FileMaker Server 8 Adv. Closing

[ngwaltne]

Gentlemen,

I am moving a 5.5 "solution" to IWP hosting about 8 files in FMS 8 Adv. I was have been working on the transfer on a test server and things have been going along fine. They are hosted and I can edit them throught FM 8.

However, now when I go in to the server I have to start it each time to see the files. I can see the files but then only for a few minutes and it closes. The only significant change to anything other than layouts has been password changes to some of the hosted files. Any ideas? I will continue to work on this.

Another symptom of my problem is when I access the database through a browser and authenticate the file comes up fine. When I change layouts FMS8A unexpectatly quits.

Thanks

Norm

Edited September 5, 2006 by Guest

[Keith LaMarre]

You should be able to have the FileMaker server start upon laucnch of the computer and should examine the logs to see what is wrong with the files - probably you'll have to recover these.

The logs are in the Library - FM Server - Data - Logs folder I believe.

[Steven H. Blackwell]

First, don't continue to use recovered files. Export their data to a known clean clone.

Second, as a general rule you do not want to start FMS automatically. If there has been an inelegant shutdown you need to examine the files for damage and possibly remediate them before they continue to be used.

Steven

[Mark Thiessen]

This happened to me too. But I fixed the problem by shutting down Server and doing a "Recover" in FMP 8. Then put the recovered file in the server database path. Also make sure your permissions are correct.

[Steven H. Blackwell]

[color:red]Recovered files should not continue to be used. Recover will sacrifice any structural item needed to prepare whatever is left of the file to export the data.

Steven