Patent ID: 8219597

Claim:
An information processing apparatus configured to allow first software to be executed therein, the first software managing a network device communicable via a network using management information regarding the network device stored in a database, the apparatus comprising: a data migrating unit configured to acquire management information in a second format corresponding to second software of a version different from a version of the first software, convert the management information in the second format into a first format corresponding to the first software, and register the converted management information in the database, wherein the management information includes user information of a user who is accessible to the network device; and a control unit configured to receive an instruction of performing a data migration processing, in which the management information in the second format is migrated to data used by the first software, and start the data migrating unit in accordance with the received instruction such that the data migrating unit runs in a first process different from a second process in which the control unit runs, wherein the data migrating unit converts the management information by adding a new value to a management item that is common to the first and second formats of the management information so that the value is suitable for the first software, and wherein the control unit includes (a) a migration state information acquiring unit configured to acquire information regarding a state of the migration of the management information performed by the data migrating unit and (b) a notifying unit configured to notify, on a screen displayed by a browser, a user of the state of the migration of the management information based on the acquired information, wherein the browser has a time-out setting for a display processing.