Method and device for migrating a virtualized function in the event of a failure in the technical server environment
A method for migrating a virtualised function from a first server to a second server depending on data of technical environment parameters. The interfaces specified in the virtualised architectures effectively make it possible to deploy and manage virtualised functions with a view to implementing a service but these interfaces do not contain information relating to the data relating to the technical environment upon which the servers, the virtualised functions and subsequently the services and applications that rely on the virtualised functions are dependent. The migration method proposes virtualised architectures that take into consideration the technical environment parameters in order to move virtualised functions whose functioning could be impacted by a malfunction of one or more technical environment parameter(s).
1. A migration method for migrating a virtualized function installed on a first server in a data center of a communication architecture, implemented in an administration entity for administering said first server, said administration entity being able to transmit, to a management entity for managing the virtualized function, data relating to installation of the virtualized function, the method comprising at least:
receiving a notification message comprising at least one item of data of a technical environment parameter relating to the first server;
determining an action to safeguard the virtualized function if the at least one item of data crosses a predefined threshold, the action to safeguard the virtualized function being determined by identifying the virtualized function on the impacted first server using a correspondence table comprising a list of virtualized functions installed on at least the first server; and
sending, to the management entity, a message to migrate the virtualized function to a second server selected as being not impacted by the at least one item of data of the technical environment parameter.
2. The migration method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one item of data of a parameter of the technical environment relates to a supply of electric power to the first server.
3. The migration method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one item of data of a technical environmental parameter relates to a cooling of the first server.
4. The migration method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one item of data of a technical environment parameter relates to a water level in a room where the first server is located.
5. The migration method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein determining a safeguarding action comprises triggering a migration deadline.
6. The migration method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the migration message comprises a migration duration to be complied with.
7. The migration method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the migration message comprises identification information relating to the virtualized function.
8. The migration method as claimed in claim 1 , furthermore comprising receiving, from the management entity, an information message comprising an identifier of the second server to which the virtualized function has been migrated.
9. The migration method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second server is selected on the basis of its location in the communication architecture.
10. The migration method as claimed in claim 1 , furthermore comprising removing the first server from the correspondence table comprising the list of virtualized functions installed on at least the first server able to host a virtualized function following the reception of the notification message.
11. The migration method as claimed in claim 1 , furthermore comprising shutting down the first server following the sending of the migration message to the management entity.
12. The migration method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the threshold is defined so that the virtualized function is migrated before the first server is out of service.
13. A device for migrating a virtualized function installed on a first server in a data center of a communication architecture, implemented in an administration entity for administering said first server, said administration entity being able to transmit, to a management entity for managing the virtualized function, data relating to installation of the virtualized function, the device comprising:
a receiver configured to receive at least one notification message comprising at least one item of data of a technical environment parameter relating to the first server;
a processing unit;
a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon which when executed by the processing unit configure the processing unit to determine an action to safeguard the virtualized function if the at least one item of data crosses a predefined threshold, the action to safeguard the virtualized function being determined by identifying the virtualized function on the impacted first server using a correspondence table comprising a list of virtualized functions installed on at least the first server; and
a transmitter configured to transmit, to the management entity, a message to migrate the virtualized function to a second server selected as being not impacted by the at least one item of data of the technical environment parameter.
14. The device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the threshold is defined so that the virtualized function is migrated before the first server is out of service.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium comprising instructions of a computer program stored thereon, which when executed by a processing unit of an administration entity configure the administration entity to implement a method for migrating a virtualized function installed on a first server in a data center of a communication architecture, the administration entity administering said first server and being able to transmit, to a management entity for managing the virtualized function, data relating to installation of the virtualized function, the method comprising at least:
receiving a notification message comprising at least one item of data of a technical environment parameter relating to the first server;
determining an action to safeguard the virtualized function if the at least one item of data crosses a predefined threshold, the action to safeguard the virtualized function being determined by identifying the virtualized function on the impacted first server using a correspondence table comprising a list of virtualized functions installed on at least the first server; and
sending, to the management entity, a message to migrate the virtualized function to a second server selected as being not impacted by the at least one item of data of the technical environment parameter.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the threshold is defined so that the virtualized function is migrated before the first server is out of service.