RHEL6: vmtoolsd freezes filesystems then tries to open nfs4 which deadlocks nfsidmap when loading a prelinked library file

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

The server (VM) hangs frequently, and must be restarted.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
NFS4 filesystem
VMware vmtoolsd freezing local filesystems

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