StuartV wrote: I would say that I am disappointed that my original post is 6 days old and I've still gotten no response from any VMware official,
This forum is not official VMware Support and while some VMware employees do participate nonetheless it is more the exception, not the rule and if you want an official response then you need to file a support request. Obviously VMware tends to reply to the more glaring issues however they're only going to circumvent the revenue stream of paid support but so much and that's to be expected.
or any pointer to official VMware info on this subject.
Have you searched the VMware KB? If there is anything official it will be there, not necessarily here as these forums are primarily and predominantly User to User not VMware Support to User.