new to server

[nerdgirl]

Hi All,

This is my first post here. I do know FileMaker pretty well, but I am in uncharted waters now. Here's the scoop:

I am attempting to move our server from Mac to PC. I have figured out how to move the databases. I need some help though configuring the server now.

I have virtually no documentation and my wizards do not function. I am using FileMaker Pro Server 5.

So, my question is...where do I begin?

On the Mac, as the host, we made aliases of the databases and there is a complicated script (I think) that opens them for use across the internal network.

I'm not sure where to begin to host the databases on the PC server.

Please HELP.

I hope that I am making sense. Thanks in advance for ANY help.

-nerdgirl

[Kurt Knippel]

First off, why the move from Mac to Windows? I ask because there is often no reason to do so.

[nerdgirl]

We need to move it because our LAN guys will not support a Mac. We used to use Macs in our department, but not anymore. So, we need to get it on the PC.

I wasn't the one who set up the server on the Mac, so I am not sure how to go about doing it on the PC.

[Will]

Here's the basic idea - there should be documentation on the FM Server CD you can refer to for specifics -

Install FM server

Copy your databases to c:program filesfilemakerfilemaker server 5

Go to a PC with FileMaker Pro and use the FileMaker server CD to install the server administration tool - use the tool to open and server the databases on the server.

From the server you can configure automatic backups, etc.

I'm not sure about your scripts - in the interim user can access the databases fro the client side using the "hosts" button - if the databases don't automatically appear then the IP of the server will need to be specified.

Will

[nerdgirl]

I have copied my databases to the filemaker server 5 folder. Nothing happens when I try to open them from another computer. Do they need to go somewhere specifically?

From the guest computer, I click on "Hosts" and specify the server machine IP, but I do not see any databases to open.

A problem with configuring my server from the server console is that none of my wizards work. The FM help desk people said that is a common problem with Windows 2000.

Anyway, I don't know what to do to get my databases hosted in the server. I can't find any documentation that says how to do this at a basic level other than "go to the console and use the wizards".

Any help?

-nerdgirl

Any suggestions?

[laker_42]

After copying the databases to the FM Server 5 folder, restart the FM Server. FM Server should automatically start hosting the databases. You should be able to access the databases via FM Server after that.

HTH,

John

[nerdgirl]

I got it working. Thanks so much for all the help. I think that I was making it harder than it was.

Thanks again,

ng