Patent ID: 8468238

Claim:
A computer-readable, non-transitory medium containing instructions that cause a computer to execute a process, the process comprising: first obtaining first process information of a process operating on a server from each of a plurality of servers constituting an IT system prior to a start of a series of processes in any of the servers, the series of processes including a process corresponding to an application for providing an IT service; repeatedly second obtaining second process information of a process from each of the servers through the start to end of the process performing the application; specifying third process information of processes corresponding to the application by removing the first process information from the second process information; automatically generating configuration information for monitoring a process condition of a series of processes including the process corresponding to the application by extracting, from the third process information, a process name corresponding to the application and identification information of the server where the process corresponds to the process name of the application, the extracted process name being associated with the identification information; and monitoring the process corresponding to the application by using the configuration information.