Abstract: According to one embodiment, a network system features a first virtual private cloud (VPC) network and a second VPC network. The first VPC network includes a first plurality of gateways. Each gateway of the first plurality of gateways is in communications with other gateways. Similarly, a second VPC network includes a second plurality of gateways. Each of the second plurality of gateways is communicatively coupled to the each of the first plurality of gateways to support data exchanges between resources deployed in different public cloud networks.

Abstract: A workflow service implements policies to leverage affinities to improve system performance. Example types of policies include a parent activity affinity (e.g., data for a task already exists locally to a node), a resource group affinity (e.g., a task requires a particular type of resource capability), or a code affinity (e.g., necessary code for the task is already stored locally to a node). A node for a particular task is selected based on an affinity policy or policy statement (e.g., the type indicated in a policy of a workflow definition) and configuration information, and the task routed to the selected node.

Abstract: Aspects are described for managing a network of things and applications that are distributed, such as geographically or globally distributed. One exemplary aspect of the system and method is based on a centralized cloud-based processing unit that implements a Rule Processing Application (RPA) and compiles a set of User Rules. The execution of the User Rules is distributed across a number of independent Decision Making Algorithms (DMA). Each DMA can be implemented in one or more devices (e.g., servers, gateways, processing units, etc.) distributed across the network such as a worldwide network. One exemplary method also utilizes gateways within Local Area Networks (LANs) with the characteristics that (i) each gateway communicates with a centralized cloud-based processing unit and (ii) each gateway can respond to commands from the centralized cloud-based processing unit to alter the gateway's functionality and implement a DMA (in whole or in part).

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a virtual network device. The virtual network device is configured to implement a broadband network gateway BNG function, and the virtual network device includes a load balance unit and a first forwarding unit; the load balance unit is configured to: receive a first data packet from a first user terminal, determine the first forwarding unit according to the first data packet and a first correspondence, and send the first data packet to the first forwarding unit, where the first correspondence indicates mapping from the first user terminal to the first forwarding unit; and the first forwarding unit is configured to receive and forward the first data packet. In addition, the embodiments of the present invention further disclose a method for implementing load sharing in a virtual network device.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to monitor and manage usage of resources on a computing platform. An example apparatus includes a processor and a subsystem. The example processor includes a modified operating system, the operating system modified to monitor application execution via the processor to determine a usage scenario for the apparatus. The example processor includes an index generator to generate a system usage scenario index quantifying a snapshot of the usage scenario for the processor and the subsystem of the apparatus. The example processor includes a rebalancer to reallocate resources of at least one of the processor or the subsystem based on the system usage scenario index.

Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing latency in use of mobile applications include creating a list of potential internet requests from a mobile application based on an analysis of the mobile application. The systems and methods include creating a trigger map that maps each of a plurality of trigger points of the mobile application with a corresponding target internet request to be prefetched from the list of potential internet requests. The systems and methods include creating a URL map that maps each of a plurality of the potential internet requests with corresponding URL values. The systems and methods include identifying that a current app function matches a trigger point of the plurality of trigger points. The systems and methods include performing the potential internet request in response to identifying that the current app function matches the trigger point prior to the target request being received in order to reduce latency.

Abstract: Systems and methods for allocating resources. The system includes a communications module, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores a data record and instructions that, when executed, configure the processor to obtain a data record and transmit an existing score indication corresponding to the data record for display at the client device; receive a first time parameter and an action indicator associated with a shared resource and, in response, determine a first provisional score corresponding to the data record based on the existing score indication, the action indicator, and the first time parameter to provide a first provisional score indication; transmit the first provisional score indication and a selectable option associated with the action indicator for display at the client device while the first provisional score indication is displayed; and in response to receiving a resource transfer instruction, allocate the shared resource associated with the action indicator.

Abstract: Systems and methods of managing PNF connectivity are provided. A NM determines to add to or remove external connectivity from a PNF and transmits a NS update request to a NFVO that contains an identifier of the NS instance to be updated, an indication of a type of update operation requested, and information of the PNF connectivity to be changed. A NS update response contains a lifecycle operation occurrence identifier identifying a NS lifecycle operation occurrence. Separate NS lifecycle change notification from the NFVO indicate that a NS update to change the connectivity of the PNF has started and a result of the change. The notifications include the lifecycle operation occurrence identifier.

Abstract: Adaptive load balancing may be implemented for a distributed system. An evaluation of criteria for creating a mapping for an identifier associated with requests may be performed. The created mapping may route requests to a distributed system to request handling nodes that cache request information for performing the requests. When requests are received, if an identifier determined to be associated with the request is mapped to request handling nodes, then the request may be sent to the identified request handling nodes instead of performing a load balancing technique to select a request handling node for the request.

Abstract: Cloud services are often implemented as instances of applications having one or more components running on the nodes (e.g., host computers or servers) of a data center. Network services are thereby provided to a workload that uses the network resources of network interface devices (e.g., a NIC, switch, or router). The workload is a first instance of an application. The network interface devices can produce resource usage measurements of usage metrics that quantify usage of the network resources by the workload. The resource measurements can be used to produce an application network profile of the application. The application network profile can be used to select at least one of a plurality of nodes on which a second instance of the application is launched.

Abstract: A method for managing bandwidth may include identifying a first tier of applications and a second tier of applications, determining a number of user sessions associated with at least one application among the first tier of applications and the second tier of applications, each user session consuming a percentage of bandwidth of at least one communication channel in a network, and baselining a second tier application bandwidth use for each user session associated with the second tier of applications to determine a first interval and a second interval.

Abstract: The application discloses an Internet access method. The method includes receiving a first Internet access packet reported by a first BNG, the first Internet access packet carrying user information and information of the first BNG, and receiving the user's second Internet access packet reported by a second BNG, wherein the second Internet access packet carries user information and information of the second BNG. The method also includes recording, according to the user information, information of the first BNG and information of the second BNG in a BNG list to which the user belongs, and selecting, according to a preset policy, the first BNG from the BNG list. The method also includes delivering the user's forwarding information to the first BNG; and sending a response packet to the user, where the response packet is used to instruct the user to access the Internet by using the first BNG.

Abstract: A thin device (TDev) is tagged to identify the TDev as being used to access snapshot data on the storage system. If a snapshot is to be shipped to a cloud repository, the tagged TDev is linked to the snapshot, and mounted to a cloud tethering subsystem. When the tagged TDev is linked to the cloud tethering subsystem, the snapshot subsystem reads the thin device tag and, if the thin device is tagged, selectively does not execute a define process on the tagged thin device. By not executing the define process, the tracks of the thin device do not contain metadata identifying the location of the snapshot data on the storage system. Writes to source do not require a private copy of the old data for the snapshot, even if the snapshot is created in a different storage resource pool than the source data volume.

Abstract: Various examples are described for the integration and customization of third-party applications and services with computing infrastructure of a data center. One or more computing devices can maintain a remote computing environment for an enterprise that provides at least one remote computing service on behalf of the enterprise. A portal can be provided that is configured to, from an entity not associated with the remote computing environment, receive a specification of information associated with one of a plurality of third-party services and compatibility criteria of the one of the third-party services. Existing infrastructure used by the remote computing environment in providing the at least one remote computing service is identified. Third-party services that are compatible with the existing infrastructure is identified and presented in a console in association with operation of the remote computing environment.

Abstract: Techniques for an optimization service of a service provider network to help optimize the selection, configuration, and utilization, of virtual machine (VM) instance types to support workloads on behalf of users. The optimization service may implement the techniques described herein at various stages in a life cycle of a workload to help optimize the performance of the workload, and reduce underutilization of computing resources. For example, the optimization service may perform techniques to help new users select an optimized VM instance type on which to initially launch their workload. Further, the optimization service may monitor a workload for the life of the workload, and determine new VM instance types, and/or configuration modifications, that optimize the performance of the workload. The optimization service may provide recommendations to users that help improve performance of their workloads, and that also increase the aggregate utilization of computing resources of the service provider network.

Abstract: Technologies are provided for a multi-cloud bursting service. An example method can include receiving, via a cloud bursting service associated with different clouds, a cloud bursting configuration enabling the cloud bursting service for a local compute environment; based on the cloud bursting configuration, determining a number of jobs in a jobs queue associated with one or more cloud environments from the different clouds; determining a number of nodes available to process the number of jobs in the jobs queue; based on the number of jobs in the jobs queue and number of nodes available, determining whether to spin up a new node, take offline an existing node, or shutdown the existing node to yield a determination; and based on the determination and cloud bursting configuration, performing a cloud bursting action including spinning up the new node, taking offline the existing node, or shutting down the existing node.

Abstract: A method of determining feature usage on a set of storage systems deployed across multiple customer sites includes defining metrics related to the features of interest, and pushing the defined metrics to an AIM (Autonomous Infrastructure Module) of an operating system of each storage system. The AIM on each storage system collects data associated with the metrics from the operating system on the storage system. The collected data is aggregated and formatted by the AIM and then used to create an autonomous field telemetry report. Autonomous field telemetry reports are periodically forwarded on a communication network to an analytics engine. The analytics engine parses each autonomous field telemetry report to extract usage information related to the features of interest, loads the parsed data to PostgreSQL staging and historical databases, and uses the parsed data alone or in combination with the historical data to create analytics and visualizations of the analytics.

Abstract: A resource allocation system including one or more resource producers arranged to provide one or more electronic resources and a plurality of consumer devices arranged to receive the one or more electronic resources. The system also includes an environmental sensor arranged to detect and provide environmental data associated with an operational status of a first consumer device. The system includes a context database arranged to store operational context information associated with operations of the plurality of consumer devices. The system further includes a resource controller arranged to determine an allocation of the one or more electronic resources to the plurality of consumer devices that is also arranged to adjust an allocation of the one or more electronic resources to the first consumer device based on the operational context information and the environmental data associated with the operational status of the first consumer device.

Abstract: Grouping virtualized computing instances in cloud environments can be achieved utilizing groups of network endpoints, such as hardware devices, virtualized computing instances, etc. The network endpoint group (NEG) provides a logical grouping for providers of backend services that may be arranged on the network endpoints, and may be organized based on the backend service to be provided by the computing environments that operate as network endpoints. For example, the NEGs may be implemented for load balancing applications. The network endpoint groups, and the network endpoints included therein, may be managed using a framework of tools, libraries and application programming interfaces.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, a device and a readable medium for disaster recovery processing for infrastructure areas which relate to the technical field of infrastructure area management are disclosed. The method includes: receiving a request for the service; under the condition that a monitoring system detects that there is an identifier of a faulty infrastructure area in identifiers of at least two infrastructure areas having a binding relationship with the request for the service, unbinding the binding relationship between the identifier of the faulty infrastructure area and the service; scheduling traffic for the request for the service to an unfaulty infrastructure area, according to a remaining unbound binding relationship between the service and the identifier of the unfaulty infrastructure area. According to the technical solutions, the damages may be stopped in time when the fault occurs in the infrastructure area.

Abstract: A method, computer program product and computer system is provided. A processor identifies a cloud service offered by a service provider. A processor determines at least one feature of the cloud service. A processor determines a first categorization of the cloud service based, at least in part, on the at least one feature. A processor generates a publication of the cloud service for a cloud marketplace based, at least in part, on the first categorization and a second categorization of the cloud marketplace.

Abstract: A method for distributing load in a network of processing nodes, wherein the network includes a requesting node, and a set of external processing nodes. The method includes sending an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) message to each external processing node, classifying each external processing node as being either a responding or a non-responding node based on its response time, identifying a responding node that has the capability to fulfill a video processing request, determining first and second sets of excluded responding nodes, selecting the identified node for fulfilling the video processing request, when the identified node does not form a part of the first and second sets of excluded responding nodes, sending a transmission package from the requesting node to the selected identified node for processing, and receiving a binary response from the selected node.

Abstract: A method for secure document exchange includes receiving a request from a content owner to initiate a document request of particular information from a record provider to a service provider; and sending the document request to the record provider. The document request sent to the record provider includes the particular information of the content owner as required by the service provider for the record provider to send to the service provider; contact information of the service provider to receive the particular information; and an encryption key with which the record provider is to encrypt the particular information before sending to the service provider The method further includes sending to the service provider a notification message that includes a decryption key with which to decrypt the particular information from the record provider.

Abstract: An on-demand compute environment comprises a plurality of nodes within an on-demand compute environment available for provisioning and a slave management module operating on a dedicated node within the on-demand compute environment, wherein upon instructions from a master management module at a local compute environment, the slave management module modifies at least one node of the plurality of nodes.

Abstract: A method and system are disclosed which measure the functionality of a network services provider to determine its likelihood of failure. The method and system enable a point of failure to be identified and isolated by using a successive scoring system which looks at a network services provider at a resource, functionality and overall provider level.

Abstract: A configuration for a key management system is provided for managing cryptographic keys in cryptosystems. The configuration includes the use of database replication to improve the reliability, accessibility, and partition tolerance of the key management system. The configuration also includes the use of database sharding and distributed networks to improve the functionality of the key management system. From a logical level, the system can appear multi-master because client software can connect with any compute node in a plurality of compute nodes and perform key management operations on the entire key database from that compute node. From a physical level, the system can be a master-slave configuration with each database shard replication group having a single master shard instance and one or more slave shard instances. In some examples, the present disclosure provides better redundancy, load balancing, availability, and partition tolerance for key management systems.

Abstract: A system and a method for processing a message on a processing platform, such as a Kafka processing platform, are provided. The method includes: acquiring a plurality of partitions from the messaging platform; designating a first partition from among the plurality of partitions as a sticky partition; generating a plurality of routing keys that are configured to route messages to the sticky partition; using a first routing key from among the plurality of routing keys to identify a first service subscription; subscribing to a second service using the first routing key; and receiving a message transmitted by the second service.

Abstract: A method performed by a processor in a network function virtualization infrastructure includes determining an amount of resources consumed by a virtual network function subsequent to a scaling of the amount of resources in response to an occurrence of a predefined trigger event, determining an amount of time elapsed between the predefined trigger event and a completion of the scaling, determining a key performance indicator value for the virtual network function subsequent to completion of the scaling, evaluating an efficiency of the predefined trigger event that triggers the scaling, based on the amount of resources consumed by the virtual network function subsequent to the scaling, the amount of time elapsed between the detection of the predefined trigger event and completion of the scaling, and the key performance indicator for the virtual network function subsequent to completion of the scaling, and adjusting the predefined trigger event based on the evaluating.

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for predictive resource access within a technical environment. The present invention is configured to initiate a resource monitoring engine on a resource procurement profile associated with a user; receive information associated with one or more resources accessed by the user over a predetermined past period of time; receive information associated with one or more user characteristics associated with the user; initiate one or more machine learning algorithms on the one or more resources and the information associated with one or more user characteristics; generate, using the one or more machine learning algorithms, a forecasting model configured to predict one or more future resources accessible to the user at a predetermined future time; and initiate a resource transformation engine on the one or more future resources predicted to be accessible to the user at the predetermined future time.

Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for reallocating tasks among servers, such as cloud datacenter compute servers. A control server may identify hypervisors running virtual machines that are consuming higher processing power, and may reallocate one or more of the virtual machines to one or more hypervisors consuming lower processing power. In some examples, the control server reallocates virtual machines among hypervisors based on how many virtual machines each hypervisor is running. In some examples, the control server identifies virtual machines associated with higher processing steal times, and may reallocate the identified virtual machines to hypervisors that are consuming lower processing power. The virtual machines may be reallocated to a different hypervisor executing on a same server, to a different hypervisor executing on a different server in a same datacenter, or to a different hypervisor executing on a different server in a different datacenter.

Abstract: A relative risk can be determined using an originating Internet Protocol (IP) address as an identifying factor for purposes of authenticating a user. The originating IP address can be used as an identifying factor for a particular user account to determine potentially fraudulent activity and reduce the risk of fraud. This additional identifying factor can be used as a part of an overall authentication platform to help screen fraud attempts and to authenticate valid and non-fraudulent users. Using certain aspects can distinguish whether originating IP addresses are public or private. Some examples can track and match originating IP addresses to user accounts and also can keep track of recently active sessions for each IP address.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a computer-implemented method for column-oriented access to data. The method can include inserting data into a data store. The data is randomly or sequentially retrievable from the data store by ordering keys for a table in a key-value store and recursively dividing a key space of said table into tablets that each have a range of possible keys. The tablets each contain partitions for key sub-ranges and each partition contains segments. Further, operations on tablets are distributed on different nodes and operations on partitions or segments are handled by using different threads.

Abstract: A system includes an asset management system in communication with an asset disposed within a rack, an asset tracking server, a gateway, and a set of equipment racks including the rack in which the asset is disposed. Each equipment rack defines a face. The equipment rack includes an observer device and a location indicator device. The system includes a set of tags attached to assets disposed within the set of equipment racks, a tag of the set of tags attached to the asset. The asset management system is to identify a maintenance event associated with the asset and is to communicate the identity of the asset to the asset tracking server. The asset tracking server is to locate the rack location of the tag associated with the asset and is to communicate with the associated observer device, which is to direct the location indicator device to provide a light signal.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system or method that collects or otherwise accesses information indicating connection patterns such as IP addresses being utilized by communication devices for communication services over a time period, where the communication devices use a same credential of a single account for accessing the communication services. Hubs can be identified according to groups of the communication devices that exhibit a particular sharing pattern such as having used the one or more common IP addresses. A prediction or estimation that the single account is engaging in sharing activity can be made based on an analysis of the hubs, such as based on a number of the hubs. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A database proxy includes a computing device and a hardware-accelerated database proxy module. The computing device includes one or more processors, memory, a first bus interface, and a network interface coupling the database proxy to one or more networks. The database proxy module includes a second bus interface coupled to the first bus interface via one or more buses, and a request processor. The database proxy is configured to receive a database read request from a client via the one or more networks and the network interface; forward the database read request to the request processor using the one or more buses; process, using the request processor, the database read request; and return results of the database read request to the client. In some embodiments, the computing device or the database proxy module further includes a flash memory interface for accessing one or more flash memory devices.

Abstract: The disclosed technology teaches initializing an application instance using a SaaS model in a project implemented on a cloud-based computing service, including running a configuration engine that links a service provider for SaaS application to set configuration parameters for the project and initializing the project in which an application instance will be built, then removing the authorization of the configuration engine to access the project and removing access to set the parameters. The technology also includes running a SaaS application infrastructure builder autonomously, without the service provider having access to the builder, to build the instance, and then delivering the application as a SaaS service.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an agent executed by a device detects an invocation that is made using Java reflection of a method associated with a microservice. The agent instruments the invocation of the method associated with the microservice, to capture one or more metrics regarding the microservice. The agent optimizes the invocation of the method associated with the microservice. The agent provides the one or more metrics regarding the microservice to a user interface.

Abstract: Provided is a server load prediction system that predicts a server load on a server connected to an apparatus installed in a production process including an apparatus requirement specification storage unit that stores a requirement specification of each apparatus for a server, a server specification storage unit that stores a server specification indicating a capability held by each server, an input information creation unit that receives an input of a calculation condition and creates an input parameter required to execute a simulation for calculating the server load, a server load calculation unit that calculates the server load caused by the apparatus used in a process designated under the calculation condition by executing the simulation, and an output unit that outputs the calculation result.

Abstract: [Problem] When a resource reserved in a resource sharing system become unavailable, the reservation is efficiently reset. [Solution] A resource sharing system 10 shares resources 30 with a plurality of users 20 (user terminals). A resource reservation management device 42 includes: a reservation setting unit 402 that accepts a reservation request for the resource 30 from the user 20, and sets a reservation on a predetermined resource 30 in the resource sharing system 10; and a reservation changing unit 404 that resets the reservation to another resource 30 in the resource sharing system 10 in case the predetermined reserved resource 30 becomes unavailable. if the other resource 30 has insufficient resource capacity, the reservation changing unit 404 resets the reservation to the other resource 30 based on a reservation changing policy defining which reservation is preferentially reset out of the reservation to be reset.

Abstract: A system is provided for real time recovery of resource transfers over a distributed server network. In particular, the system may comprise one or more computing systems within a distributed server network, where each computing system may be a node which hosts a copy of a distributed electronic data register. Upon receiving a resource transfer request, the system may, via a system sequence monitor, monitor the various nodes for status updates on the resource transfer. Upon detecting that a node has failed to execute one or more steps in the resource transfer process, a resource transfer restorer may perform a restore process based on the information stored within the distributed data register. The system sequence monitor may further monitor the restore process to ensure the successful completion thereof. In this way, the system may provide instantaneous recovery of failed resource transfers.

Abstract: The invention addresses method, apparatus, system and computer program product for controlling virtualized resources, comprising receiving a request to implement a network service at a network element, looking up key parameters of the network service, selecting at least one compute resource according to the network service, deploying at least one application as required to fulfill the network service, selecting at least one transport resource to interconnect the network element with the at least one application, instructing an access control conductor that a transport access manager has exclusive access to at least part of the network element's resources, and instructing the transport access manager to establish a transport path at the network element.

Abstract: A technique is described herein that intelligently deploys resources in a data center for a new program. The new program has, at least in part, unknown runtime characteristics. The technique involves collecting plural input factors that provide evidence of an expected runtime behavior of the new program. It does so by identifying at least one related program that differs from the new program, but has a specified degree of relatedness to the new program. The collecting operation then obtains information that describes an amount of resources that the related program(s) consume when run. Based on at least some of the plural input factors, the technique generates an estimated amount of resources that the new program is expected to consume when it is run. The technique then determines and deploys a configuration of resources in the data center that will provide the estimated amount of resources.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for streaming data between a user device and a remote computing environment via a “switchboard” service that enables interaction without the user device or the remote computing environment establishing additional connections. A first routing device receives a connection from a user device that requests routing a data stream to or from a remote computing environment. The first routing device processes the request by generating a token, which is passed to the remote computing environment along with the request. The remote computing environment passes the token to a second routing device, which decodes the routing token to identify the first routing device. The second routing device then passes the request token to the first routing device, which responds by establishing a route for streaming data between the connection made with the user device and the remote computing environment via the routing devices.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to allocate hardware in virtualized computing architectures. An example apparatus to manage a virtual server rack comprises a drift analyzer to determine that hardware resources assigned to a virtualized workload domain exceed the resources requested for the virtualized workload domain; and a rebalancer to reassign one or more of the hardware resources in response to an indication from the drift analyzer.

Abstract: A device configured to receive requirements that identifies hardware operating characteristics and to determine a performance metric for the requirements. The device is configured to generate a set of resource cluster configurations that each identify a set of hardware resources and a set of algorithms. The device is further configured to identify a first resource cluster configuration having a first performance value with the highest performance value from among the set of resource cluster configurations. The device is further configured to combine the first resource cluster configuration with a second resource cluster configuration, and to determine a second performance value for the combined resource cluster configuration.

Abstract: Uplink congestion control based on session initiation protocol (SIP) messaging includes receiving SIP messages from user equipment devices (UEs) via established wireless uplink connections; and monitoring a rate of the SIP messages received from the UEs. Uplink congestion control further includes identifying whether the rate of received SIP messages exceeds a first threshold during a first period of time; and sending SIP response messages to the UEs to reduce congestion on the wireless uplink connections upon identifying that the rate of received SIP messages exceeded the first threshold over the first period of time, where the sent SIP response messages instruct the UEs to resend the SIP messages after predetermined time delays.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for quantum computing (QC) detection. An example method includes generating QC detection data. The example method further includes generating a pair of asymmetric cryptographic keys comprising a public cryptographic key and a private cryptographic key, generating encrypted QC detection data based on the pair of asymmetric cryptographic keys, and destroying the private cryptographic key. The example method further includes monitoring a set of data environments for electronic information related to the encrypted QC detection data. Subsequently, the example method may include generating a QC detection alert control signal in response to detection of the electronic information related to the encrypted QC detection data.

Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and computer systems for performing dynamic storage tiering in a virtual environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method can include moving a storage object from a first storage tier of a storage system to a second storage tier of the storage system, which can be performed based, at least in part, on tiering information. Such moving can include determining a location of the storage object in the storage system by translating a location of the storage object in a virtual machine file to the location of the storage object in the storage system, using mapping information, and transmitting an instruction to a storage manager of the storage system. The instruction indicates that the storage manager should perform the moving. The mapping information translates a location in the virtual machine file to a corresponding location in the storage system.

Abstract: A device may receive CNF data identifying a CNF to be deployed in a network and a configuration of the CNF and may validate connectivity between resources to be utilized to deploy the CNF to generate connectivity data indicating whether one or more connectivity issues exist. The device may validate packages to be utilized to deploy the CNF to generate package data indicating whether one or more package issues exist and may validate an NFVO to be utilized to deploy the CNF to generate NFVO data indicating whether one or more NFVO issues exist. The device may validate an NFVI to be utilized to deploy the CNF to generate NFVI data indicating whether one or more NFVI issues exist and may determine whether one or more issues are associated with deploying the CNF based on the connectivity data, the package data, the NFVO data, and the NFVI data.

Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for reducing a rate at which data is mirrored from a primary server to a secondary server. A determination is made as to whether a processor utilization at a processor managing access to the secondary storage exceeds a utilization threshold. If so, a determination is made as to whether a specified operation at the processor is in progress. A message is sent to the primary server to cause the primary server to reduce a rate at which data is mirrored from the primary server to the secondary server in response to determining that the specified operation is in progress.