Monitoring apparatus, monitoring system, and information setting method

A monitoring system comprising:

• a plurality of collecting apparatuses to collect status information of a network, each of the plurality of collecting apparatuses including:
• a first storage to store monitoring apparatus information for identifying source apparatuses transmitting the status information, and
• a first processor to store the monitoring apparatus information received from the source apparatuses in the first storage;
• and
• a monitoring apparatus including
• a second storage to store collecting apparatus information for identifying one of the plurality of collecting apparatuses, and
• a second processor to
• acquire status information of the network from a network apparatus connected to the network,
• acquire, from a database, collecting apparatus information for identifying each of the plurality of collecting apparatuses,
• acquire, based on the acquired collecting apparatus information, load information indicating a load on each of the plurality of collecting apparatuses,
• select, based on the acquired load information, one collecting apparatus among the plurality of collecting apparatuses to be a sending destination of the acquired status information, to which the monitoring apparatus transmits the acquired status information,
• store collecting apparatus information for identifying the selected collecting apparatus in the second storage, and
• notify the selected collecting apparatus of monitoring apparatus information for identifying the monitoring apparatus, as monitoring apparatus information of one of the source apparatuses.

An information setting method executed by a monitoring apparatus including a storage and a processor, the information setting method comprising:

• acquiring status information of a network from a network apparatus connected to the network;
• acquiring, from a database, collecting apparatus information for identifying each of a plurality of collecting apparatuses collecting status information of the network;
• acquiring, based on the acquired collecting apparatus information, load information indicating a load on each of the plurality of collecting apparatuses;
• selecting, based on the acquired load information, one collecting apparatus among the plurality of collecting apparatuses to be a sending destination of the acquired status information, to which the monitoring apparatus transmits the acquired status information;
• storing, by the processor, collecting apparatus information for identifying the selected collecting apparatus in the storage;
• and
• notifying the selected collecting apparatus of monitoring apparatus information for identifying the monitoring apparatus.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a procedure comprising:

• acquiring status information of a network from a network apparatus connected to the network;
• acquiring, from a database, collecting apparatus information for identifying each of a plurality of collecting apparatuses collecting status information of the network;
• acquiring, based on the acquired collecting apparatus information, load information indicating a load on each of the plurality of collecting apparatuses;
• selecting, based on the acquired load information, one collecting apparatus among the plurality of collecting apparatuses to be a sending destination of the acquired status information, to which the computer transmits the acquired status information;
• storing collecting apparatus information for identifying the selected collecting apparatus in a storage;
• and
• notifying the selected collecting apparatus of monitoring apparatus information for identifying the computer.