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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2017
Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Amita Savagaonkar, Pune, IN;
Makarand Gawade, Pune, IN;
Amit Sangodkar, Pune, IN;
Kumaraguru Shanmugam, Pune, IN;
NICIRA, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of upgrading nodes of a network virtualization platform is provided. The method receives a definition of an upgrade plan to upgrade a group of upgrade units. Each upgrade unit includes a set of nodes of the network virtualization platform. The plan groups sets of upgrade units into one or more upgrade groups and specifies a set of parameters for upgrading each upgrade unit. The method sends upgrade instructions to each upgrade unit to trigger upgrade for the upgrade unit. The method receives upgrade status from the upgrade units. The method aggregates and displays the status for the upgrade units of each upgrade group. When upgrade is in paused state, the method allows modifications to the upgrade plan. The method re-computes the upgrade plan before starting or resuming the upgrade. The upgrade plan is persisted by storing a portion of the upgrade plan needed to re-compute the upgrade plan.