vmtoolsd is in process list when system boots, approximately 1 minute later in /var/log/fallback.log:
2013:02:10-16:54:19 gw [user:crit] vmsvc[3210]: [ error] [vmsvc] MEM_ALLOC guestInfoPosix.c:292
then VMware Tools (vmtoolsd) is no longer running. Please see bug report on open-vm-tools, and related SuSe linux link:
SourceForge.net: Open Virtual Machine Tools: Detail: 3601762 - vmtoolsd crashes with more than 16 network interfaces
