Patent ID: 8667243

Claim:
A storage apparatus comprising a storage for storing data and a plurality of communication adaptors being connected to a host apparatus, the storage apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the processor: stores first notification information including target information about all of the communication adaptors in the storage apparatus, in the memory; generates second notification information by copying the first notification information; stores the second notification information in the memory; updates the first notification information stored in the memory, upon configuration information on the communication adaptors being modified; updates, in response to receiving a target information obtainment request from the host apparatus, the second notification information stored in the memory with second notification information generated by copying the first notification information; determines whether a status of the storage apparatus meets a predetermined copy prevention condition; blocks, if the determination is made that the status of the storage apparatus matches the predetermined copy prevention condition, the copy of the first notification information to the second notification information; and sends, in response to receiving the target information obtainment request from the host apparatus, the second notification information stored in the memory to the host apparatus.