Information processing apparatus, client management system, and client management method

摘要

According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a client management module configured to manage first information which correlates with client terminal information, group information, and type information, the client terminal information indicating a client terminal, the group information indicating a group to which the client terminal belongs, and the type information indicating whether the client terminal is a client virtualization terminal that executes a virtual machine or a thin client terminal, a user management module configured to manage second information which correlates with a user account and the group information, and a group management module configured to manage third information, which correlates with the group information and a virtual image file.

主权项

1. A client management system configured to manage client terminals on a network, the client terminals comprising a client virtualization terminal configured to execute a first virtual machine by using a first virtual image file, and thin client terminals, the system comprising:
a first thin client execution server configured to execute virtual machines configured to communicate with the thin client terminals by using a screen transfer protocol and to execute virtual machines by using a second virtual image file; a management server comprising a client management module, a user management module, and a group management module,
the client management module configured to manage client management information which correlates with client terminal information, group information, and type information, the client terminal information indicating a first client terminal among the client terminals, the group information indicating a group to which the first client terminal belongs, the type information indicating whether the first client terminal is a client virtualization terminal that executes a virtual machine or a thin client terminal,the user management module configured to manage user management information which correlates with a user account and the group information, andthe group management module configured to manage group management information which correlates with the group information and a virtual image file configured to execute a virtual machine; and a virtual image file creation server configured to create the first virtual image file and the second virtual image file in parallel based on a third virtual image file.