Patent ID: 7680921

Claim:
In a management system including a management computer and a plurality of managed computers to be managed by the management computer, the management computer comprising: a communication device configured to receive operating data of a monitoring object inside a first managed computer, from among the plurality of managed computers, and information relating to an event from a sender managed computer; a memory to store the operating data received by the communication device, the operating data including an identifier associated with the first managed computer; a storage device; and a processor configured to compare the identifier associated with the first managed computer with the sender managed computer that sends the information relating to the event; and wherein the processor determines that the first managed computer is same as the sender managed computer, storing the information relating to the event and the operating data of the monitoring object associated with the event, in the memory, or wherein the processor determines that the first managed computer is different from the sender managed computer, not storing the information relating to the event and the operating data of the monitoring object associated with the event, in the memory; and wherein when the event indicates a parameter of the monitoring object exceeds a threshold value, and the information relating to the event is stored in the memory, then the operating data received is stored in the storage device, and wherein when the event does not indicate the parameter of the monitoring object exceeds the threshold value or the information relating to the event is not stored in the memory, then the operating data received is not stored in the storage device.