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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1998
Toshihiko Arai, kanagawa, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
In a large-scale network having a plurality of apparatuses to-be-managed, and a managing apparatus which manages the apparatuses to-be-managed; the apparatus to-be-managed comprises a number-of-times-of-status-changes information update unit which updates the cumulative number of times of status changes, and a number-of-times-of-status-changes information storage unit which stores therein the cumulative number of times of status changes as updated by the number-of-times-of-status-changes information update unit; and the managing apparatus comprises a number-of-times-of-status-changes information acquisition unit which acquires the number-of-times-of-status-changes information from the number-of-times-of-status-changes information storage unit, a status change decision unit which decides whether any status change is present or absent, in accordance with the numbers of times of status changes as acquired from the number-of-times-of-status-changes information acquisition unit, and a status information acquisition unit which acquires status information from the apparatus to-be-managed in a case where the presence of the status change has been decided by the status change decision unit.