Abstract: A computer system comprises: a server transmitted an input/output processing request; a storage apparatus comprising input/output processing units capable of processing the input/output processing request, and the logical volumes; a management computer managed the storage apparatus; and a particular processor managed a particular resource group, wherein the particular processor is configured to: calculate a load balancing plan when a load on a first resource comprised in the particular resource group is excessive, to distribute a part of the load on the first resource to a second resource comprised in the particular resource group; output the load balancing plan in a manner that allows the load balancing plan to be displayed; and distribute the load on the first resource to the second resource by following the load balancing plan, when an instruction to execute the load balancing plan is received as a result of outputting the load balancing plan.

Abstract: Provided is a management computer that has a processor, an input device, an output device, and a storage device, and manages a plurality of computer systems. This management computer is provided with a countermeasure procedure plan generation module that generates a countermeasure procedure plan for changing the state of parts of the plurality of computer systems. This countermeasure procedure plan generation module generates a countermeasure procedure plan according to a constraint in which among the plurality of computer systems or parts thereof, the effect on higher-ranking computer systems or the parts thereof is smaller than the effect on lower-ranking computer systems or the parts thereof.

Abstract: A system management method for a management computer coupled to a computer system, the computer system including a plurality of computers, an operations system being built thereon the computer system, the operations system including a plurality of task nodes each having allocated thereto computer resources, the system management method including: a step of analyzing a configuration of the computer system for specifying a important node, which is an important task node in the operations system; a step of changing an allocation amount of the computer resources allocated to the important node for measuring a load of the operations system; a step of calculating a first weighting representing a strength of associations among the plurality of task nodes based on a measurement result of the load; and a step of specifying a range impacted by a change in the load of the important node based on the calculated first weighting.

Abstract: In performance estimation when the configuration of a computer system is changed, the influence, on performance, of a temporary increase in load to a computer system due to reallocation of a process request allocated to a degenerated server to another server as a result of server degeneration is taken into consideration. In an embodiment, an information processing device which evaluates the performance of the computer system estimates the performance of the computer system when operation of a server included in the computer system is stopped based on the throughput required for the server at the time of operation stop and outputs the estimated performance of the computer system.

Abstract: A computer system comprises: a server transmitted an input/output processing request; a storage apparatus comprising input/output processing units capable of processing the input/output processing request, and the logical volumes; a management computer managed the storage apparatus; and a particular processor managed a particular resource group, wherein the particular processor is configured to: calculate a load balancing plan when a load on a first resource comprised in the particular resource group is excessive, to distribute a part of the load on the first resource to a second resource comprised in the particular resource group; output the load balancing plan in a manner that allows the load balancing plan to be displayed; and distribute the load on the first resource to the second resource by following the load balancing plan, when an instruction to execute the load balancing plan is received as a result of outputting the load balancing plan.

Abstract: A plurality of process content is retained, said process content including identifiers of a plurality of part content included in each process and information which denotes dependencies among the plurality of part content. When information is inputted which designates a first process and the part content of a problem portion which is included in the first process, a process similar to the first process is retrieved. On the basis of whether there is a change in any of the plurality of part content which is included in the retrieved process, an evaluation value of the retrieved process is either incremented or decremented, and the information relating to the plurality of processes is outputted on the basis of the evaluation value.

Abstract: A system management method for a management computer coupled to a computer system, the computer system including a plurality of computers, an operations system being built thereon the computer system, the operations system including a plurality of task nodes each having allocated thereto computer resources, the system management method including: a step of analyzing a configuration of the computer system for specifying a important node, which is an important task node in the operations system; a step of changing an allocation amount of the computer resources allocated to the important node for measuring a load of the operations system; a step of calculating a first weighting representing a strength of associations among the plurality of task nodes based on a measurement result of the load; and a step of specifying a range impacted by a change in the load of the important node based on the calculated first weighting.

Abstract: In performance estimation when the configuration of a computer system is changed, the influence, on performance, of a temporary increase in load to a computer system due to reallocation of a process request allocated to a degenerated server to another server as a result of server degeneration is taken into consideration. In an embodiment, an information processing device which evaluates the performance of the computer system estimates the performance of the computer system when operation of a server included in the computer system is stopped based on the throughput required for the server at the time of operation stop and outputs the estimated performance of the computer system.

Abstract: A plurality of process content is retained, said process content including identifiers of a plurality of part content included in each process and information which denotes dependencies among the plurality of part content. When information is inputted which designates a first process and the part content of a problem portion which is included in the first process, a process similar to the first process is retrieved. On the basis of whether there is a change in any of the plurality of part content which is included in the retrieved process, an evaluation value of the retrieved process is either incremented or decremented, and the information relating to the plurality of processes is outputted on the basis of the evaluation value.

Abstract: Provided is a protein used in the development of a therapeutic agent for neuron- or endocrine cell-related diseases, in which the transport system is involved. The protein has an amino acid sequence with one or more amino acids deleted, substituted, inserted or added relative to the amino acid sequence set forth under SEQ ID NO:1 in the Sequence Listing and which has a property to interact with GDP/GTP exchange factor II.

Abstract: Provided is a protein used in the development of a therapeutic agent for neuron- or endocrine cell-related diseases, in which the transport system is involved. The protein has an amino acid sequence with one or more amino acids deleted, substituted, inserted or added relative to the amino acid: sequence set forth under SEQ ID NO:1 in the Sequence Listing and which has a property to interact with GDP/GTP exchange factor II.

Abstract: Provided is a protein used in the development of a therapeutic agent for neuron- or endocrine cell-related diseases, in which the transport system is involved. The protein has an amino acid sequence with one or more amino acids deleted, substituted, inserted or added relative to the amino acid sequence set forth under SEQ ID NO: 1 in the Sequence Listing and which has a property to interact with GDP/GTP exchange factor II.