Management apparatus, management method and management program

A management method implemented by a management device that includes a hardware processor and a memory, the management method comprising:

• storing, in the memory, specification information indicating specifications of a plurality of entities including a network and an ICT device that are to be managed, and entity information including information indicating a relationship between the plurality of entities;
• receiving an entity generation request that requests generation of a first entity with respect to the network or the ICT device;
• reading the specification information regarding the first entity from the memory, to determine whether the first entity has a consumption specification attribute indicating a need of consumption of a resource in the network or of the ICT device;
• when the first entity is determined to have the consumption specification attribute, identifying a second entity capable of providing a capacity of a resource to be consumed by the first entity, on a basis of the entity information stored in the memory;
• determining, on a basis of the identified second entity, whether dispensation of the capacity of the resource to be consumed by the first entity is possible;
• when the dispensation is determined to be possible, dispensing the capacity to the first entity, and
• when a plurality of the entity generation requests is received, dispensing a capacity of a common resource to a plurality of the first entities requested through the plurality of the entity generation requests, on a basis of the second entity identified for each first entity of the plurality of the first entities.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a management program that when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

• storing specification information indicating specifications of a plurality of entities including a network and an ICT device that are to be managed, and entity information including information indicating a relationship between the plurality of entities;
• receiving an entity generation request that requests generation of a first entity with respect to the network or the ICT device;
• reading the specification information regarding the first entity from the memory, to determine whether the first entity has a consumption specification attribute indicating a need of consumption of a resource in the network or of the ICT device;
• when the first entity is determined to have the consumption specification attribute, identifying a second entity capable of providing a capacity of a resource to be consumed by the first entity, on a basis of the entity information stored in the memory;
• determining, on a basis of the identified second entity, whether dispensation of the capacity of the resource to be consumed by the first entity is possible;
• when the dispensation is determined to be possible, dispensing the capacity to the first entity;
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• when a plurality of the entity generation requests is received, dispensing a capacity of a common resource to a plurality of the first entities requested through the plurality of the entity generation requests, on a basis of the second entity identified for each first entity of the plurality of the first entities.