Hi,

Our clients are installing windows patches on the FMS servers. Before the patches are installed we have to manually close the hosted files so the servers can re-boot.

Is there a way to provide a script that will automatically close the files when these patches are installed?

Is there a way to add a script to filemaker server to close the hosted files automatically?

Our clients need to install OS updates monthly.

To do so the updates are installed and the server is rebooted.

the files need to be closed to do this and it will be difficult for us to log into each server each time...

there has to be a way to add a script to the server to do it automatically once a month at a predefined time... and start back up at a predefined time.

You could use a batch file to stop FMS using the command line, and use Scheduled Tasks to execute the batch file at a predefined time.

We don't use Windows servers any more, but we apply the same principle on mac servers where we have a shell script and a 'cron job' that triggers it at predefined intervals.

Hope that helps,

James

Your clients would be very well advised to avoid automatic OS patch installations on FileMaker Server machines. This frequently causes FileMaker Server to cease working correctly. Proceed with caution here.

BTW, any such script should disconnect users, close all files, verify they are closed, and then stop the services/daemons.

Steven