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Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 04, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Rohit Ranchal, Cambridge, MA (US);

Olivia Choudhury, Cambridge, MA (US);

Amarendra Das, Cambridge, MA (US);

Senthil Bakthavachalam, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/5009 (2013.01); G06F 16/1824 (2019.01); G06Q 20/382 (2013.01); H04L 41/5025 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, computer system, and a computer program product for SLA management is provided. The method may include collecting metrics from services within a composite service. The method may include determining, by a first smart contract, a first violation occurred between a first pair of services, whereby the first smart contract and the first pair of services are associated with a first private channel within a blockchain network. The method may include determining, by a second smart contract, a second SLA violation occurred between a second pair of services, whereby the second smart contract and the second pair of services are associated with a second private channel. The method may include determining that the first SLA violation and second SLA violation are related and the second SLA violation occurred before the first SLA violation. The method may include identifying a violating service within the second pair of services.


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