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

[Steve Winter]

Hi Ernest,

Yip, the very same Steve Winter, currently resident in the UK ;-)

Should have figured that there were command line options to start and  
stop the actual server... I've used them in the past from PHP scripts  
to open and close databases... I'm picking that's going to come in  
very handy since the java process that runs fms seems to consume  
system resources...

Thanks for the tip...

Cheers
Steve



On 15 Nov 2008, at 11:07, Ernest Cunningham wrote:

> 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
>
> __________________________________________________________
>
>   FileMaker Database Developer
>   Nelson,  New Zealand
>
>   Ernest Cunningham
>   Mobile: +64-21-40 66 75
> __________________________________________________________
>
> 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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