1. A recording medium storing a program for a computer that executes an application software, said program causing said computer to execute a procedure, said procedure comprising: specifying a collection policy that corresponds to said application software executed by said computer by referring to a storage unit that is provided at said computer and stores relation information between said collection policy and said application software; and collecting performance information of said computer in accordance with said collection policy specified by specifying, said performance information being transmitted to a management apparatus that manages said computer.