APPARATUS AND METHOD TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENT OPERATIONAL STATES IN CLOUD-BASED INFRASTRUCTURES

摘要

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related device including: receiving, at the service correlator device (260), an incoming notification that an operational state of a first service element of a cloud service has changed; identifying a potential change to a second service element of the cloud service having a current operational state that is inconsistent with the operational state of the first service element, wherein effecting the potential change to the second service element would produce a new operational state of the second service element that is consistent with the operational state of the first service element; determining whether to notify other devices of the potential change to the second service element and transmitting an outgoing notification to a management device responsible for managing the second service element based on determining to notify other devices, wherein the outgoing notification indicates the potential change to the management device.