Patent ID: 7165106

Claim:
A method of managing the operation of a computer system in a network which includes a manager computer and a plurality of management object computers each of which executes divided work divided from a single work, said method executed in said management object computer comprising the steps of: adding an indication of priority corresponding to urgency to event information generated upon occurrence of an event during execution of a divided work on said management object computer, wherein event information corresponding to events which occur during execution of said divided work are prioritized based on predetermined information and said indication of priority represents said prioritization; transferring immediately, by said management object computer, event information having high priority to a master database in said management computer, wherein event information having a high priority that are transferred immediately, by said management object computer, represents abnormal operation requiring immediate attention by said management computer, adding ID information that discriminates said work to other event information and storing said other event information to a local database in said management object computer, wherein said ID information uniquely identifies said single work, relative to other single works, from which said divided work is obtained and uniquely identifies said divided work, relative to other divided works, forming a part of said single work; retrieving event information corresponding to ID information included in a request received from said manager computer from said local database; and transferring said retrieved event information to said manager computer.