DISTRIBUTION AND DELETION METHOD FOR PROGRAM, AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress a burden on a user or a program management burden on a manager when a managerial post change or the like occurs or when the user using a computer requires program distribution to the computer constituting a distributed computer system. SOLUTION: A management server 101 generates agents 107, 108, sends them to the computers 109-111, and collects asset information of each the computer and attribute information of the user. An asset distribution management system produces policy information on the basis of the collected information, distributes a program required for business to each the computer inside the distributed computer system after examination/improvement by the manager, and performs deletion of the program not required for the business. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT