Patent ID: 8677369

Claim:
A method of allocating at least one of a virtual resources to a business application, wherein said virtual resources are unused available resources of a plurality of computer systems, the method comprising steps by a management server of: providing a resource quantity necessary to execute said business application, said resource quantity being stored in a business application configuration table; providing a usable quantity for each of said virtual resources, said usable quantity being stored in a resource configuration table; providing a connectivity relation among said virtual resources, said connectivity relation being stored in said resource configuration table; and allocating said usable quantity to said business application on the basis of said connectivity relation among said virtual resources when said usable quantity meets said resource quantity necessary for each resources; wherein said connectivity relation between resources is a relation for a resource to call on another resource; wherein said connectivity relation is based on detailed information from a section which manages said detailed information for each resource; wherein said detailed information is information relating to a database used by said business application; obtaining information of a data path which said business application utilizes; obtaining information of a storage volume from said information of said data path; specifying an identified storage volume as a virtual resource from said information of said storage volume; and confirming said connectivity relation between said database and said storage volume.