Software version maintenance in a software defined network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9882779
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14661321

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As disclosed herein a method includes a software defined networking controller identifying an element managed by the controller on which to perform a software version maintenance operation, de-activating the identified element in a software defined network (SDN), ensuring that there is an active backup for the element in the SDN while the identified element is de-activated, initiating the software version maintenance operation on the de-activated identified element, and in response to completion of the software version maintenance operation, re-activating the de-activated identified element in the SDN. A computer system, and a computer program product corresponding to the method are also disclosed herein.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Amulothu, Venkata siva N Cary, US 13 74
Huralikuppi, Nitin Kumar J Santa Clara, US 1 7
Kapur, Ashish Santa Clara, US 29 367
Shukla, Vishal San Jose, US 30 371
Yeddula, Saritha San Jose, US 5 25

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