Management system, method, and program storage medium

A method for a management system including a client communicating with a plurality of network devices, and a manager managing the client, the method comprising:

• managing, by the manager, a destination list set including a plurality of destination lists, each of which includes one or more destinations;
• generating, by the manager, a task in which the destination list set and a network device to be distributed are set;
• executing, by the client, a first determination to determine whether the network device to be distributed is able to manage the plurality of destination lists included in the destination list set, based on the task generated by the manager;
• executing, by the client, a second determination to determine whether the number of destinations included in the plurality of destination lists of the destination list set is within the number of destinations manageable by the network device to be distributed;
• distributing, by the client, distribution data including the plurality of destination lists of the destination list set to the network device to be distributed when it is determined in the first determination that the network device to be distributed is able to manage the plurality of destination lists and it is determined in the second determination that the number of destinations included in the plurality of destination lists of the destination list set is within the number of manageable destinations;
• and
• generating, by the client, one destination list manageable by the network device to be distributed using the destinations included in the plurality of destination lists of the destination list set when it is determined in the first determination that the network device to be distributed is not able to manage the plurality of destination lists and it is determined in the second determination that the number of destinations included in the plurality of destination lists of the destination list set is within the number of destinations in which the number of manageable destinations,
• wherein the client distributes the distribution data including the generated destination lists to the network device to be distributed.

A non-transitory storage medium on which is stored a computer program for making a computer execute a method in a client communicating with a plurality of network devices and managed by a manager, the method comprising:

• executing first determination to determine whether a network device to be distributed is able to manage a plurality of destination lists included in a destination list set, based on a destination list set generated by the manager managing the destination list set including the plurality of destination lists including one or more destinations and a task set by the network device to be distributed;
• executing a second determination to determine whether the number of destinations included in the plurality of destination lists included in the destination list set is within the number of destinations manageable by the network device to be distributed;
• distributing distribution data including the plurality of destination lists of the destination list set to the network device to be distributed when it is determined in the first determination that the network device to be distributed is able to manage the plurality of destination lists and it is determined in the second determination that the number of destinations included in the plurality of destination lists of the destination list set is within the number of destinations in which the number of manageable destinations;
• and
• generating one destination list manageable by the network device to be distributed using the destinations included in the plurality of destination lists of the destination list set when it is determined in the first determination that the network device to be distributed is not able to manage the plurality of destination lists and it is determined in the second determination that the number of destinations included in the plurality of destination lists of the destination list set is within the number of manageable destinations,
• wherein the client distributes the distribution data including the generated destination lists to the network device to be distributed.