JOB CONTINUATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, JOB CONTINUATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND JOB CONTINUATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

A job continuation management apparatus according to an exemplary aspect of the invention includes, job execution units that carrying out jobs; a job management information memory unit storing job identification information, identification information on the job execution unit, job execution information and job continuing execution priority in unit of the job; and a job continuation management unit referring to the job management information memory unit when a failure occurs in the job execution units, and, about records having identification information of the job execution unit identical with identification information of the failed job execution, sends the job identification information and the job execution information to one of the job execution units except for the failed unit sequentially in a order starting from a job having highest the job continuing execution priority to lowest, and making the job execution unit of a receiving party perform continuation execution of the job.