Patent ID: 8635610

Claim:
A management system for managing a component used by an application, said system comprising a processor that includes: an input unit adapted to input a command for changing over a used class of a used component to a different class of a different component used by an application; and a determination unit adapted to determine whether to allow changeover to the different class of the different component in accordance with an amount of resources, which are used by the different class of the different component after the changeover, set for the different class of the different component after the changeover in response to the command, wherein said determination unit compares the amount of resources with a usable range of system resources, wherein, in a case where the amount of resources falls within the usable range of system resources, said determination unit allows the changeover to the different class of the different component, wherein, in a case where the amount of resources does not fall within the usable range of system resources, said determination unit does not allow the changeover to the different class of the different component, and wherein said determination unit includes a registration unit adapted to register, in said system, an amount of resources used by respective classes of a plurality of components, said determination unit determining whether to allow changeover of the different class of the different component in accordance with the amount of resources registered by the registration unit when the different class of the different component is installed.