A method for deploying virtual operation, administration and maintenance includes obtaining customized information of virtual operation, administration and maintenance (V-OAM) that needs to be deployed, where the customized information defines an attribute of the V-OAM, and deploying, on a virtualized network according to the customized information, the V-OAM that is capable of managing at least one type of VNF network element. The V-OAM is deployed on the virtualized network.