Method for updating network service descriptor nsd and apparatus

Abstract

The present invention relates to methods for updating an NSD and an apparatus. One method includes: receiving, by an NFVO, an NSD update request from a transmit end; and sending to an NSD coordinator an NSD update instruction carrying a to-be-updated NSD, so that the NSD coordinator updates the NSD, and the NSD coordinator updates the NSD according to the received NSD update instruction. The other method includes: when receiving a trigger message, obtaining, by an NFVO, an NSD in which a source VNF is located, the trigger message is used to indicate that a status of a VNF is changed to disabled, and the source VNF is a VNF whose status is changed to disabled; and sending to an NSD coordinator an NSD update instruction carrying the NSD, so that the NSD coordinator updates the NSD according to the received NSD update instruction.

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