What is the version of centos?
If it's 6.x, or less then make sure you have perl installed.
Look for log messages.
If still stuck, you can try to upgrade Linux kernel and install cm tools.
If you are using centos 7.x then you need to install open vm tools. See below URL.
VMware Documentation for CentOS 7
-vHaridas
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