A highly recommendable and useful tool offered by Intuit is the QuickBooks Database Server Manager. If you would like help with installing, updating, and setting up the QuickBooks Database Manager, then read this blog.
Downloading The QuickBooks Database Server Manager
System Requirements for QB Database Server Manager
Features of QuickBooks Database Server Manager
There are some features of QB Database Server Manager which are mentioned below.
1. Feature Type One: Database Server Features
You can open the QB Database Server Manager for the below usage.
- User list who logged in to every company file and these company files are connected to the server
- Status which shows the QB Database Server service list. These services should be active when the server is hosting the file
- To change the status of the service you can use the Service Administrative Tool to configure, it also helps to configure the service
2. Feature Type Two: Update Features
It also helps to download QB Server Updates and viewing the QB Server versions.
- Go to Start button >>> Click Program or search for QuickBooks Database Manager and click it
- Now click to Updates to check if any updates are available or not
- If any update is available it shows you and accordingly follows the messages on the screen to complete the update
3. Feature Type Three: System Features
If you want to get any system information where the Database Server is installed you can use the system feature.
- Go to Start button >>> Program >>> QuickBooks >>> QuickBooks Database Server Manager
- Search and click the “System” option
- At the end, locate “System Information” for the computer in which the Database Server has been installed.
Set Up Process and Steps to Use The QuickBooks Database Server Manager
To set up & how to Use Quickbooks database server manager, You need to follow mentioned below steps:
Total Time: 18 minutes
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Step One
Step 1: Opening the QuickBooks Database Server Manager
💠 In this step, you have to open the QB Database Server Manager.
💠 To do that click Windows button
💠 then go to Programs >>> QuickBooks
💠 QuickBooks Database Server Manager. -
Step Two
Step 2: Scan Your Folder Features
Company files that are available on the server need to be checked whether they are allowing access to other users to get the files easily.
💠 Go to Windows button >>> Programs>>> QuickBooks >>> QuickBooks Database Server Manager
💠 Now click the Scan folder option
💠 Look up the folder containing “QuickBooks company files”.
💠 If you don’t find then search it
💠 Once you get the folder having QB company files click Scan
💠 You can see the folder which is scanning through the progress bar
💠 When the scan is done the file which is available in the folder are for multi-user access -
Step Three
Step 3 – How to add a folder
💠 To add the folder you need to follow the below steps
💠 After opening the QB Database Server Manager, click the Add folder option
💠 Now select the folder which you want to add
💠 You can see the location of the Folders containing company file under “Folder that contains QuickBooks company Files” -
Step Four
Steps 4 – Steps to Remove folder
💠 You can remove the folder by first selecting the folder and then clicking on the Remove folder option
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Step Five
Steps 5 – Steps to scan
💠 To scan the folder you can click the scan button
💠 Once the scan process is done you can see the list of company files in that folder which is searched -
Step Six
Step 6 – Monitored Drive Features
💠 While adding any company file to the server, if you want to keep updated your QB Database Server 💠 Manager you can use Monitored Drive Features.
💠 Click Start >>> programs>>> QuickBooks >>> QuickBooks Database Manager
💠 Click the “Monitored Drive Tab” button
💠 Finally click on Remove and Rename and then click Select
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How to Configuring the QuickBooks Database Server Manager
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FAQs
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How do I locate the QuickBooks Database Server Manager?
Users have to go to the Start button and then to the All Programs button to find the QBDSM. Click the QBDSM tab and then search the files. After this, search the files and look for the business file folder.
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When did you need QuickBooks Database Server Manager?
This tool creates the network data file for each of the company file that is stored on the workstation. If you use different versions of the QuickBooks server, you will also need this Tool.
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How does the QuickBooks Database Server Manager benefit you and your business?
QuickBooks Database Server Manager helps you in many ways:
💠 The list of users who are logged in to each company file and the server-connected company files.
💠 Use the Services Administrative Tool to configure QBDBXX services if you want to change the status of the services.
💠 QB Database Server Manager Services will show status. When the server hosting the company files, all the services should be running.