Method for generating an upgrade campaign for a system

A computer readable medium including computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed, implement a method for method for generating an upgrade campaign for a system, the method comprising:

• receiving a current configuration of the system and a set of modifications to be implemented into the system to arrive at a new configuration of the system, wherein the current configuration includes a configuration of current entities and a configuration of types of the current entities;
• automatically selecting an upgrade procedure for each modification in the set of modifications to be either a rolling upgrade procedure or a single step upgrade procedure or a combination of these based on one or more of:
• the current entities, the types of the current entities, entities of the new configuration, types of the entities of the new configuration, and relationships between the current entities and the entities of the new configuration;
• and
• generating the automatically selected upgrade procedure for each modification of the set of modifications which, when performed will result in at least one of:
• renewable entities of the current entities being manipulated to become renewed entities in the new configuration, new entities being added to become part of the entities of the new configuration, and obsolete entities being removed.

A node configured to generate an upgrade campaign for a system, wherein the upgrade procedures are executed by a Software Management Framework (SMF), the node comprising:

• a processor configured to,
• receive a current configuration of the system and a set of modifications to be implemented into the system to arrive at a new configuration of the system, wherein the current configuration includes a configuration of current entities and a configuration of types of the current entities;
• automatically select an upgrade procedure for each modification in the set of modifications to be either a rolling upgrade procedure or a single step upgrade procedure or a combination of these based on one or more of:
• the current entities, the types of the current entities, entities of the new configuration, types of the entities of the new configuration, and relationships between the current entities and the entities of the new configuration;
• and
• generate the automatically selected upgrade procedure for each modification of the set of modifications which, when performed will result in at least one of:
• renewable entities of the current entities being manipulated to become renewed entities in the new configuration, new entities being added to become part of the entities of the new configuration, and obsolete entities being removed.