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Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023

Filed:

May. 18, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Keith William Melkild, Allen, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/542 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45562 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example operation may include a method comprising one or more of receiving a VNF instance creation request from a NFVO, retrieving one or more VNFC Module LCM scripts and software loads, reserving one or more NFVI VM/container resources required for a VNF instance, instantiating one or more VNFCIs associated with the VNF instance wherein installation includes at least one or more of deploying the one or more VNFC module LCM scripts and software loads to the one or more reserved NFVI VM/containers, installing the VNFC modules on the one or more VM/containers, and starting the VNFC modules on the one or more VM/containers, sending a VNF instance creation completed notification.


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