Patent ID: 8671186

Claim:
A method for managing a computer system, wherein multiple management domains are configured in the computer system, the multiple management domains respectively comprise at least one node apparatus and a management apparatus for managing the node apparatus, the respective management apparatuses are configured to store a prescribed analysis rule, and the prescribed analysis rule defines a relationship between a causal event, which constitutes a cause of a problem, and multiple relevant events, which denote problems created by the causal event, the method comprising: acquiring, using a first management apparatus of the respective management apparatuses, from among the respective relevant events, a relevant event related to a prescribed node apparatus, which is not under management of the first management apparatus, from a second management apparatus, which is configured to manage the prescribed node apparatus from among the respective management apparatuses, analyzing, using the first management apparatus, a problem by applying the relevant event acquired from the second management apparatus and another relevant event related to a node apparatus under the management of the first management apparatus to the analysis rule, querying, using the first management apparatus, the second management apparatus as to whether or not the second management apparatus is managing the prescribed node apparatus, and acquiring, using the first management apparatus, the relevant event related to the prescribed node apparatus from the second management apparatus in a case where the second management apparatus has responded that the second management apparatus is managing the prescribed node apparatus.