Abstract: In a software management process, a software management apparatus, and a computer-readable medium storing a software management program for managing software installed in clients: a profile for a client is updated in accordance with a change notice on receipt of the change notice from the client; settings of the software in other clients which belong to the same group as the above client are determined to be synchronized with the settings of the software in the above client by reference to group information when the above profile for the above client is updated; and a synchronization notice indicating that the update of the above profile is to be reflected in the settings of the software in the other clients is sent to the other clients, and each of one or more profiles for the other clients is updated in accordance with the synchronization notice.

Abstract: An administrative manager connected to a plurality of servers each including a virtual machine environment in which a host OS and a guest OS are operable as virtual OS, performs the following processes. Namely, when the guest OS is started up in the server, the information whether or not transmission and reception of data among service programs is necessary and the information of the servers executing the service programs are referred to. Then, the connection target server which performs communications with the server in which the guest OS is started up, is determined according to the service program to be executed in the starting objective server. Further, the connection information is set to the host OS that operates in the starting objective server and to the host OS that operates in the connection target server.

Abstract: In a software management process, a software management apparatus, and a computer-readable medium storing a software management program for managing software installed in clients: a profile for a client is updated in accordance with a change notice on receipt of the change notice from the client; settings of the software in other clients which belong to the same group as the above client are determined to be synchronized with the settings of the software in the above client by reference to group information when the above profile for the above client is updated; and a synchronization notice indicating that the update of the above profile is to be reflected in the settings of the software in the other clients is sent to the other clients, and each of one or more profiles for the other clients is updated in accordance with the synchronization notice.