Dear all,

We have a strange Problem. We have installed FileMaker 5.0 v2 and receive every time this error in the event viewer, when FM Server is started.

Source: FileMaker Server, NT Event ID: 91

File "Archiv.fp5" could not be opened: a database with that name (or the same initial 31 characters) is already open; please rename one of the files.

Of course this database exists only one time. What can we do to fix this error?

Any help is highly appreciated.

Thank you

Edy

The obvious questions (I have to ask): Is there a file with the same name somewhere in the FM Server folder. Have you done a search of the drive? Have you looked on the network (hosts) button to see if a file of this name is displayed?

-bd

Thanks for your reply,

No files are stored duplicate in the filemaker folder. What I do, I run a daily backup within filemaker server and copy the database to a folder in the root on the same server. I don't think, this should be a problem. Since the backup files do not reside in the filemaker folder.

Any other idea?

Thank you

Edy

If I've read your posting correctly you are running FMP and FMS on the same machine.

This is a big no no.

If FMP has the file open then the error from FMS is true, however no one would notice this because the FMP may host the file comfortably.

Possibly another user has opened the file by gaining access to the disk on a shared basis - this would produce the same result.

Dear Mark,

No, FMS and FMPRO is not running on the same machine.

Did you try Liveoaks suggestion to click the hosts button and see if the file shows up as being served?

Try renaming the backed-up version of archiv.fp5 that is in the backup folder you created on C: and see what happens.

Will