Management apparatus, management system, management method, and storage medium

A management method for managing a plurality of electronic devices having agent functions, the management method comprising:

• specifying an optimal agent function of an electronic device from the plurality of electronic devices based on information that is acquired from each of the plurality of electronic devices and that is related to a corresponding agent function of each of the plurality of electronic devices;
• setting to enable the optimal agent function of the electronic device and disable the corresponding agent function of each of other electronic devices in the plurality of electronic devices;
• acquiring, via the electronic device with the optimal agent function enabled, status information indicating a status of the electronic device having the optimal agent function enabled and status information indicating a status of each of the other electronic devices having the corresponding agent function disabled;
• and
• outputting specification result information indicating a specification result,
• wherein registration information including a number of electronic devices of the plurality of electronic devices that are detectable by the corresponding agent function of each of the electronic devices having accepted a registration operation acquired from electronic devices of the plurality of electronic devices that have accepted the registration operation.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a management program for managing a plurality of electronic devices having agent functions, the management program, when executed by at least one processor, causing a computer to:

• specify an optimal agent function of an electronic device from the plurality of electronic devices based on information that is acquired from each of the plurality of electronic devices and that is related to a corresponding agent function of each of the plurality of electronic devices;
• set to enable the optimal agent function of the electronic device and disable the corresponding agent function of each of other electronic devices in the plurality of electronic devices;
• acquire, via the electronic device with the optimal agent function enabled, status information indicating a status of the electronic device having the optimal agent function enabled and status information indicating a status of each of the other electronic devices having the corresponding agent function disabled;
• and
• output specification result information indicating a specification result,
• wherein registration information including a number of electronic devices of the plurality of electronic devices that are detectable by the corresponding agent function of each of the electronic devices having accepted a registration operation acquired from electronic devices of the plurality of electronic devices that have accepted the registration operation.