[FX.php List] Finetuning MacOS X for FileMaker Server Advanced

[Joel Shapiro]

Hey Bob

I just looked at ggt's link.  Don't know if that's what you're trying...

You should be able to exclude individual folders from Spotlight via:
System Prefs >> Spotlight >> Privacy

I just did this recently on a machine running Snow Leopard Server  
without a problem, and have done this on Tiger and Leopard non-Server.

FWIW: It *is* recommended that Spotlight or any Indexing service not  
touch live hosted files.

-Joel


On Dec 3, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Bob Patin wrote:

> Just tried it on another server, same thing. Both running Tiger  
> Server, FMS 10.
>
> Hmm... which explains why I never excluded the database folders. I  
> vaguely recall trying this months ago with the same result.
>
> What's preventing me from excluding these folders? Is this a Mac OS  
> Server thing?
>
> BP
>
>
> On Dec 3, 2009, at 12:39 PM, Bob Patin wrote:
>
>> Funny thing: I just tried to exclude the FileMaker Data file in  
>> Spotlight on one of my servers running Tiger Server, and it just  
>> won't take the folder. No matter how I try to add it to the exclude  
>> list, it doesn't get added.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> BP
>>
>>
>> On Dec 3, 2009, at 12:33 PM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>>
>>> The same goes for spotlight...
>>>
>>> ggt
>>>
>>> 2009/12/3 Joel Shapiro <jsfmp at earthlink.net>:
>>>> You mention Time Machine.  You should definitely make sure that  
>>>> no backup
>>>> software or routine (incl. Time Machine) ever touches the live  
>>>> hosted FM
>>>> files.
>>>>
>>>> -Joel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 3, 2009, at 3:53 AM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It’s essential for the system that runs a database that it does  
>>>>> not do
>>>>> stupid things on the database files.
>>>>>
>>>>> Turning off spotlight f ex is a good treat to your database’s  
>>>>> stability.
>>>>>
>>>>> Following this example:
>>>>> http://www.nerdlogger.com/2009/01/how-to-turn-spotlight-off-and-on.html
>>>>>
>>>>> But which other daemons can be turned off without FMSA noticing?
>>>>>
>>>>> I doubt airport agent, dotmac and perhaps a couple of other  
>>>>> daemons,
>>>>> is Time Machine a daemon?
>>>>> are needed for FMSA to run flawlessly.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any opinions?
>>>>>
>>>>> ggt
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