System and method for performance monitoring of network services for virtual machines

A network management system, operable to:

• receive an SAA notification, wherein the SAA notification includes one or more measured service level parameters of a network path between a local edge network element associated with a local virtual machine and a remote edge network element associated with a remote virtual machine;
• determine the one or more measured service level parameters breach one or more thresholds in a service level agreement (SLA) definition assigned to the remote virtual machine;
• determine an alternative network path including another remote edge network element, wherein the alternative network path meets the thresholds in the SLA definition assigned to the remote virtual machine;
• and
• move the remote virtual machine to be associated the another remote edge network element.

A method, comprising:

• determining a service level agreement (SLA) definition mapped to a local virtual machine associated with a local network device and to a remote virtual machine associated with a remote network element, wherein the SLA definition includes one or more service level parameters;
• generating a probe to measure the one or more service level parameters of a network path between the network element and the remote network element;
• and
• generating an SAA notification to a network management system, wherein the SAA notification includes the measured one or more service level parameters of the network path and a MAC address of the local virtual machine and the MAC address of the remote virtual machine.