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

Claim 7:
8. A method, for providing a virtualization environment in which a virtual network function component instance (VNFCI) resides, the method operational as executable code by a processor, comprising:
receiving, by a Virtual Network Function Manager (VNFM), a request to create a virtual network function component (VNFC} monitor from a management element and a custom LCM script; creating, by the VNFM, a VNFC monitor;
sending, by the VNFM, 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.