US 2019/0245741 A1 · SOFTWARE MODIFICATION INITIATION METHOD, AND METADATA RELEASE METHOD AND APPARATUS

Abstract

Embodiments provide a software modification initiation method. The method can include receiving, by a VNFM, a VNF LCM request sent by an NFVO. The VNF LCM request may include an instance identifier of a VNF instance of to-be-modified first-version VNF software. The method can include determining, by the VNFM, that a type of the VNF LCM request indicates a software modification operation, and obtaining metadata according to the VNF LCM request. The metadata may include a version identifier of the first-version VNF software and a software modification type. The method can include determining, by the VNFM, a first VNF instance of the first-version VNF software based on the instance identifier of the VNF instance of the to-be-modified first-version VNF software. The method can also include initiating, by the VNFM, a software modification operation for the first VNF instance of the first-version VNF software based on the software modification type.

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Dependent claims

A software modification initiation method, wherein the method is applied to a network functions virtualization (NFV) system, the NFV system comprises a virtualized network function manager (VNFM), and the method comprises:

receiving, by the VNFM, a virtualized network function (VNF) lifecycle management (LCM) request, wherein the VNF LCM request comprises an instance identifier of a VNF instance of to-be-modified first-version VNF software;
determining, by the VNFM, that a type of the VNF LCM request is a software modification operation, and obtaining metadata according to the VNF LCM request, wherein the metadata comprises a version identifier of the first-version VNF software and a software modification type;
determining, by the VNFM, a first VNF instance of the first-version VNF software based on the version identifier of the first-version VNF software and the instance identifier of the VNF instance of the first-version VNF software;
and
initiating, by the VNFM, a software modification operation for the first VNF instance of the first-version VNF software based on the software modification type.

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A virtualized network function manager (VNFM), applied to a network functions virtualization (NFV) system, and comprising a processing unit and a communications unit, wherein

the processing unit is configured to:
receive a virtualized network function (VNF) lifecycle management (LCM) request by using the communications unit, wherein the VNF LCM request comprises an instance identifier of a VNF instance of to-be-modified first-version VNF software;
determine that a type of the VNF LCM request is a software modification operation, and obtain metadata according to the VNF LCM request, wherein the metadata comprises a version identifier of the first-version VNF software and a software modification type;
determine a first VNF instance of the first-version VNF software based on the version identifier of the first-version VNF software and the instance identifier of the VNF instance of the to-be-modified first-version VNF software;
and
initiate a software modification operation for the first VNF instance of the first-version VNF software based on the software modification type.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Software modification initiation method, and metadata release method and apparatus

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