Policy rule management support method and policy rule management support apparatus

A policy rule management support apparatus that supports management of policy rules in a computer system, wherein:

• said policy rules are operation management procedures in said computer system;
• and
• said policy rule management support apparatus comprises:
• a policy rule storing means, which stores at least one policy rule for each component of said computer system;
• a receiving means, which receives a configuration change notification for each component of said computer system;
• a detection means, which detect at least one components affected by a configuration change received by said receiving means with respect to a component;
• and
• a generation means, which specifies policy rules corresponding respectively to components detected by said detection means from said policy rule storing means and generates a list of specified policy rules.

A policy rule management support program executed by an information processing apparatus for supporting management of policy rules in a computer system, wherein:

• said policy rules are operation management procedures in said computer system;
• said information processing apparatus comprises a processing unit and a policy rule storage unit that stores at least one policy rule for each component of said computer system;
• and
• said program makes said processing unit perform:
• a receiving step, in which a configuration change notification is received for each component of said computer system;
• a detection step, in which at least one component affected by the configuration change notification received with respect to a component in said receiving step is detected;
• and
• a generation step, in which policy rules associated respectively with the components detected in said detection step are specified from said policy rule storage unit and a list of the specified policy rules is generated.