Patent ID: 8621280

Claim:
A failure reproducing apparatus connected to an information processing apparatus, for reproducing a failure that occurs in the information processing apparatus, the failure reproducing apparatus comprising: a target-time calculating unit that extracts a first process and a second process that have caused the failure, and calculates target time that is a time difference between first execution time at which the information processing apparatus executes the first process that has caused the failure, and second execution time at which the information processing apparatus executes the second process that has caused the failure; an history-information acquiring unit that outputs a first execution command to execute the first process and a second execution command to execute the second process to the information processing apparatus, and acquires history information containing first execution time at which the information processing apparatus executes the first process on the basis of the first execution command, and second execution time at which the information processing apparatus executes the second process on the basis of the second execution command; a delay-time calculating unit that calculates a delay time of the second execution command which is a time difference between a second output time at which the second execution command is outputted and the second execution time included in the history information, the delay time corresponding to the combination of the first execution command and the second execution command; and an adjusting unit that outputs the second execution command to the information processing apparatus when a period of time obtained by adding the delay time and the target time elapses, after outputting the first execution command.