Comment 5 for bug 545903

EDIT:
--- /etc/init.d/open-vm-tools 2015-05-20 09:17:41.825174249 -0600
+++ /etc/init.d/open-vm-tools.fixed 2015-05-20 09:17:31.536821914 -0600
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
                ${0} stop
                ${0} start
                ;;
+ status)
+ status_of_proc -p /var/run/vmtoolsd.pid vmtoolsd && exit 0 || exit $?
+ ;;
        *)
                log_success_msg "Usage: ${0} {start|stop|restart|force-reload}"
                exit 1