Patent ID: 11941426
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising one or more instructions that when executed by a processor of a Virtual Network Function Manager (VNFM) that resides in a virtualization environment cause the processor to perform:
receiving a request to create a virtual network function component (VNFCO) monitor from a management element and a custom LCM script;
creating a VNFC monitor; and
sending one or more state change notifications of logical and physical elements associated with the VNFCI to the management element via a VNFM cache, the one or more state change notifications including a status of one or more of a plurality of independently manageable VNFC modules that map to both a virtual machine and an operating system container and wherein the VNFCI includes the custom life cycle management (LCM) script and that comprise a virtual network function component instance (VNFCI) in in communication with the management element.