Information processing apparatus and device management method

The invention provides an information processing apparatus and a device management method for continuing service to a printing apparatus and smoothly responding to replacement of the printing apparatus. A data processing server (100) is provided with a processor (110) capable of conceptually dividing a single multifunction peripheral (200) into a physical device (PD) based on device individual information of the multifunction peripheral (200), and a logical device (LD) associated with service-related information relating to service provision of the multifunction peripheral (200) and associated with the physical device (PD), and performing processing. A processor (110) executes a process for registering a user in association with a logical device (LD); and a process for associating a physical device (PD2) corresponding to the multi-function peripheral entity (2), which is different from the physical device (PD1) corresponding to the multi-function peripheral entity (1), to a logical device (LD) registered in a