Patent ID: 8078720

Claim:
A managing apparatus capable of communication with a plurality of managed devices, the managed devices being managed by the managing apparatus, and the managing apparatus comprising: a first receiver, configured to receive a status code from a managed device according to first notification setting information preliminarily specified to the managed device; an obtainment unit, configured to obtain maintenance information associated with the status code received by the first receiver, from a storage that stores maintenance information associated with status codes, the maintenance information being dependent on a model of the managed device; an output unit, configured to output the maintenance information obtained by the obtainment unit so as to be visible; an update determination unit, configured to determine whether or not the maintenance information stored in the storage has been updated; and a specification unit, configured to, in the case where the update determination unit has determined that the maintenance information has been updated, specify, to the managed device, second notification setting information that includes notification settings to which a status code corresponding to the update of the maintenance information is added.