Patent ID: 8782079
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A configuration information management device, comprising: a configuration information storage unit distributedly storing a configuration item indicative of information about a target of management, and an item relationship indicative of information about a connection between configuration items independently of a different configuration information management device; a storage controlling unit, when a request to enter the item relationship, is accepted, determining a destination to store the item relationship, and controlling to cause the configuration information storage unit or the different configuration information management device to store the item relationship; a replica storage controlling unit for controlling to cause the configuration information storage unit or the different configuration information management device to store a replica of the item relationship caused to be stored by the storage controlling unit, either the configuration information storage unit or the different configuration information management device containing a configuration item connected to the item relationship; and a search processing unit, when a search request including a series of the configuration item and the item relationship is accepted, decomposing the search request such that the configuration item and the item relationship arranged in series are together treated as a unit of processing, and performing a search process for each unit of processing by specifying, using the unit of processing obtained by decomposing, one of the configuration management devices in which the configuration item and the item relationship connected to each other are stored as a target of search.