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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ng4t Gmbh, Berlin, DE;
Canio Cillis, Berlin, DE;
Jochen Kappel, Berlin, DE;
Martin McDonald, Berlin, DE;
Christian van Maastricht, Amsterdam, NL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
ng4T GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
A method and associated computer system. A processor queries a service catalog and a virtual service inventory to obtain network service instances including a virtual network function. The processor deploys a new version of the virtual network function by performing at least one step of the following steps: replacing the network address of the virtual network function with the network address of the new version of the virtual network function; detaching a floating network address from the virtual network function and attaching the detached floating network address to the new version of the virtual network function (if one of the obtained network service instances is connected to a load balancer and/or the virtual network function is configured with an inherent load balancing); replacing the instance identifier of the virtual network function in a forwarding policy rule with the instance identifier of the new version of the virtual network function.