FileMaker Server running but can't see files.

[Gary Reimer]

Hi everyone;

I'm inexperienced at managing a FileMaker server. I have FMS 9 running on Mac OS X Server Leopard. It's been running flawlessly for a year. Today the database suddenly became unavailable. I started the FileMaker Server Admin Console and saw that the database server wasn't running. I started it. Now the database is available to users and the FileMaker Server Overview screen says there are 12 hosted files and 8 Clients. Which is what it should be since 8 people have resumed using it. But if I click on "Databases" there are no database files listed. I checked event.log and can see all the files being opened and each one says "was not closed properly; performing consistency check" and then later "consistency check succeeded, database opened".

In the middle of all these messages there is:

2009-09-04 13:23:55.716 -0500 Information 518 bpwserver.bpw.private Administrator connected: "fmsadmin" (192.168.2.200).

2009-09-04 13:23:55.742 -0500 Information 520 bpwserver.bpw.private Administrator disconnected: "fmsadmin" (192.168.2.200).

Could someone help me understand what's happening?

Thanks in advance,

Gary

[Peter (duksis3)]

I have not so good experience with FMS 9 on Leopard. FMS 9 on Tiger is OK. FMS 10 om Leopard is OK.

Computer restart help me in cases when something "interesting" happen.