Newbies jhuie Posted May 22, 2001 Newbies Share Posted May 22, 2001 We have FM% server up on a Win2K server machine. My question is this - the manual and docs state that all files to be served are supposed to be either in the server directory, or one folder level deep. Is this indeed the case, or is there a known work-around some one might be able to help me out with? James Huie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anatoli Posted May 22, 2001 Share Posted May 22, 2001 That is true. You can also try to use all databases via aliases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbies jhuie Posted May 31, 2001 Author Newbies Share Posted May 31, 2001 I tried using shortcuts, and that didnt work. How do you create an alias to a DB? James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esteshk Posted June 2, 2001 Share Posted June 2, 2001 An Alias is the Macintosh equivalent of a Shortcut: Or is a Shortcut the Windows equivalent of an Alias? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markpro Posted June 2, 2001 Share Posted June 2, 2001 What specifically is your concern in having your database files in a folder within the FMServer folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DykstrL Posted June 2, 2001 Share Posted June 2, 2001 It may not "look" like an elegant file structure, but there are some distinct advantages in doing it this way: Backups are quick, clean and easy - without taking the server off-line. FMS and all of the files open automatically on a re-boot. We have several FM servers running on NT4.0 (along with several FM servers on MAC OS 9) that went through the earthquake up here in Olympia back in February. Through 5 days of power outages, dying UPS and fits and starts with generator power and they just kept going with no data loss - and the file backups and tape backups kept working also. One FM server even had it's monitor thrown across the room which ripped half of the video card out of the back and it kept on running. BTW, a couple of our MAC FM servers didn't come back up and had to be manually re-started after we were back on commercial power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anatoli Posted June 4, 2001 Share Posted June 4, 2001 quote: Originally posted by jhuie: Our main concern is that we are currently using FM3 server running on a MAC, and it is capable of hosting files from anywhere we share on the network. To move to Fm5 server, we have a HUGE migration chore ahead of us, if all the in-use FM3 databases not only have to be converted, but then also have to be moved to the FM5 server directory to be hosted as well. James Huie In average case it took 1-2 hours to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anatoli Posted June 4, 2001 Share Posted June 4, 2001 quote: Originally posted by esteshk: An Alias is the Macintosh equivalent of a Shortcut: Or is a Shortcut the Windows equivalent of an Alias? Wrong. They are both equivalent to Alias from Unix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbies jhuie Posted June 5, 2001 Author Newbies Share Posted June 5, 2001 Our main concern is that we are currently using FM3 server running on a MAC, and it is capable of hosting files from anywhere we share on the network. To move to Fm5 server, we have a HUGE migration chore ahead of us, if all the in-use FM3 databases not only have to be converted, but then also have to be moved to the FM5 server directory to be hosted as well. We tried shortcuts/aliases, it the server didnt seemt o be able to read them. I didnt try folder aliases though, maybe that would work... James Huie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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