I've been following the discussions on freezes and crashes and hoping that upgrading to Mac OS 10.8.3 and Fusion 5.0.3 would also fix my problem, but it did not.
Hardware:
2011 Mac mini
Processor 2 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB
OS X 10.8.3 (12D78)
Display Sony TV @ 1080p over HDMI.
Password required 5s after display sleep.
Display sleep 10 min.
Computer sleep never.
VMWare:
Fusion 5.0.3
2 vCPU
2 GB vRAM
Single window, 3D off
Client WinXP
Symptom:
Mac runs 24x7.
Use Mac and WinXP VM all day long.
Go to bed.
Log in to Mac via connected keyboard.
Go to VM.
VM is frozen. WinXP clock shows time of logging in to Mac.
Suspend, then restart VM. VM works fine until next Mac logon.
This problem has been occuring since upgrading to Mountain Lion and Fusion 5.0.1 in August 2012.
I also ended up with a clean install of Mountain Lion and Fusion, and problem persists.
The problem does not occur when logging in to Mac via VNC.
I attached syslog and vmware log for the latest example. There is also an older vmware log from Fusion 5.0.1.