Patent ID: 8264728

Claim:
A log collecting system comprising: a computer apparatus; and at least one peripheral apparatus connected to the computer apparatus, the computer apparatus collecting a log that records operation of the at least one peripheral apparatus, the peripheral apparatus comprising: a first log memory controlling section that stores a first log relating to all operation of the at least one peripheral apparatus in a first log memory region; and a second log memory controlling section that stores, in a second log memory region, a second log indicative of any influence on the operation of the at least one peripheral apparatus among the first logs, the computer apparatus comprising: a third log memory controlling section that stores, in a third log memory region, a third log relating to the operation of the computer apparatus concerning the at least one peripheral apparatus; a fourth log memory controlling section that continuously or discontinuously acquires the second logs stored in the second log memory region, and stores the second log in a fourth log memory region; a first log acquiring section that acquires, at a predetermined timing, the first log stored in the first log memory region; and a log information creating section that creates one log information with the acquired first log, the third log stored in the third log memory region, and the second log stored in the fourth log memory region when the first log acquiring section acquires the first log.