Tips for valid folders
The folders you specify as a default backup folder, a progressive backup folder, and as an additional database folder must be valid.
• If you specify a folder on a local volume, you must do the following:
• Ensure that the folder has permissions set correctly so that FileMaker Server can read and write to the folder.
• If you specify a folder on a remote volume, you must do the following:
• When you install FileMaker Server, specify a FileMaker Server user account other than the default account. Ensure that this account has sufficient permissions to read and write the folder on the remote volume.
Windows: If the FileMaker Server user account is a Windows domain account, disable User Access Control (UAC) and restart FileMaker Server. See Windows Help and Support.
• OS X: To use a remote volume, make sure the remote volume is mounted and accessible before FileMaker Server starts.
• You can’t specify a remote volume for the backup database folder.
• Specify the folder as an absolute path:
• Windows: The path you enter must start with filewin:/ and end with a slash (/).
For example, filewin:/driveLetter:/folderName/
If you are using a network volume, the path you enter must have the server name.
For example, filewin://serverName/shareName/folderName/
• OS X: The path you enter must start with filemac:/ and end with a slash (/).
For example, filemac:/volumeName/folderName/
Note You can use Windows Explorer or the DOS command prompt to map network drives and remotely access folders on a computer by specifying the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) names.
• The folder path cannot contain any characters or words reserved by the operating system. For example, the folder path cannot contain com1 in Windows. In OS X the folder path cannot contain a colon (:) character.
• The default backup folder and progressive backup folder cannot be a parent or a subfolder of the default database folder, the additional database folder, or the Scripts folder. The additional database folder cannot be a parent or a subfolder of the default database folder, the backup folder, or the Scripts folder. See
Database and backup folder settings.