SoCalMacDude Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 An open sales database running on an XServer got replaced or annihilated! Was 90Mb file with 8500 records, many layouts. Now it's 12K, zero records, 2 layouts named "Layout#1" and "Layout#2" and 3 fields. When I tried to open it later, it was damaged. So I tried to recover it, Filemaker errored "Sales.fp7 was not created by Filemaker or is severely damaged and cannot be opened." What happened? Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruceR Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 What exactly do you mean the file was "open and running on an XServe"? It doesn't sound like you're running FileMaker Server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Start looking for backups.... you do have backups, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruceR Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 It sounds like you were opening the file using operating system file sharing, not FileMaker Server. If so - this the result you can expect. Your files WILL be destroyed. Do not ever open FileMaker files that are stored on a file server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalMacDude Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 Sorry, Filemaker Server 8.5, installed on an XServe computer, was hosting a few databases, working perfectly for years. The database was suddenly not available for login, and when I opened that database in Filemaker Pro, it was empty as I described above. I was able to restore from a backup, but my customer is concerned with what happened, and I don't have an explanation for them. Was it corrupted, hacked, replaced, I'm not sure. Has anyone seen this happen? Any ideas why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySalem Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Never saw that happen before. What about the condition of the HD? Is it full? I know that later versions of server keep an Access log, does Server8.5? Please post anything you find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruceR Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Was the file accessible using normal file sharing? Are you running any backup utilities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalMacDude Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share Posted March 10, 2010 The files were not available through regular file sharing. There is another guy (high integrity consultant) who manages the server machine - I think he uses Retrospect to back up the backup folder to another drive. Hard drive has 116 Gb available, so that's good. There is s good FM Server log - I will post when I can access it. This may be the key to understanding what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Which version of FM Server -- there is no version 8.5. There is FMS 8.0. Unless the server is really running a copy of FileMaker Pro 8.5 and sharing peer-to-peer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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