To provide a suspending scenario generation method which is executed in a storage system including a management server provided with a storage device and a job scheduler for executing an operating scenario for managing the storage device, and generates the operating scenario and a suspending scenario for suspending execution of the operating scenario, the method including the steps of: obtaining a parameter input for a template for the operating scenario selected by a user; generating the operating scenario based on the parameter inputted for the operating scenario; after the parameter input for the operating scenario, obtaining a parameter input for generating a suspending scenario for suspending the operating scenario generated with the parameter; and generating the suspending scenario based on the parameter inputted for the suspending scenario.