Methods and apparatus to generate a shadow setup based on a cloud environment and upgrade the shadow setup to identify upgrade-related errors

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019026175-A1
Application number	US-201715805162-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 7, 2017
Priority date	Jul 20, 2017
Publication date	Jan 24, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

Methods and apparatus to generate a shadow setup based on a cloud environment and upgrade the shadow setup to identify upgrade-related errors are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a topology deployment determiner to deploy a shadow setup corresponding to a replica version of a live cloud environment; an upgrade coordinator to upgrade one or more components of the shadow setup; and a reporter to generate a report corresponding to the upgrade.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An apparatus comprising at least one microprocessor configured to execute computer program instructions stored in a non-transitory machine readable memory, the instructions causing the apparatus to:
deploy a shadow setup corresponding to a replica of a live cloud environment; upgrade one or more components of the shadow setup; and generate a report corresponding to the upgrade.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions causing the apparatus to deploy the shadow setup causes the apparatus to scan the live cloud environment based on scanning rules to generate scanned data, the scanned data being used to define the shadow setup.

3 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the instructions further cause the apparatus to generate a configuration file based on the scanned data and sampling criteria, wherein the shadow setup is deployed using the configuration file.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the apparatus to receive user input verifying the shadow setup prior to deploying the shadow setup.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions causing the apparatus to deploy the shadow setup fixes one or more errors encountered when deploying the shadow setup, the errors being fixed prior to the upgrade.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the report includes data related to one or more errors encountered during the upgrade.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the apparatus to generate a user interface, the user interface allowing a user to upgrade the one or more components in the live cloud environment in a manner corresponding to the upgrade of the shadow setup.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the apparatus to prevent or hinder a user from initiating a live upgrade in the live cloud environment when an error occurs during the upgrade of the one or more components of the shadow setup.

9 . A method comprising:
deploying, by executing an instruction using a processor, a shadow setup corresponding to a replica of a live cloud environment; upgrading, by executing an instruction using the processor, one or more components of the shadow setup; and generating, by executing an instruction using the processor, a report corresponding to the upgrade.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the deploying includes scanning the live cloud environment based on scanning rules to generate scanned data, the scanned data being used to define the shadow setup.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the deploying further includes generating a configuration file based on the scanned data and sampling criteria, the deploying of the shadow setup being based on the configuration file.

12 . The method of claim 9 , further including receiving user input to verify the shadow setup prior deploying the shadow setup.

13 . The method of claim 9 , further including, when the deploying of the shadow setup causes an error, fixing the error prior to the upgrade.

14 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the report includes data based on one or more errors encountered during the upgrade.

15 . The method of claim 9 , further including, when the report corresponds to a successful upgrade, receiving user input to initiate an upgrade of the one or more components in the live cloud environment in a manner corresponding to the upgrade of the shadow setup.

16 . The method of claim 9 , further including preventing or hindering a user from initiating a live upgrade in the live cloud environment when an error occurs during the upgrade of the one or more components of the shadow setup.

17 . A tangible computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
deploy a shadow setup corresponding to a replica of a live cloud environment; upgrade one or more components of the shadow setup; and generate a report corresponding to the upgrade.

18 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions cause the machine to deploy the shadow setup include instructions to scan the live cloud environment based on scanning rules to generate scanned data, the scanned data being used to define the shadow setup.

19 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the instructions cause the machine to deploy the shadow setup include instructions to generate a configuration file based on the scanned data and sampling criteria, wherein the shadow setup is deployed using the configuration file.

20 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions cause the machine to receive user input to verify the shadow setup prior to deploying the shadow setup.

21 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions cause the machine to, when the deploying of the shadow setup causes an error, fix the error prior to the upgrade.

22 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the report includes data based on one or more errors encountered during the upgrade.

23 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions cause the machine to, when the report corresponds to a successful upgrade, receive user input to initiate an upgrade of the one or more components in the live cloud environment in a manner corresponding to the upgrade of the shadow setup.

24 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions cause the machine to prevent or hinder a user from initiating a live upgrade in the live cloud environment when an error occurs during the upgrade of the one or more components of the shadow setup.

Assignees

• Nicira Inc

Inventors

• Shelke Prashant
• Phadnis Sharwari
• Bhalgat Kiran
• Vhora Yogesh
• Kale Kartiki
• Bhatewara Dipesh

Classifications

• G06F2201/815

  Virtual · CPC title

• G06F11/2023

  Failover techniques · CPC title

• H04L41/5096

  wherein the managed service relates to distributed or central networked applications · CPC title

• H04L67/34

  involving the movement of software or configuration parameters  (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416) · CPC title

• G06F8/65 Primary

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