event.log shows: May 14 09:50:38 my-fmserver INFO: Closing file "<myfilename>.fp5"... May 14 09:50:39 my-fmserver WARNING: File "<myfilename>.fp5" read error on block 17979. (-39) I have 115 other files being shared and so don't want to do a full server shutdown. Any ideas?? thanks, J.
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Hi Guys, Im trying to write a command file that can be scheduled to execute a script in a filemaker pro 6 file. The filemaker file is called recalc.fp5, and the script is called Addup. Im using windows 2000 to host my datafiles. I'm sure you can do this in apple script, is it possible in Windows? Any pointers will be much appreciated. Thanks
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Hey! We are ready to get users on board with the db's I've written for the office. I currently am on FM5 (MAC) but we will upgrade to either 5.5 or 6 when we purchase the packs for the other machines. There will be 3 heavy users on a total of 10 files. There will be 9 users who randomly "pop on" a read only screen that they will be directed to by their password. Do we need FM Server to do this? Is it strictly a degradation issue, or are there other dangers (stablility, backups, etc.)? Thanks so much!
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I am about to invest in my FM Server. This will be used in a mission critical situation if everything goes to plan. I have just been on the New Millenium site and have found that they are offering a Toshiba server using Linux, I have never used Linux but everything is all in you even buy it with user licenses, the price looks attractive. As FmServer will be new to me as will Linux am I asking too much of myself? Has anyone any experience with this machine? I would be most curious to hear what others have to say. I do know that I will have to check up on voltages as it probably works on The US voltage which is different to what we se here on the Emerald Isle. …
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We are running databases under FM server 5.5, Windows NT4 sp6 and TCP/IP. When stopping the Filemaker service for maintenance purpose, I can't restart the service from the control panel and I get following log event: Event 7024: "The Filemaker server service terminated with service-specific error 22." To restart, I'm obliged to reboot the server, and then, FM server starts automatically. Does anyone know a possible reason of this?
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Hi, I'm now at 114 server files - I am trying to impose a Relational DB where each table has its own file just in-case I need to drop FMPro and go RDBMS at some point. The server is a hi-spec linux box. Can I host multiple fmServers on one box? Is the 125max files served a hard limit? Should I be concentrating my tables across fewer files? Should I be buying low-spec linux boxes and move to a farm? Any advice welcome. J.
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Anyone ever figure out why FM Server 5.5 on OS X does not back up files sometimes? We have a dedicated dual G4 running FM Server for users. I have also set up a redundant server that is a kind of lab, to do testing before releasing updates. It sits byself in it's own little network (just connected to one other computer via CAT-5 cable). Anywho ... the lab set up is exactly the same except it's a single G4 tower. They are both supposed to be backing up files to a fire-wire hard drive and various intervals. The "live" DB does this flawlessly (knock on wood!), but the single G4 hardly ever backs up correctly. And I'll go so far as to take the exact files that w…
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I don't see a way to register in the Trial version....Do I have to shut down and completely re-install?
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I have FM Server on Win NT. One of my users calls me to tell me that she had a power outage and all of the data she entered in one field (2 hours of work) is now gone. I checked through my modification log and there is o record of this user modifying the record of which she speaks. How could this happen? I had her eneter some data in the same record, same field and I could see it immediately and the modification log reflected this appropriately. Could how often I'm flushing the cache effect this? I thought that would only make a difference if my Server crashed, not a client. All users use opener file to open database from host. Let me know what you guy…
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I have 6 users (on iMacs) and 1 host computer (also an iMac). FM5.0. Database comprises about 30 files and is 200MB in size. Will I notice remarkable speed improvements if I invest in FM Server? Approx. how much faster? Are there other advantages? Should I consider a PC as host or a Mac G4 as host? Peter
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We run FMP Server 5.02 on an OS 9.2.2 machine and found that it did NOT like being on the same server that was serving the AppleShare IP. Now I've moved my Appleshare server to OSX Server. Is it recommended to be OK to install FMP Server (I guess version 5.5 is required?) and that they now like each other? Many thanks.... P.S. My goal is to eliminate one on the servers I have to adminsitrate.
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We are currently running FM Server on OS 9 with about 60 databases being served and want to move to OSX. At the same time, we have a machine that gets used to run a series of daily scripts involving FM client, and would like to move the server onto that same machine (G4 dual 500). We have noticed under 9 that running the server and the client on the same machine leads to *huge* slow down that makes the server nearly unusable. Is this true for OSX as well? Would a dual 500 have enough muscle to run these both at the same time, or should we bump up to something more powerful? Also, does the OSX version of FM server allow command line access to databases/scripts? …
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We ran into the problem of damaged files using FMServer on an OSX server. We have our shared files in a directory that is also set up as a share point so that we can get to files and edit them. Unfortunately, somebody mounted the share point and opened a bunch of the files without first closing them down in FMServer*. Instant chaos - damaged file warnings, users being booted off randomly, can't open file warning (all occurring at random intervals for different users) - ensued. Pretty much the type specimen of Not Fun. The fix seemed to be to shut the server down, and then recover each and every one of the files. Apparently, the recovered files must then …
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I permanently added a server site to my host list. Of course, I misspelled the server name the first time but it always shows up on the host list. Is there a simple way to remove server names from the host list? Thanks The Mad Jammer And then...there was nothing
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Hello All I check in Event log on Filemaker Server and I see an error says Application Error Records ...I read the book but can not find the problem and don't know how to solve it because I have a problem that people can not connect to Filemaker through Virtual Private Network. I am waiting for your answer. Thanks. Anh Tran
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We are using FileMaker Server 3.0 on an IMac. I want to upgrade to version 5.5 but switching also to Redhat Linux. In the documentation this issue is not mentioned. Does anyone has any experience ?
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I've walked into a situation where the client is HUGE. Using FM 3.0 for the last 7 years with a very nice interface they built way back then. Now it is so big that they need to move on to Oracle. BUT before they can move on they need FM stabilized. Over the last few months they have lost thousands of records due to FM crashing. Plus data is being corrupted. Upon initial inspection, I think the problem is that the db is just too large for FM to handle and for the hardware they have. I haven't used FM since the early days and am trying to come back up to speed on it. ugh. Anyway, any ideas on what would be causing files to cross contaminate othe…
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HELP We run and NT network, 4 PC's and a Mac. A mix of 95, 2000 and XP operating systems on the PC's. Standard MS Office business software and Filemaker Pro 5.03 with Filemaker server 5.01. We are experiencing a problem with Filemaker, when switching between windows, delays of up to 30 seconds before the filemaker window becomes active e.g. Filemaker to Outlook back to Filemaker. When experiencing this problem we have a mixture of hourglass, pointer and the network arrow thingy appear while it reconnects to the network. The CPU usage graph sits at 100% during this operation. This problem has been slowly degenerating over a period of time (our super tech…
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While I can find and access the Linux box from the Go: Connect to Server in OS X, I cannot get FileMaker 6.0 to find the Linux box, which is running FM Server 5.5, via 'Hosts' button or 'Open Remote' menu options. Also, I can't run the 'fmserverd open' command to host files in my Linux box. The 'open' command is simply not part of the fmserverd script. I guess the FM Server Manual is a bit outdated. It has commands calling for the use of 'pico' which is not running on this Red Hat Linux server (but 'vi' works just fine). Can I presume the files are automatically hosted without running the 'fmserverd open' command? --squi
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I have FM Pro and FileMaker Server installed on my offices main network server machine. I designed a database on my machine - one of 15 on the network. If I open the database on my computer but from the shared folder on the network I become the host and other people can access the databse just fine. Well, hat is fine except I am not using the Filemaker Server that cost us a butt load of cash. If I try and open the database on the Server machine itself I get a network error... how do I actually use the Filemaker Server and get the office server to host the database?? PLEASE HELP! Thank you
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Is anyone successfully using FMS 5.5 and FMP5.5 on OS X 10.2??? I keep hearing rumors of incompatibilities... I want to upgrade to 10.2, but I must have FMS 5.5 working fine!
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Hi can anyone help? I am trying to access my FM Server using OS X but keep getting error messages:- "DOCKET" is currently in use and could not be opened. The file is single-user or the host could not be found on the network. If I restart my Mac in OS 9.2.2 and then try to connect, its fine. I am using a ibook , Filemaker Pro 6v4 . I have also tried this on several Macs in OSX but still no luck. The server is running on a Beige G3 OS 9.2.2 - Filemaker Server v5.5) All databases are set to Multi-user. Lucky
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Hi, I have created a Database consisting of a number of table and relationship fp5 files. I wish to provide a version of this database for a number of projects my people are working on. Is it possible for multiple versions of the db files to keep their original filenames when served as long as each group of files is in its own sub-directory? e.g. fmserverroot/project1/work.fp5 fmserverroot/project2/work.fp5 fmserverroot/project3/work.fp5 This would stop the game of renaming every fp5 file each time a new project is started. Any ideas/advice greatly received. take care, J.
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We working on moving from eBase 1 to eBase 2. If you haven't heard of it, it's a free donor and contact managment database for the the nonprofit community. eBase 2 requires Filemaker Server. However, it looks like there are some problems with Filemaker server on OS X, and a Mac server costs more anyway. I suggested that we setup a windows box to be the server. Does anyone know about problems with serving OS X clients from a Windows server? The clients are 5.5. The server will be 2000 Server, with 5.5 or higher Filemaker. Thanks for your help. Hayes
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I have recently taken over a Mac network that I installed FM server 5.5 runing on OS 9.2. All the machines are running FM 6. The server is only running application on server but another machine is runing IP Router to give all Macs internet access over dial-up. All are connected using DHCP as the protocal for the IP Router. (should I set the server differently?)The PC is running XP and PC MacLan to give it access to the Mac printers. I can't seem to get the PC to see the host files on the Mac. What am I doing wrong?? The macs are using Appletalk to see the host files to avoid conflict with the IP Router but the server is set to accept both Appletalk and TCP/IP. Help!!!
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Hi All, I am running a FileMaker Server 5.5 (v2) on Mac OS X (10.2.4). To automatically start the server on reboot/login, we implemented the technique as described on http://www.filemaker.com/ti/107911.htm. Moreover, in order to monitor the server status on the machine, the FMServer Config was placed in the "Login Items" (System Preferences). However, we have run into a strange problem. Even though the server starts automatically on reboot (files hosted on the FM Server can be accessed locally/remotely), the FMServer Config still shows that the FileMaker Server is Stopped ! If we try to "Start Server" through, it gives shows the message " FileMaker Server is s…
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What difference is there between running FileMaker Pro on a server station and running FileMaker Server on the server station. What are the benefits FMPro and FM Server?
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We have five copies of FMP 5.5 running in our office. One computer, which is only in use about 30 percent of the time, hosts the files, two network users use the files throughout the day, and two other users use them occasionally (avg 30 min-1 hr/day). Probably the most number of users of any one file at a given time is three, and usually three databases is all that is shared. Does it make sense for an office this size to dedicate a separate computer and $1000 to run FileMaker Server? We have crashes occasionally, but for the most part it seems to work. It works better since I moved the files to a computer that is rarely used, because I believe most of the crashes we…
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Config: Mac OS X (client) 10.1.5, FM Server 5.5v2, 13 databases in varying size up to 1GB. Symptoms: all but one of the backed up databases are fine save one. No matter how we back it up, the copy is always corrupt. The original remains pristine and intact. Has anyone seen this? Is there a fix? How do I back it up without corruption? Has anyone tried the command line yet? That's what I'll try next. TIA, Ed Dyer [email protected]
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All on OS9. We're using a project tracking/management db (47 db files) on a server running FMPro server 5.5. We have 6 computers hooked into the db over the network. We're building a separate db for internal info that we thought we could use in the same way. We would all hook into this db using a separate "alias" as we do with our current project tracking db. Is is possible to run two (or even 3) completely separate databases in FM server?
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What kind of event may lead to a database corruption ? A power blackout causes just a loss of the data modified since the cache was last flushed or may lead to file corruption ? What if the blackout occurs during cache flush ?
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How do you backup your files ? I have scheduled 4 backups every day. Backups 1 and 3 are made on directory A. Backups 2 and 4 are made on directory B. A and B reside on different drives on the same machine. Sometimes (1 or 2 times a week) I copy dir. A into an archive of dated backups. Is this a good backup policy?
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Is it possible in FM Server to ask the other users to log out of a particular database so that I can go in and modify Define Fields / Define Relationships etc, whilst the other databases are still open? Cheers in advance NIck
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Hi folks, I am running FileMaker Server 5.0 on NT Workstation 4.0, and want to create a batch file that will start all hosted files on it after reboot. I downloaded AUTOEXNT, and installed it into %systemroot%/system32 http://www.windows2000faq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=14849 It worked first few times, but now it doesnt any longer. Heres the actual text in autoexnt.bat file: START "FileMaker Server" cd "C:Program FilesFileMakerFileMaker Server 5" fmserver open X:My_Dir*.* exit Note that I start FileMaker Server service before anything. The Open Procedure for service FileMaker Server in DLL C:Program FilesFileMakerFileMaker Server5pmp…
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Hi FM-Workers, In a networked system (20 users with a FM v6 application with FM-server v5, in a all Mac configuration) the users want to select the appropriate library for spelling checking. Once set, the user is returned to the root when he wants to select another language. How can I set the filepath of the Select Library function in such a way that the path is remembered after reopening of the application? Are these settings stored in the Host' or in the Clients system (my logic says it must be in the clients-!)? Thnx, hope you can help! Paul
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Can I run FM server and FM Unlimited on the same machine? I didn't know if the two would have conflicts or not. What are your thoughts? John
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Hello: I have a net of MACs via phone with little band width, 512 Kbps. by the side of the server and 128 Kbps. for the client's side, a server where I have sharing my files with FM Server 5.5 in OSX. that it is my scenario. Does the application work well in LAN but in WAN it is very slow, do I want to put the application in each client to make that it only travels data for the net, I can make this?. Thanks for your help.
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Hi, I downloaded the trial version, and installed it. I am using the Linux version. When I start fmserverd, I get the message "This version has expired. Please use a current version." There was no fms_resgistration command with the trial package. When I try to open the server from a client, it doesn't seem to work. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance! David
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Recently we've upgrade our FMServer from 3 to 5.5. The system it's running on is a W2000 SP3, 500MHz, 320MB RAM, local RAID5 storage, dual LAN connection. Hosting 18 db files of together around 250MB for an average 20 users. Since the upgrade the overall system performance is really bad compared to the old FM3. Most insert and updates now take a couple of seconds where it used to be 'instant'. Sometimes FM even seems to hang for 10-20 seconds before an update is accepted. We've already played with various settings and monitoring numerous system counters we have notices that the server is 'eating' through it's system cache. FM is configured with a fixed 20MB …
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I have Filemaker server running on an older mac and our office moved to windows machines last year. I am trying to move my filemaker server 5.0 to a windows 2000 machine and I have installed it but when I click on the icons in the control console nothing happens!!! I have created a folder in the filemaker server folder and put a database in it but I am not able to open that file on the server. Any ideas? Please help!!
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hi all, I am unable to cofigure FMServer on RedHat 7.0.8 i install the Filemaker Server 5.5 and registering them through fm_registration <serial numer> <path> now when i am trying to running the FMServer (fmservered start )i got this error "Duplicate serial number from (IP ADDRess lan connected system)" after clicking on the enter we go another message "The maximum number of licensed users a re currently using this copy of FileMaker Server." (this second message is shown in the events.log file also) Thanks in advance Pawan
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I hope someone can help me with that! I removed all the files I was working on from the FMServer during the time I set the layouts order. When I was finished with that and wanted to put it back on the Server(like I do every day of the week). The problem is when I go on "Open Remote -- I select the Server -- I click Open File" it shows me every other file in the filemaker folder, except the one I want to put back on the Server. I tried to drag it, and I got an error message saying the file was in use (it's not...) or it was protected (I didn't do any changes...and it was working fine before...).... I thought maybe the file wasn't closed properly so I reopened it an…
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Hello Everyone... My boss is convinced that we are experiencing data loss in our Point Of Sale database. Every so often we can't find a record, we have a paper copy of this record, but it is no longer in our database. The database is setup so every script that is executed in the database is logged (activity watcher) So if i create and invoice it will say in the log that I created it and the invoice #. When we look in the log for the invoice that no longer exists in our system, we can't find even the creation of the record. We are running OS X.2.4 with FM Server 5.5v2? I think - We are also using Cron jobs to backup the files to a mounted remote volume. @ 11 oc…
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We've recently installed FM Server 5.5 on a Windows NT4 server. I'm needing to clear my application event log just about monthly because of tons of messages being written by FM. Most of them are not what I would consider 'Event worthy': - User "yyyyy" [xxx.0.1.251] closing a connection. - Pausing all writes to file "zzzz.FP5", now safe to back up this file. I've looked, but cannot find any way to have FM stop sending these messages to the log, but I'm sure there is a way. Before you go there, we're in an FDA regulated environment, so changing the Event Log settings to do things like overwriting old messages is not an option. Thanks, Mike
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[color:"blue"]Hi all, I have never had to connect to the server across the router or a gateway, but now I do. The files are not on the Web, and I don't want them to be. I understand that I need to make sure the router is listening on port 5003, am I right? This is something I would need to ask from a network admin? Any clarification is appreciated
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Ok I know this will be a really odd ball question but Im so confused. Im trying to connect to a FileMaker Pro Server from home Using my local RoadRunner service but I can not connect for some reason. A co-worker using the same cable provider and RR has the same problem. BUT Another developer that uses RR from a different cable provider can see the databases just fine. Heres where it gets loopy. I can host a FileMaker file on my machine at home and connect to it from the office but not vice versa. ANY Suggestions cause Im getting more grey hair by the minute and RR "says tough mule muffins not a program we support."
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I would like to use the Server's Status(CurrentDate) and Status(CurrentTime) to populate a field in a record that a client is editing. How? Thank you Erik
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Hi, Is it possible to make a calc field that says when the client is connected to a FMP server or that it is running stand alone? thnx & greetz, Jeffer
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Hi Is it possible to access a FM Server using a Mac in OS X if the Server is running OS 9. peter
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I apologise in advance for being long winded, but I need to be able to articulate this problem to my IT administrator. Also, we're running FMP6, not FMS, but this seemed like the sensible forum to make my post. I have read plenty of posts on the Forum which advise that the files should be opened on the host computer and that users connect as guests using the open
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Hello! If some file needs to be recoverd with filemaker, should I Import data to clean copy of the same database? Problem is that we have many damaged, recovered databses in use with Filemaker server 5.5. And server can't keep host connection alive.. Sometimes client software says says that file is damged, even if the file is opened on other client and is working fine on another client at the same time.... So, if filemaker database is damaged should I use recovered file or clean copy of database populated with recovered data? Is there any differenties with these methods?
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Can somebody tell me if FM Server 5.5 would work on Win XP (Prof. or Home Ed.)? Thanks in advance.
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As I posted yesterday, our FM Server 5.5 (PPC, OS 8.6) is showing strange information in the Administration window, namely that some guests are showing connect times of 45 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes, even though I know definitely the longest they could be connected is about 5 days (due to a server disconnect for maintenance.) This anomaly first appeared yesterday. Today the information is still the same for those 4 machines (although Idle Time updates correctly across the board.) As I wrote yesterday, the server has been up (without a reboot) for around 200 days now. I am loathe to reboot, as I'd like to see what happens. Can it be possible that nobody has seen this kind …
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Greetings all, I am new to this forum, just got fm server BUT am a 15 year fm pro maniac... Am deploying FM server on a win 2002 server... I have it up and running but have some quick questions for the FMS pros... 1. Apparently you can either set your databases for 'multi-user' OR set the server to work with 'single user databases' - is the only key advantage here that YOU can better set individual prefs via the individual databases? 2. Opening the 'files' - From what I can see far... the only way to open or 'turn on' files is to do so via an admin connection (plug in) on a machine running FMP - True? Isn't there a way to launch/load files right from the…
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Here is a new one, I think! I have been asked to expand a local network using Win 2000 server and FM Server into two distant offices. These offices are connected through a VPN connection into the local network. Anybody have any expereince and wisdom on setting this up? Thanks in advance... [email protected]
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Courtesy of the honorable Steven Blackwell (known on FMForums as OldAdvanceMan) via the FSA tech talk list: From: "Steven H. Blackwell <shblackwell" <[email protected]> To: FSA.Tech.Talk Subject: FileMaker Server Configuration Article Update Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:52:50 -0800 "FileMaker Server Configuration Article Update" FSA Colleagues: As many of you know FileMaker, Inc. Senior Systems Engineer Tony Miller and I authored a lengthy article in the July 2002 issue of FileMaker Pro Advisor on the subject of configuring FileMaker Server. Advisor was forced to cut a significant portion of that article for production re…
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I've got FM Server 5.5 running on a G3 with OS 8.6 and the thing has been up an running about 200 days straight without a hitch. Today I came in and five of the 14 guests show connection times of 45 days 0 hours 0 minutes. This is incorrect - these machines have been running a day or two each, tops. Also, as the day has progressed, the numbers haven't changed. All the other guests are showing correct information, and it is all changing just as it ought to. Has anyone ever seen this? Am I looking at an impending crash? The machines in question are a mixed bunch - an iMac, a G3, a couple of PCs - so I think this is on the server side. Thanks in advance Stanley
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(FileMaker Server 5.5 running on a dedicated Xserve under 10.2.) My server has started doing a strange thing. Every now and then, maybe every other day or so, it contacts the users and says that it is requesting them to close the file(s) they are currently using. It is a similar message to what you get when you attempt to shut down a file while it is being shared. The thing is that the server is not being restarted, and no tracks are left in the logs. Once you log out, you can log right back on. Does anyone have a clue?
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Does FM Server have any logs that track activity for files that are served up for various remote users?
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I searched through the forum and did not find anything for this. Here's the skinny: Small FM app (20 dbs) being served on FMS 5.5v2, Beige G3, OSX 10.1.5. Desktop running FMP 6.0v4. There are also 8 local dbs. Links were set for these files to point back to the host machine. They do not appear to be saved as everytime the user signs on, they are asked to locate the dbs. Manually going in with the admin PW and re-establishing the links in the scripts and relationships does not help either. This db system has been running (with upgrades) for 9+ years and this never happened prior to OSX. Previously, when a change was made, the link would have to be re-established …
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We are using fmserver 5.5 and fm 6.0 on a win 2k terminal server. Sorting with the right mouse button is the tool we use very often. The strange thing is: On some users this feature does not work. Any ideas ?? The clients are win 98 win 2000 and win xp machines normally this is not an issue because the use of terminal server.
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Hello Everyone, I just have a quick question. If you could post your peak transactions from your FileMaker Pro Server. We have a client who is running 5.0 server and is hitting a peak of 32,767 transactions. I am trying to find out how ridiculous this is. Thank you for your help in this matter. They are having Coffee Cup issues. They have about 12 databases that were created by an in house developer. They are running 5.5 clients and have about 25 people connecting to them. It is pretty random as to when the coffee cups occur, I have spent a day with the users and have written up an extensive report, I was just curious as to what peoples transactions are. -Ben [ Octob…
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what happen if a scheduled backup occurs when one o more users are connected ?
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We have a school student/address database setup with about 500 students. Previously this was used by one or two secretaries, but now that we have FileMaker Server we would like teachers to be able to look up student addresses if needed. The catch is that we only want teachers to be able to see addresses for students in their own classes. FileMaker Server seems to have nothing built into it for permissions, and the permissions built into FileMaker don't seem appropriate for this either. It was suggested that we may need to make a form for each and every teacher and write FileMaker scripting that limits teachers to seeing their own form, but this seems like a long backw…
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I know that I have to buy another Filemaker Server 5.5 license, but do I have to get another server machine to host it? Or can I just use my current server machine where FM Server is already running on? Is this possible? Thanks in Advance!
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I hope someone here can shed some light on something that is puzzling me. I have a customer setup with FM Server 5.5 on OS X Server with PC clients. All of them can connect without any problems. We don't have any file corruption issues either. We have 1 particular problem here: 1 database is storing related records in line items database and being pullled into a portal. So far so good. The relationship is based on a unique serial number. Ok, once in a while a user will report that a newly created record in the master database will no longer show the related records in the line items. It appears the line items are being deleted. Now, the relationship is set to N…
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Hello all, I have just dl'ed the trial version of FMserver 5.5 for linux. I have installed it and it seems to start fine but then states the following and shuts down. Jan 16 16:02:12 FileMaker Server Trial INFO: This version has expired. Please use a current version. I called support and they say there is no trial # or anything that would cause this to think it is expired. I looked in the linux forum but nothing there about this thanks Hartman
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hi all, I was woundering is it possible to stop the filemaker service from the command line. with something like: NET STOP Filemaker. i tried it and it didnt work. has anyone an idea for this. seeing i want to put this in a batch file that runs every night before an update. I know i can just copy the files trough the task shedular to a diffrend location and still make a usefull backup. but i was just wondering.
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Hi All, i have just updated my OS on my fmserver to OS 10.2. seems to work fine (touch wood)! only problem i get is with the backup. I backup to a volume over the network. i have the folder (on the volume) i back up to open and minised in the task window. now this works sometime and doesn't others!! if it is closed it doesn't back up at all! The same also happens to a local backup where the backup folder resides on the desktop of the Server. has anyone come across this? Thanks in advance, ricardo.
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I have never used FM server to backup my databases. I currently use Retrospect to backup files nightly. However, I would like to start using Server to backup a few times a day. My questions: Will the backup feature cause problems by creating a duplicate of the database files? Are these files compressed at all? Will the backup process cause any problems for users currently using the databases? Thanks.
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Please help, I am trying to write an applescript on a Mac OS Xserver that will start up the FileMaker Server software along with some filemaker files on reboot. This is so if the server crashes I will not have to go in and manually open FileMaker Server and all the files it is serving. Not all the filemaker files on the Xserver are to be served, so I must specify the files to be served on reboot. The applescript I wrote so far that works (only in that it starts the FileMaker software but does not open the file being specified - i.e. testing.fp5) follows: tell application "Finder" activate application "FileMaker Pro" end …
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Users in my work group are working with PC and Mac runtime solutions at present. There are around 120 users scattered over a fairly wide georgraphical area. We wish to collect data from users on a regular basis. Will FM server help us? or FM unlimited? Can anyone give me a quick, easy comparison of the two (without too many big words)!
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Kind of a long story, I hope someone can help... I just set up our FMP Server 5.0 on a Mac OS X 10.2.4 box, running in Classic. I run the network over TCP/IP. I tested it on the new box, but at a different DHCP enabled IP address, rather than the final live IP address. When I migrated to the server, and a different IP address, TCP/IP failed. After investigating, it looks like the Networking prefernces kept the old IP address, and it wasn't editable. Tinkered a lot....In a nutshell, Now the server will work the first time you start the server.....but if you stop Server and try to start it again, it bombs out stating TCP/IP can't be loaded, and the IP ad…
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I'm currently trying to update my server to 5.5v2 hoping that it will fix some of the problems I am having. Anyway, the updater never finishes running. I get "could not be updated because and error occured" What could cause this?
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I know this has been often discussed here but I am having major disagreements with our hardware/networking wonks on how best to deployed FileMaker Server and a variety of other apps in our organization. The trend here is to spec big hulking servers with 2, 2 Ghz processors, 1 gig RAM, 6 Raid HD's, etc., etc., etc. They want to deploy all database servers on this single, $5000+ box. I argue that FileMaker, as well as the other database server apps, want a dedicated, lean, properly scaled box to run on. One particularly sallent (IMHO) reason I offer, is that a failure of this 1 big box (no matter how remote the possibility), would bring all these processes to a halt. This w…
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