Patent ID: 8848497

Claim:
A recording management apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to: perform track setting processing to set a fixed management information track, where management information is to be fixedly disposed with a data structure conforming to universal disk format (UDF), in a layer of a recording medium having a plurality of layers serving as recording layers, the layer being disposed on a front-most side as viewed from a laser entry face side, wherein recording of the management information is performed on one or more of the plurality of layers by laser irradiation, wherein the fixed management information track serving as a continuous recording area is formed on the layer in which the recording of the management information is performed; perform closing track processing to set the fixed management information track to a consecutive recording completed state immediately after the fixed management information track is set; and perform writing request processing to record, by performing management information writing request for the fixed management information track which has been closed, the management information relating to the management information writing request in another track by sparing processing.