Device management apparatus, device management method, and recording medium

A device management method for use in a device management apparatus which is connected to a plurality of devices via a network and includes a processing unit, the processing unit including a trap setting part, a storing part that stores device information of each of the plurality of devices in a predetermined storage area of a storage device as device management information of management object devices, and an excepting part that deletes device information of a device from the device management information, the device management method comprising:

• receiving, by the excepting part, an exception request for excepting exception devices from the management object devices;
• changing, by the trap setting part, when the exception request is received, a trap setting of each of the exception devices to an OFF state;
• and
• deleting, by the excepting part, device information of the exception devices from the device management information stored in the predetermined storage area of the storage device,
• wherein when the exception request is received, the trap setting of each of active devices, among the exception devices, which are determined as being in an active state capable of performing communication, based on status information of each active device included in the device management information, is changed to an OFF state,
• wherein the deleting by the excepting part includes deleting the device information of all the exception devices from the device management information,
• wherein when the exception request is received, the trap setting of each of trap-ON devices, among the active devices, which are determined as being in an ON state of the trap setting, based on trap setting information of each trap-ON device included in the device management information, is changed to an OFF state.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a device management method for use in a device management apparatus which is connected to a plurality of devices via a network and includes a processing unit, the processing unit including a trap setting part, a storing part that stores device information of each of the plurality of devices in a predetermined storage area of a storage device as device management information of management object devices, and an excepting part that deletes device information of a device from the device management information, the device management method comprising:

• receiving, by the excepting part, an exception request for excepting exception devices from the management object devices;
• changing, by the trap setting part, when the exception request is received, a trap setting of each of the exception devices to an OFF state;
• and
• deleting, by the excepting part, device information of the exception devices from the device management information stored in the predetermined storage area of the storage device,
• wherein when the exception request is received, the trap setting of each of active devices, among the exception devices, which are determined as being in an active state capable of performing communication, based on status information of each active device included in the device management information, is changed to an OFF state,
• wherein the deleting by the excepting part includes deleting the device information of all the exception devices from the device management information,
• wherein when the exception request is received, the trap setting of each of trap-ON devices, among the active devices, which are determined as being in an ON state of the trap setting, based on trap setting information of each trap-ON device included in the device management information, is changed to an OFF state.