Distributed upgrade in virtualized computing environments

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11429369-B2
Application number	US-202016773926-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 27, 2020
Priority date	Dec 6, 2017
Publication date	Aug 30, 2022
Grant date	Aug 30, 2022

Abstract

Example methods and systems to perform distributed upgrade of a component of a data plane are disclosed. One method may include collecting information associated with all the components, preparing a upgrade plan by associating a first set of tasks of the upgrade plan with a first manager and a second set of tasks of the upgrade plan with a second manager based on the collected information, and distributing the first set of tasks to a first upgrade coordinator of the first manager and the second set of tasks to a second upgrade coordinator of the second manager.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method to perform distributed upgrade of a component of a data plane, a control plane, or a management plane in a virtualized computing environment including one or more components, comprising:
collecting, by a first upgrade coordinator of a first manager of the management plane, information associated with all the one or more components, wherein the first upgrade coordinator is a self-contained application that orchestrates upgrade processes of the one or more components;
preparing, by the first upgrade coordinator, an upgrade plan including a first set of tasks and a second set of tasks for upgrading the one or more components based on the collected information, wherein the first set of tasks is associated with the first manager and the second set of tasks is associated with a second manager of the management plane;
upgrading, by the first upgrade coordinator, the first upgrade coordinator based on the first set of tasks; and
distributing, by the first upgrade coordinator, the first set of tasks to the first upgrade coordinator and the second set of tasks to a second upgrade coordinator of the second manager.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
concurrently carrying out the first set of tasks with the first upgrade coordinator and the second set of tasks with the second upgrade coordinator to upgrade the one or more components of the data plane, the control plane, or the management plane.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the upgrade plan is accessed by the first manager and the second manager via a Representational State Transfer (REST) new Application Programming Interface (API) channel.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising recording status of the first set of tasks and the second set of tasks being carried out in a distributed database accessible by the first manager and the second manager.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that includes a set of instructions which, in response to execution by a processor of a computer system, cause the processor to implement a method of performing distributed upgrade of a component of a data plane, a control plane, or a management plane in a virtualized computing environment including one or more components, wherein the method comprises:
collecting, by a first upgrade coordinator of a first manager of the management plane, information associated with all the one or more components, wherein the first upgrade coordinator is a self-contained application that orchestrates upgrade processes of the one or more components;
preparing, by the first upgrade coordinator, an upgrade plan including a first set of tasks and a second set of tasks for upgrading the one or more components based on the collected information, wherein the first set of tasks is associated with the first manager and the second set of tasks is associated with a second manager of the management plane;
upgrading, by the first upgrade coordinator, the first upgrade coordinator based on the first set of tasks; and
distributing, by the first upgrade coordinator, the first set of tasks to the first upgrade coordinator and the second set of tasks to a second upgrade coordinator of the second manager.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 5 , wherein the method further comprises concurrently carrying out the first set of tasks with the first upgrade coordinator and the second set of tasks with the second upgrade coordinator to upgrade the one or more components of the data plane, the control plane, or the management plane.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 5 , wherein the upgrade plan is accessed by the first manager and the second manager via a Representational State Transfer (REST) new Application Programming Interface (API) channel.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises recording status of the first set of tasks and the second set of tasks being carried out in a distributed database accessible by the first manager and the second manager.

9. A computer system configured to perform performing distributed upgrade of a component of a data plane, a control plane, or a management plane in a virtualized computing environment including one or more components, comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to:
collect, by a first upgrade coordinator of a first manager of the management plane, information associated with all the one or more components, wherein the first upgrade coordinator is a self-contained application that orchestrates upgrade processes of the one or more components;
prepare, by the first upgrade coordinator, an upgrade plan including a first set of tasks and a second set of tasks for upgrading the one or more components based on the collected information, wherein the first set of tasks is associated with the first manager and the second set of tasks is associated with a second manager of the management plane;
upgrade, by the first upgrade coordinator, the first upgrade coordinator based on the first set of tasks; and
distribute, by the first upgrade coordinator, the first set of tasks to the first upgrade coordinator and the second set of tasks to a second upgrade coordinator of the second manager.

10. The computer system of claim 9 , wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon additional instructions that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to, concurrently carry out the first set of tasks with the first upgrade coordinator and the second set of tasks with the second upgrade coordinator to upgrade the one or more components of the data plane, the control plane, or the management plane.

11. The computer system of claim 9 , further comprising a Representational State Transfer (REST) new Application Programming Interface (API) channel for the first manager and the second manager to access the upgrade plan.

12. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon additional instructions that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to record status of the first set of tasks and the second set of tasks being carried out in a distributed database accessible by the first manager and the second manager.

Assignees

• Vmware Inc

Inventors

• Pande Ajay
• Shelke Prashant
• Bhattarmakki Avinash

Classifications

• G06F8/65 Primary

  Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) · CPC title

• G06F9/45558

  Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects · CPC title

• H04L41/082

  the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality · CPC title

• H04L43/10

  Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route · CPC title

• H04L41/0895

  Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements · CPC title