A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program, which when executed by one or more computers, performs a method for managing a computer system comprising multiple management-target apparatuses and a management system,
- wherein the management system comprises multiple additional component information and multiple additional component application condition information,
- each of the multiple additional component information is used for acquiring management information from the multiple management-target apparatuses, and includes:
- (i) an additional program added to the management program configured to acquire management information from the management target apparatuses;
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- (ii) a method or item according to a management protocol which is placed over IP (Internet Protocol);
- the multiple additional component application condition information comprises a corresponding additional component information identifier and a condition for receiving information from the multiple management-target apparatuses based on the corresponding additional component information,
- the computer system management method comprising:
- in use of the management system selecting each of the management target apparatuses and,
- (a) receiving multiple first information from the selected management-target apparatus and storing configuration information of the multiple management-target apparatuses based on the multiple first information;
- (b) determining, based on the configuration information and the multiple additional component application condition information, whether or not to use the multiple additional component information to acquire multiple second information from the selected management-target apparatus;
- (c) using the multiple additional component information to receive the multiple second information from the selected management-target apparatus in a case where the determination in the (b) is to acquire the multiple second information;
- and
- (d) either creating or updating management information of the selected management-target based on the multiple second information,
- extracting from a first additional component package, acquired from either the communication interface or an external storage medium, first additional component information that is in the multiple additional component information, and first additional component application condition information that is in the multiple additional component application condition information, and
- wherein the multiple first information is acquirable prior to storing the first additional component information in the memory,
- the determination in (b) is based on the first additional component application condition information, and
- (c) is executed using the first additional component information.