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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 25, 2017
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a virtualized network function (VNF) failover method and apparatus, so as to resolve a problem that an affinity policy cannot be compatible with a high availability (HA) mechanism in a network functions virtualization (NFV) scenario. The method is: receiving, by a management and orchestration (MANO} system, a fault message, where the fault message indicates a first VNF is faulty; determining, by the MANO system, a primary affinity group to which the first VNF belongs and a secondary affinity group corresponding to the primary affinity group, where VNFs in the secondary affinity group are in a one-to-one correspondence with VNFs in the primary affinity group, and the affinity group represents a set of VNFs on which an affinity policy is used; and instructing, by the MANO system, the VNFs in the secondary affinity group to continue to process services of the VNFs in the primary affinity group.