Patent ID: 7519692

Claim:
An information processing system configuration design method supporting a configuration design of an information processing system constituted of a plurality of apparatuses connected via a network, the method being performed by a computer of an information processing system configuration supporting apparatus and comprising the steps of: acquiring identification information of each apparatus constituting said information processing system through network connection from a network configuration design supporting a apparatus using a communication means caused by said computer to perform said step of acquiring identification information; acquiring schedule information of each apparatus identified by said acquired identification information from a storage, comparing said acquired schedule information with a reserved time period of said information processing system, and extracting an apparatus unavailable in the reserved time period; acquiring identification information of each substitute apparatus for said extracted apparatus from said network configuration design supporting apparatus by using the communication means; and acquiring schedule information of the substitute apparatus identified by said acquired identification information from the storage, comparing said acquired schedule information with the reserved time period of said information processing system, and outputting information of a substitute apparatus available in the reserved time period through an output unit caused by said computer to perform said outputting step, to support a change in each constituent apparatus.