[FX.php List] [OFF] FMS server leaky on OS X...?

[Ernest Cunningham]

Hey Steve.
Not the Steve Winter from Science Roadshow fame?

Anyhow to restart the filemaker server you can use the Terminal App  
and type in the following:

fmsadmin stop server

You can check out more by typing in either:

fmsadmin Help options
or
fmsadmin Help commands

and just for your reference here is what you will get:

fmsadmin Help commands
fmsadmin commands are:

     BACKUP          Back up databases
     CLOSE           Close databases
     DISABLE         Disable schedules
     DISCONNECT      Disconnect a client
     ENABLE          Enable schedules
     HELP            Get help pages
     LIST            List clients, files, plug-ins, or schedules
     OPEN            Open databases
     PAUSE           Temporarily stop database access
     RESUME          Make paused databases available
     RUN             Run a schedule
     SEND            Send a message
     START           Start the Database Server
     STATUS          Get status of clients or files
     STOP            Stop the Database Server


fmsadmin Help options
Many fmsadmin commands take options and parameters.

Short Options:
     Specify single-character options after a single hyphen (-). You can
     specify multiple options together. If an option requires a  
parameter,
     that option is usually the last option that you specify. For  
example:
          fmsadmin close -ym 'Closing for maintenance' Database.fp7
     A space is optional between the option character and the parameter.
     For example:
          fmsadmin close -mGoodbye

Long Options:
     Specify long options after two hyphens (--). Long options can be  
used
     in scripts to increase readability. A space is required between  
the option
     and any parameters. For example:
          fmsadmin close --yes --message "Closing for maintenance"  
Database.fp7

Parameters:
     Enclose any parameters that contain spaces in single or double  
quotation
     marks (' or "). Symbols that may be interpreted by the shell must  
be
     escaped, that is, preceded by a backslash character (\). Refer to  
the
     documentation for your shell or command interpreter.

General Options:
     -h, --help                 Print this page.
     -p pass, --password pass   Password to use to authenticate with  
the server.
     -u user, --username user   Username to use to authenticate with  
the server.
     -v, --version              Print version information.
     -w seconds, --wait seconds Specify time in seconds for command to  
time out.
     -y, --yes                  Automatically answer yes to all prompts.

Options that apply to specific commands:
     -d PATH, --dest PATH       Specify a backup destination path.
     -f, --force                Force database to close or Database  
Server
                                to stop.
     -m msg, --message msg      Specify a text message to send to  
clients.
     -o, --offline              Perform an offline backup.
     -s, --stats                Return FILE or CLIENT stats.
     -t, --grace-time           Specify time in seconds before client  
is forced
                                to disconnect.


Hope this helps.

Kind regards,

Ernest Cunningham

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   FileMaker Database Developer
   Nelson,  New Zealand

   Ernest Cunningham
   Mobile: +64-21-40 66 75
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On 15/11/2008, at 11:52 PM, Steve Winter wrote:

> Morning all,
>
> I've recently made the switch to a MacBook Pro (from windows) and  
> have been finding it all rather good...  The one thing that seems to  
> be causing me grief is FMS... I have the TechNet developer license  
> 'version' installed on this machine... when I first start up it uses  
> about 0.1 to 0.2 of the CPU... after a couple of days, which will  
> have included several hybernations as I go to and from client sites,  
> on and off trains, to bed, and all that, this usage begins to creep  
> up...
>
> This morning it had got tot he point where the machine was barely  
> useable, and upon checking FMS was consuming 85 - 95% of one CPU....  
> no wonder everything esle was unresponsive... a restart resolved  
> that...
>
> Has anyone else noticed this problem...? how to I restart the FMS  
> service on a Mac...?? Any other tips or tricks for preventing this  
> from happening...??
>
> Cheers
> Steve
>
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