Is this on the physical host? According to your log file, this should be the contents of that file:
libdir = /usr/lib/vmware
authd.proxy.vim = vmware-hostd:hostd-vmdb
authd.proxy.nfc = vmware-hostd:ha-nfc
authd.proxy.nfcssl = vmware-hostd:ha-nfcssl
authd.proxy.vpxa-nfcssl = vmware-vpxa:vpxa-nfcssl
authd.proxy.vpxa-nfc = vmware-vpxa:vpxa-nfc
authd.fullpath = /sbin/authd
authd.soapServer = TRUE
vmauthd.server.alwaysProxy = TRUE
cpuidMask.val.1.eax = 0x000006f1
cpuidMask.mode.1.eax = clobber
cpuidMask.val.1.ecx = 0x0000a219
cpuidMask.mode.1.ecx = mask
cpuidMask.val.1.edx = 0x0febfbff
cpuidMask.mode.1.edx = mask
cpuidMask.val.80000001.ecx = 0x00000001
cpuidMask.mode.80000001.ecx = mask
cpuidMask.val.80000001.edx = 0x20100800
cpuidMask.mode.80000001.edx = mask
cpuidMask.val.d.eax = 0x00000000
cpuidMask.mode.d.eax = mask
cpuidMask.val.d.ecx = 0x00000000
cpuidMask.mode.d.ecx = mask
cpuidMask.val.d.edx = 0x00000000
cpuidMask.mode.d.edx = mask
vhv.allow = TRUE