Patent ID: 8799996

Claim:
A logical unit number management device comprising: hardware, including a processor; a logical unit number management table storage unit implemented at least by the hardware and that stores a logical unit number management table storing at least a corresponding relationship in which first logical identification information indicating a first access object corresponds with a first logical unit number; an access processing unit implemented at least by the hardware and that performs information processing with the first access object by using the first logical unit number; a logical unit number management table changing unit implemented at least by the hardware and that changes the corresponding relationship stored in the logical unit number management table so that second logical identification information corresponds with the first logical unit number, based on an external change request, the second logical identification information different from the first logical identification information, the second logical identification information being a dummy media signifying that there is no storage device as an access object; a change completion reporting unit implemented at least by the hardware and that reports change completion to the access processing unit when the logical unit number management table has been changed in accordance with the change request; and an access control unit implemented at least by the hardware and that recognizes that the second logical identification information corresponding to the first logical unit number is the dummy media, based on a changed corresponding relationship and transmits a signal to the access processing unit, in response to an access request from the access processing unit after a report of the change completion, the changed corresponding relationship stored in the logical unit number management table, the signal indicating that an access is impossible, the access request storing the first logical unit number, the access processing unit outputting information indicating that an access is impossible in response to the signal.