System for managing computers and pieces of software allocated to and executed by the computers

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a management program for causing a management computer to execute processing for, in a computer center in which a plurality of computers including hardware are provided, managing the computers and pieces of software allocated to and executed by the computers, respectively, the management program allowing the management computer to execute:

• selection data reading processing for reading data regarding allocation destination selection from a storage part of the management computer, the data regarding allocation destination selection including at least either one of operation data and temperature data, wherein the operation data include sets of operation data that represent a load applied to each computer by each software allocated thereto, and temperature data represent temperature distribution in the computers;
• instruction generating processing for extracting, from the computers, an overheated computer in which at least one of the load represented by the operation data and the temperature represented by the temperature data satisfies a predetermined overheated condition for determining the overheated computer that emits more heat as compared with the other computers, and a less-heated computer in which at least one of the load represented by the operation data and the temperature represented by the temperature data satisfies a predetermined less-heated condition for determining the less-heated computer that emits less heat as compared with the other computers and generating an instruction for relocating at least a part of the piece of software allocated to the overheated computer to the less-heated computer;
• and
• instructing processing for outputting the instruction,
• wherein the overheated computer and the less-heated computer are extracted according to a condition that computers whose distance is less than a predetermined amount should not be extracted as the overheated computer and the less-heated computer.

A management method for, in a computer center in which a plurality of computers including hardware are provided, managing the computers and pieces of software allocated to and executed by the computers, respectively, by using a management computer, the method comprising:

• an operation executed by an instruction generation unit provided in the management computer for reading data regarding allocation destination selection from a storage part of the management computer, the data regarding allocation destination selection including at least either one of operation data and temperature data, wherein the operation data include sets of operation data that represent a load applied to each computer by each software allocated thereto and temperature data represent temperature distribution in the computers;
• an operation executed by the instruction generation unit provided in the management computer for extracting, from the computers, an overheated computer in which at least one of the load represented by the operation data and the temperature represented by the temperature data satisfies a predetermined overheated condition for determining the overheated computer that emits more heat as compared with the other computers, and a less-heated computer in which at least one of the load represented by the operation data and the temperature represented by the temperature data satisfies a predetermined less-heated condition and generating an instruction for relocating at least a part of the piece of software allocated to the overheated computer to the less-heated computer for determining the less-heated computer that emits less heat as compared with the other computers;
• and
• an operation executed by an instruction unit provided in the management computer for outputting the instruction,
• wherein the instruction generation unit extracts the overheated computer and the less-heated computer according to a condition that computers whose distance is less than a predetermined amount should not be extracted as the overheated computer and the less-heated computer.