公开(公告)号：US20230139160A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-04

申请号：US18146858

申请日：2022-12-27

申请人： MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC

发明人： Andrew LEE ,  James Duncan PARSONS ,  Andrew Munro CALDWELL ,  David Charles HOTHAM ,  Michael André DUPPRÉ ,  Philip Joel DAVIES ,  Joseph Ellis Darracott POWELL

IPC分类号： H04L41/0816 ,  H04L41/0853 ,  G06F9/455 ,  H04L41/04

摘要： Techniques are described for generating a virtualized network function (VNF) descriptor (VNFD) indicative of resources for managing VNF components (VNFCs) across a plurality of virtualized infrastructure managers (VIMs) implemented in a virtualized computing environment configured in a user-specific configuration. A VNFD generator receives a solution description file (SDF) encoding user input pertaining to the user-specific configuration, and a VNFC descriptor encoding VNFC specific information. The SDF and VNFC descriptor are validated and translated to generate an abstracted VNFD that is independent of renderers implemented at the virtualized computing environment. The abstracted VNFD is translated to a VNFD that is specific to the renderers and VIM and VNFD-specific information at the virtualized computing environment.

公开(公告)号：US20220353134A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-03

申请号：US17244934

申请日：2021-04-29

申请人： MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC

发明人： Andrew LEE ,  Murray William ROGERS ,  David Charles HOTHAM ,  Duncan ARCHER ,  Sophie STRATTON ,  Joseph Ellis Darracott POWELL ,  Sunniva CARTER

IPC分类号： H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/46 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06F8/656

摘要： Techniques are described for upgrading a virtualized network function (VNF) implemented in a virtualized computing environment configured in a user-specific configuration. The virtualized network function is implemented by a plurality of VNF components (VNFCs) executing in a plurality of virtual machines managed by a virtualized infrastructure manager (VIM). An upgrade component is configured to execute as a virtual resource and execute a series of operations that coordinate an upgrade of the VNFCs implementing the VNF and interact with the VIM and the virtual machines to effect the upgrade. A configuration file pertaining to a new software version defining the upgrade and a set of upgrade instructions. Based on the configuration file, the upgrade instructions are translated to a series of operations on the virtual machines and interactions with the VIM to effect the upgrade.

公开(公告)号：US20220350617A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-03

申请号：US17244945

申请日：2021-04-29

申请人： MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC

发明人： David Charles HOTHAM ,  Murray William ROGERS ,  Sophie STRATTON ,  Joseph Ellis Darracott POWELL ,  Matthew Ian Ronald WILLIAMS

IPC分类号： G06F9/4401 ,  G06F9/54 ,  H04L29/08

摘要： A native restart controller restarts services in a controlled manner. The services run in a cloud computing environment comprising a plurality of computing devices executing a plurality of Kubernetes pods comprising one or more containers. An indication is received of a deployment defining a service to be implemented in the cloud computing environment, the deployment including a desired number of instances of the service. An API is instantiated that is operable to provide a first state indicative of whether restarts are to be controlled by the restart controller and a second state indicating that a restart is required. In response to receiving an indication that restarts for the cluster are to be controlled by the restart controller and that a restart is required, the instances are restarted in a sequence in accordance with restart criteria associated with the service.

公开(公告)号：US20220353140A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-03

申请号：US17244924

申请日：2021-04-29

申请人： MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC

发明人： Andrew LEE ,  James Duncan PARSONS ,  Andrew Munro CALDWELL ,  David Charles HOTHAM ,  Michael André DUPPRÉ ,  Philip Joel DAVIES ,  Joseph Ellis Darracott POWELL

IPC分类号： H04L12/24 ,  G06F9/455

摘要： Techniques are described for generating a virtualized network function (VNF) descriptor (VNFD) indicative of resources for managing VNF components (VNFCs) across a plurality of virtualized infrastructure managers (VIMs) implemented in a virtualized computing environment configured in a user-specific configuration. A VNFD generator receives a solution description file (SDF) encoding user input pertaining to the user-specific configuration, and a VNFC descriptor encoding VNFC specific information. The SDF and VNFC descriptor are validated and translated to generate an abstracted VNFD that is independent of renderers implemented at the virtualized computing environment. The abstracted VNFD is translated to a VNFD that is specific to the renderers and VIM and VNFD-specific information at the virtualized computing environment.