Release quality and problem rectification is starting to become a real problem with the vSphere platform. Is perhaps because we are now dealing with EMC not VMware? The core technical team that invented "VMware" is now all gone (Dianne, Mendel and Steve) replaced by Cisco and EMC folks. Both excellent hardware companies but in my experience often dreadful software companies when they try to be all things to all people (as VMware is also now doing). Sadly most of the vSphere features that have been released since the folks above left the company were in fact working in alpha code before they left. Unfortunately the issues we have been discussed here are the start of things to come I.e. "get the feature to market ASAP".
I have spent the last 10 years specializing in this platform with great results. At the end of the day the only features that truly matter to my customers are:
Quality, reliability and performance. They are certainly paying for this!
Hopefully someone will give this feedback to Pat.