Using FileMaker Server

In the first few hours after deployment of FM Server Advanced 12, IWP crashed abnormally six times and counting.

The served database, accessed by dozens of users, has been working perfectly on FM Server Advanced 11 for months. This weekend we upgraded to 12 and this Monday morning it is HAVOC. 

The alerts say: "2012-07-23 09:58:43.343 -0400 Error 701   [company server name]  Instant Web Publishing process has terminated abnormally."

When this happens, looking at the console, the Web Server icon is on Red. Clicking on Green seems to fix it, as does restarting the service. But after a few minutes here we go again. The logs do not show any specific action that occurs in any script or user behavior. It seems to be random. This very same database has been served and accessed without problems for months in 11 until the upgrade.

Can anyone help with insight or advice, please? 

Thanks!
Thinkworks,
Dimitris

PS. The Server machine is running MS Windows Server 2003 R2, Service Pack 2, Intel Xeon CPU E5405 @ 2.00GHz, 4 GB of RAM

I am running the latest Mac OS X Server 10.5.6.  (2GHx G5, 7 GB RAM).  After upgrading to FileMaker Server 10, I have been having problems with the Admin Console.  It doesn't respond correctly.  The Connected Clients status only showing one connection, but in fact, there are more than one users connecting to the server. As a result of that, clients would get disconnected from the server unexpectedly.  Here is one of the warning messages: "Client XXXX no longer responding; connection close. (51)". 

I tried to restart the filemaker server, but it won't let me close it.   It seems like the server was not responding.  Then, nothing else I could do but to restart the computer in order to get it back to work again.  Any ideas I can fix this problems. 

Thanks!

Jason

Hi - I am upgrading from FM Server 9 to 10.  In the manual it says to first uninstall version 9 by inserting the CD.  I do not have the FM Server 9 CD.  Is there another way to install FM Server 9 without using the CD?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Mike. 

OS:  Windows Server 2003 SP2 32-bit

FMSA:  Version 10.0.2.206 w/IWP enabled

Our databases are running on FMSA 8 while I work the kinks out of FMSA 10.  We have one database on it (plus the sample one) that several people use simultaneously throughout the day.  We authenticate using Active Directory, and that works just fine.  However, after running for a week or so, the following things happen:

1. external authentication stops working (the FMSA logs record them as failed authentication attempts) so we have to use an account local to the database to get in,

2. FileMaker Server Admin Console will not let you close a database (it ignores you), or stop the database server (it gives you the message "Error encountered trying to shutdown Database Server"), although FileMaker Pro and IWP can still access the databases (using an account local to the database, of course),

3. Windows cannot successfully stop the FileMaker Server service (it tries, and notifies clients that it is going down, but it never finishes).

So, at this point, I restart the Windows server and everything works fine again.  But this has happened two times now, and I don't want to move our production databases over from FMSA 8 until FMSA 10 has proved itself stable.  I've combed throught the Event Viewer entries, and the FMSA logs, but cannot find anything that appears to explain this behavior.

Any ideas?

Database published with IWP. Data is related to Username. After login user can only see information related to Username. Within FileMaker this works without exception.

Unfortunately the moment I use the buttons of the webbrowser to go back in history instead of the within FileMaker programmed buttons, suddenly I get different information. Also records which are not related to Username.

I am sure that it is not a problem within the database and the approach of data linked to the username, because I have tested that thoroughly.

I am wandering whether this is a safety problem with using a database via Instant Web Publishing or that there is something I have to activate or de-activate to clear out this problem.

I use FileMaker Server Advanced 11 on a windows server. The problem within the browser is tested in IE, Firefox and Safari. All give the same problem.