Patent ID: 8301807
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A device management apparatus which is connected to a plurality of devices via a network and includes a processing unit, the processing unit comprising: a trap setting part to define a trap setting of each of the plurality of devices; a storing part to store device information of each of the plurality of devices, transmitted to the device management apparatus by a trap processing of each of the plurality of devices, in a predetermined storage area of a storage device as device management information of management object devices; and an excepting part to delete device information of a device from the device management information stored by the storing part, wherein, when an exception request for excepting exception devices from the management object devices is received, the trap setting part changes the trap setting of each of the exception devices to an OFF state and the excepting part deletes device information of the exception devices from the device management information stored by the storing part, wherein the trap setting part is configured so that, when the exception request is received, the trap setting of each of active devices, among the exception devices, which are determined as being in an active state capable of performing communication, based on status information of each active device included in the device management information, is changed to an OFF state, wherein the excepting part is configured to delete the device information of all the exception devices from the device management information, wherein the trap setting part is further configured so that, when the exception request is received, the trap setting of each of trap-ON devices, among the active devices, which are determined as being in an ON state of the trap setting, based on trap setting information of each trap-ON device included in the device management information, is changed to an OFF state.