Abstract: A network management apparatus performs a determination process and a prioritization process. The determination process is processing that determines, while instructing to execute a first task registered in a first queue in sequence, whether or not an execution condition of a second task registered in a second queue, which has an execution priority higher than the first task, is satisfied. The prioritization process is processing that gives priority to instructing to execute the second task when the execution condition of the second task is satisfied.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a network management apparatus, comprising: a notification acquisition unit configured to acquire a notification that is notified when a predetermined operation is performed with respect to a target device; a necessity determination unit configured to determine whether or not to necessitate handling that requires human intervention to handle the notification based on the notification acquired by the notification acquisition unit; and an informing unit configured to inform, when the handling that requires human intervention is determined to be necessitated, a to-be-informed destination that is to perform the handling.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a network management apparatus, comprising: a script acquisition unit configured to acquire a script for automating an operation related to operating a network; a parameter acquisition unit configured to acquire an input parameter that is required to run the script acquired by the script acquisition unit in a production environment of the script and a run mode in the production environment; and a script running unit configured to run the script acquired by the script acquisition unit according to the run mode acquired by the parameter acquisition unit using the input parameter acquired by the parameter acquisition unit, and, when the run mode is a dry run mode, the script running unit skipping a process of changing configuration of the network among processes described in the script, and running the script in the production environment.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a script discrimination apparatus, comprising: a script acquisition unit configured to acquire a script for automating an operation related to operating a network; a keyword determination unit configured to determine whether or not a source code of the script acquired by the script acquisition unit includes a specific keyword that is related to a process of changing a configuration of the network; and a configuration change discrimination unit configured to discriminate, when the specific keyword is determined to be included in the script by the keyword determination unit, a process corresponding to a portion including the specific keyword from among processes described in the script acquired by the script acquisition unit as the process of changing the configuration of the network.

Abstract: To enhance efficiency in handing over network resources in a large-scale network, disclosed herein is a network management apparatus, comprising: an environmental information acquisition unit configured to acquire environmental information on a network resource serving as a management target; an analysis unit configured to analyze a handover status of management of the management target from an upstream process to a downstream process based on the environmental information acquired by the environmental information acquisition unit; and a visualization unit configured to visualize the handover status based on an analysis result by the analysis unit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a script discrimination apparatus, comprising: a script acquisition unit configured to acquire a script for automating an operation related to operating a network; a keyword determination unit configured to determine whether or not a source code of the script acquired by the script acquisition unit includes a specific keyword that is related to a process of changing a configuration of the network; and a configuration change discrimination unit configured to discriminate, when the specific keyword is determined to be included in the script by the keyword determination unit, a process corresponding to a portion including the specific keyword from among processes described in the script acquired by the script acquisition unit as the process of changing the configuration of the network.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a network management apparatus, comprising: a change request acquisition unit configured to acquire a change request that describes information on contents of a change plan relating to a network configuration; a first determination unit configured to determine, based on the information included in the change request, whether or not to perform an automatic approval that approves the change request without notifying an approver of the change request; a risk assessment unit configured to assess, based on the information included in the change request, a risk of implementing a change in accordance with the change request; and a second determination unit configured to determine whether or not to perform the automatic approval based on the risk assessed by the risk assessment unit with respect to the change request for which the automatic approval has not been determined to be performed by the first determination unit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a network management apparatus, comprising: a notification acquisition unit configured to acquire a notification that is notified when a predetermined operation is performed with respect to a target device; a necessity determination unit configured to determine whether or not to necessitate handling that requires human intervention to handle the notification based on the notification acquired by the notification acquisition unit; and an informing unit configured to inform, when the handling that requires human intervention is determined to be necessitated, a to-be-informed destination that is to perform the handling.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a network management apparatus, comprising: a script acquisition unit configured to acquire a script for automating an operation related to operating a network; a parameter acquisition unit configured to acquire an input parameter that is required to run the script acquired by the script acquisition unit in a production environment of the script and a run mode in the production environment; and a script running unit configured to run the script acquired by the script acquisition unit according to the run mode acquired by the parameter acquisition unit using the input parameter acquired by the parameter acquisition unit, and, when the run mode is a dry run mode, the script running unit skipping a process of changing configuration of the network among processes described in the script, and running the script in the production environment.