Patent 10228963 was granted and assigned to Red Hat on March, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Mechanisms for efficient hypervisor reporting are disclosed. A first communication from a first hypervisor reporter is received that identifies a first hypervisor as a hypervisor about which the first hypervisor reporter can generate reports over time. It is determined that no other hypervisor reporter is a current authority for the first hypervisor. The first hypervisor reporter is designated as a current authority for the first hypervisor. A first full report is requested from the first hypervisor reporter about the first hypervisor.