A storage control system having no risk of changing the storage content of
a logical volume by a data update to a virtual logical volume. A logical
volume, which is not correspondent to a virtual logical volume, can be
specified when defining a virtual logical volume correspondent to a
logical volume. A first storage controller comprises a port capable of
connecting to both a logical volume of the first storage controller, and
a logical volume of a second storage controller; a virtual logical
volume, which is set in association with a logical volume connected to
this port; and a virtual logical volume-setting controller for
controlling the setting of a virtual logical volume. The virtual logical
volume-setting controller is constituted such that the virtual logical
volume cannot be set in a logical volume of the first storage controller.