Patent ID: 7155498

Claim:
A computer operation managing system which includes a managing computer and a plurality of computers to be managed, wherein each of said plurality of computers to be managed comprises: a unit which receives operation defining information from said managing computer, a unit which causes execution of an operation processing including at least one of job execution control, power supply control and printing execution control in accordance with the operation defining information from said receiving unit, a unit which transmits a result of the execution by said execution causing unit to said managing computer, and a unit, responsive to an instruction from said managing computer, for collecting management information including load information of said computer to be managed and returning the collected information to said managing computer; wherein said managing computer comprises: a management information control portion including a unit which collects the managing information and the execution result transmitted from the managed computer, a unit, coupled to said collecting unit of the managing computer, for managing operation of the managed computers using the operation defining information transmitted to the managed computers, the collected management information and the execution result, and an integrated managing screen display unit displaying a state of management by the managing computer on a screen, wherein said integrated managing screen display unit represents a connection relationship among the managed computers by links among symbols, represents an operation state of a relevant managed computer in the form of a symbol color, represents an execution on the computers in the form of a symbol, represents each of operations executed order of operations by links with directions among symbols, represents an execution state of each operation in the form of a symbol color, represents a connection relationship among the managed computers by links among symbols, and represents an operation state of the relevant computer in the form of a symbol color.