Patent ID: 7873694
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. An information-system management unit for managing a plurality of information systems for which a service to be provided and a service level specifying a guarantee level of the service are specified, comprising: operational-policy storage means for storing therein an operational policy having a description including a service name, a service level, an operation to be performed to resources in said information systems, and a condition for performing the operation; configuration storage means for storing therein configuration information including a service name and a service level of each of said information systems; information system extraction means for extracting at least one of said information systems having a service name and a service level corresponding to said service name and said service level of said stored operational policy, by referring to configuration information stored in said configuration storage means; operational-policy execution means for applying to said extracted information system a corresponding operational policy, to store record data obtained by said applying; and verification means for verifying a validity of said applied operational policy based on said stored record data, wherein said operational-policy execution means monitors a change of state of said extracted information system between before and after said execution, and stores therein a number of times of condition satisfaction and a number of times of service improvement obtained by said execution as said record data.