VM Stuck During Reset

My problem: VM stuck at 95% resetting. No actions could be performed on it and it appeared "on" but was actually "off"

My solution: Connect to the host using SSH (Telnet, SecureCRT, etc).

Check the current state of the VM by running the following: vmware-cmd /<path to VM directory>/server.vmx getstate

You will likely need to execute this next:
vmware-cmd /<path to VM directory>/server.vmx stop hard

Then check state again, it should show as "off"

Now execute: service mgmt-vmware restart (this will not require a host reboot or cause any VM downtime)

In VC the VM should now appear normally.

If it doesn't (for example it shows as "VMname (Invalid)" remove it from inventory and then re-add it.