Operation Management System and Method for Network-Connected Apparatus, and Agent for Apparatus Operation Management

摘要

An operation management system for managing operation of a network-connected apparatuses includes an apparatus operation managing agent and a management server. The apparatus operation managing agent is provided in the network-connected apparatus to be managed, and independently manages an operational state of the network-connected apparatus, and autonomously sends, through a network, a management result of the network-connected apparatus managed. The management server receives the management result through the predetermined interface, and manages the received management result so as to manage the network-connected apparatus to be managed.