Patent ID: 8935373
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A management system comprising: a communication interface configured to couple with a plurality of management target apparatuses; a memory configured to store: (A) at least a management program; (B) added component information which corresponds to a certain management target apparatus and describes either a procedure or a setting for acquiring management information from the certain management target apparatus, and (C) management setting information describing typical values of modifiable settings for monitoring the management information acquired by the added component information, and a microprocessor configured, in accordance with executing the management program, (1) to respectively receive delivery added component information for obtaining the added component information to be stored in the memory, and delivery management setting information for obtaining the management setting information to be stored in the memory, and to store the added component information and the management setting information in the memory using the delivery added component information and the delivery management setting information, (2) to use the added component information stored in the memory to acquire the management information from the certain management target apparatus, and (3) to manage the certain management target apparatus based on the acquired management information and the management setting information stored in the memory.