I have FMS 9 and read with interest the possibility of getting a corrupt file with a power outage. I am waiting delivery of a APC power supply with powerchute software (I think it will send commands for proper shutdown).

Do I need to close the files first, then stop server? or can I just stop server?

On restart, I have read to disable the automatic restart of hosted file. How else should I restart the hosted file? I dont want to do this manually everytime there is a power failure! thanks in advance!

close the files first then stop

great. thanks. easy enough to close first, then stop.

what about the restart process?

I believe that the daemon service should still be running when the server come back up. I think that you can have it scripted to start the filemaker server process back up. Personally, I normally just manually restart it.

Proper sequence of events:

Disconnect users

Close files

Stop database server

Stop FMS service

The OS level Control Panel can be left to automatically restart the service. However, I would [color:red]notset the database server to restart automatically. If an inelegant event has happened, you want to know about it so you can assess damage to the files.

Steven