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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2012
Jacobus Van Der Merwe, New Providence, NJ (US);
Matthew Chapman Caesar, Urbana, IL (US);
Chia-chi Lin, Urbana, IL (US);
Jacobus Van Der Merwe, New Providence, NJ (US);
Matthew Chapman Caesar, Urbana, IL (US);
Chia-Chi Lin, Urbana, IL (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method includes instantiating a cloned network that includes a second set of virtual service nodes. The second set of virtual service nodes includes at least one cloned virtual service node that is a clone of a corresponding virtual service node in a first set of virtual service nodes. The at least one cloned virtual service node has access to a history of events that occurred at the corresponding virtual service node in the first set of virtual service nodes. The method includes initiating an interactive debugging session that includes step by step processing of the events of the history of events.