Patent ID: 8553564
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A management system comprising: a communication interface configured to couple to multiple management-target apparatuses; a memory configured to store a management program, multiple additional component information and multiple additional component application condition information; and a microprocessor, wherein each of the multiple additional component information is used for acquiring management information from the multiple management-target apparatuses; and includes: (i) an additional program added to the management program configured to acquire management information from the management target apparatuses; or (ii) a method or item according to a management protocol which is placed over IP (Internet Protocol); the multiple additional component application condition information comprise a corresponding additional component information identifier and a condition for receiving information from the multiple management-target apparatuses based on the corresponding additional component information, and by executing the management program, the microprocessor is configured to select each of the management target apparatuses and to: (a) receive multiple first information from the selected management-target apparatus through the communication interface, and store configuration information of the multiple management-target apparatuses in the memory based on the multiple first information; (b) determine, based on the configuration information and the multiple additional component application condition information, whether or not to use the multiple additional component information to acquire multiple second information from the selected management-target apparatus; (c) use the multiple additional component information to receive the multiple second information from the selected management-target apparatus via the communication interface in a case where the determination in the (b) is to acquire the multiple second information; and (d) either create or update management information of the selected management-target apparatus in the memory based on the multiple second information, wherein the microprocessor, by executing the management program, extracts from a first additional component package, acquired from either the communication interface or an external storage medium, first additional component information that is in the multiple additional component information, and first additional component application condition information that is in the multiple additional component application condition information, and wherein the multiple first information is acquirable prior to storing the first additional component information in the memory, the determination in (b) is based on the first additional component application condition information, and (c) is executed using the first additional component information.