| 摘要 |
A monitoring apparatus includes an inquiry unit configured to make an inquiry to a management apparatus, a reception unit configured to receive, as a response to the inquiry, an update instruction for updating firmware of the image forming apparatus to be monitored, a transmission unit configured to transmit to the image forming apparatus to be monitored, an instruction for performing communication with a distribution server to download the firmware based on the update instruction, a monitoring unit configured to monitor a state of the image forming apparatus corresponding to the update instruction, and a notification unit configured to notify the management apparatus of a result of monitoring performed by the monitoring unit, wherein the monitoring unit is configured to monitor whether the firmware has been updated in the image forming apparatus corresponding to the update instruction. |
