[FX.php List] [OFF] FMS server leaky on OS X...?
Steve Winter
steve at bluecrocodile.co.nz
Mon Nov 17 00:30:17 MST 2008
Hi,
FMS v9.0.3.326 which seems to be the current/latest version...
Cheers
Steve
On 16 Nov 2008, at 23:19, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
> Which version of FMS are we talking about?
>
> FMSA 8.0v4r2 has some fixes that are never talked about,
> but irons out a lot of bugs.
>
> ggt
>
> 2008/11/15 Steve Winter <steve at bluecrocodile.co.nz>:
>> 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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