A first aspect of the present invention includes: a monitored process management unit configured to register identification information of a monitored process, which is an execution entity of an application program and which is to be monitored, in a monitored process list and, when there is an inquiry as to whether or not an arbitrary process is a monitored process from an inquiry source, configured to inquire the monitored process list for identification information of the arbitrary process, and moreover configured to return information on whether or not the arbitrary process is a monitored process to the inquiry source; and a notification receiving unit configured to receive, when a distributed object creation management apparatus configured to create a distributed object server and retain identification information of the distributed object server receives a usage request of a distributed object server from a monitored process, a prescribed notification from the distributed object creation management apparatus.