Here is some additional logs running the vSphere client
2014-11-06 13:54:12.948 Executing the search query (#1):
[viclient:SoapTran:P:18] 2014-11-06 13:54:13.007 Invoke 69 Start AcquireSessionTicket on SessionManager:SessionManager [vCenterServerName]. [operationID:8ACF22E9-00000045][Caller: VmomiSupport.Services.AuthenticationTicketSource.Next]
[viclient:SrvMsg :P:18] 2014-11-06 13:54:13.007 RMI Request Vmomi.SessionManager.AcquireSessionTicket - 69 <serviceKey>55036c75-fa4c-41c0-b135-65b0b038ccb8/VIMWEBSVC</serviceKey>
[viclient:SoapTran:P:18] 2014-11-06 13:54:35.840 Invoke 69 Finish AcquireSessionTicket on SessionManager:SessionManager [vCenterServerName] - Serial:0.000, Server:022.843 [viclient:SrvMsg :P:18] 2014-11-06 13:54:35.840 RMI Result Vmomi.SessionManager.AcquireSessionTicket - 69 <Result>VCT-AF71B313-F692-498C-9F61-2AC287F80C6A</Result>
[viclient:QuickInf:P:18] 2014-11-06 13:54:35.856 Thread No:18 QueryService: Start GetResponse().
[viclient:QuickInf:P:18] 2014-11-06 13:54:35.903 Thread No:18 QueryService: End GetResponse().
[viclient:QuickInf:P:18] 2014-11-06 13:54:35.903 Login by Ticket is completed successfully.
Entire log entry showing the slowness.
[viclient:QuickInf:P:18] 2014-11-06 13:54:12.948 Executing the search query (#1):
declare option xhive:fts-analyzer-class 'com.vmware.vim.query.server.store.impl.CaseInsensitiveWhitespaceAnalyzer';
declare namespace qs="urn:vmware:queryservice"; declare default element namespace "urn:vim25"; declare namespace vim25="urn:vim25"; declare namespace xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink";
let $targetSet := distinct-nodes( ((/VirtualMachine[xhive:fts(name, '*WebServer1*')], /HostSystem[xhive:fts(name, '*WebServer1*')], /Folder[xhive:fts(name, '*WebServer1*')], /Datacenter[xhive:fts(name, '*WebServer1*')], /Datastore[xhive:fts(name, '*WebServer1*')], /Network[xhive:fts(name, '*WebServer1*')], /DistributedVirtualPortgroup[xhive:fts(name, '*WebServer1*')], /ResourcePool[xhive:fts(name, '*WebServer1*')], /VirtualApp[xhive:fts(name, '*WebServer1*')], /ClusterComputeResource[xhive:fts(name, '*WebServer1*')]), (/VirtualMachine[xhive:fts(guest/toolsRunningStatus, '*WebServer1*')], /HostSystem[xhive:fts(guest/toolsRunningStatus, '*WebServer1*')], /Folder[xhive:fts(guest/toolsRunningStatus, '*WebServer1*')], /Datacenter[xhive:fts(guest/toolsRunningStatus, '*WebServer1*')], /Datastore[xhive:fts(guest/toolsRunningStatus, '*WebServer1*')], /Network[xhive:fts(guest/toolsRunningStatus, '*WebServer1*')], /DistributedVirtualPortgroup[xhive:fts(guest/toolsRunningStatus, '*WebServer1*')], /ResourcePool[xhive:fts(guest/toolsRunningStatus, '*WebServer1*')], /VirtualApp[xhive:fts(guest/toolsRunningStatus, '*WebServer1*')], /ClusterComputeResource[xhive:fts(guest/toolsRunningStatus, '*WebServer1*')]), (/VirtualMachine[xhive:fts(guest/toolsVersionStatus2, '*WebServer1*')], /HostSystem[xhive:fts(guest/toolsVersionStatus2, '*WebServer1*')], /Folder[xhive:fts(guest/toolsVersionStatus2, '*WebServer1*')], /Datacenter[xhive:fts(guest/toolsVersionStatus2, '*WebServer1*')], /Datastore[xhive:fts(guest/toolsVersionStatus2, '*WebServer1*')], /Network[xhive:fts(guest/toolsVersionStatus2, '*WebServer1*')], /DistributedVirtualPortgroup[xhive:fts(guest/toolsVersionStatus2, '*WebServer1*')], /ResourcePool[xhive:fts(guest/toolsVersionStatus2, '*WebServer1*')], /VirtualApp[xhive:fts(guest/toolsVersionStatus2, '*WebServer1*')], /ClusterComputeResource[xhive:fts(guest/toolsVersionStatus2, '*WebServer1*')]), (/VirtualMachine[xhive:fts(config/annotation, '*WebServer1*')], /HostSystem[xhive:fts(config/annotation, '*WebServer1*')], /Folder[xhive:fts(config/annotation, '*WebServer1*')], /Datacenter[xhive:fts(config/annotation, '*WebServer1*')], /Datastore[xhive:fts(config/annotation, '*WebServer1*')], /Network[xhive:fts(config/annotation, '*WebServer1*')], /DistributedVirtualPortgroup[xhive:fts(config/annotation, '*WebServer1*')], /ResourcePool[xhive:fts(config/annotation, '*WebServer1*')], /VirtualApp[xhive:fts(config/annotation, '*WebServer1*')], /ClusterComputeResource[xhive:fts(config/annotation, '*WebServer1*')]), (/VirtualMachine[xhive:fts(config/guestFullName, '*WebServer1*')], /HostSystem[xhive:fts(config/guestFullName, '*WebServer1*')], /Folder[xhive:fts(config/guestFullName, '*WebServer1*')], /Datacenter[xhive:fts(config/guestFullName, '*WebServer1*')], /Datastore[xhive:fts(config/guestFullName, '*WebServer1*')], /Network[xhive:fts(config/guestFullName, '*WebServer1*')], /DistributedVirtualPortgroup[xhive:fts(config/guestFullName, '*WebServer1*')], /ResourcePool[xhive:fts(config/guestFullName, '*WebServer1*')], /VirtualApp[xhive:fts(config/guestFullName, '*WebServer1*')], /ClusterComputeResource[xhive:fts(config/guestFullName, '*WebServer1*')]), (/VirtualMachine[xhive:fts(guest/ipAddress, '*WebServer1*')], /HostSystem[xhive:fts(guest/ipAddress, '*WebServer1*')], /Folder[xhive:fts(guest/ipAddress, '*WebServer1*')], /Datacenter[xhive:fts(guest/ipAddress, '*WebServer1*')], /Datastore[xhive:fts(guest/ipAddress, '*WebServer1*')], /Network[xhive:fts(guest/ipAddress, '*WebServer1*')], /DistributedVirtualPortgroup[xhive:fts(guest/ipAddress, '*WebServer1*')], /ResourcePool[xhive:fts(guest/ipAddress, '*WebServer1*')], /VirtualApp[xhive:fts(guest/ipAddress, '*WebServer1*')], /ClusterComputeResource[xhive:fts(guest/ipAddress, '*WebServer1*')])) ) for $target in $targetSet[fn:position() = (0 to 61)]
return <item qs:id="{$target/@qs:id}"><name>{data($target/name)}</name> <toolsRunningStatus>{data($target/guest/toolsRunningStatus)}</toolsRunningStatus> <toolsVersionStatus2>{data($target/guest/toolsVersionStatus2)}</toolsVersionStatus2> <annotation>{data($target/config/annotation)}</annotation> <guestOS>{data($target/config/guestFullName)}</guestOS> <ip>{data($target/guest/ipAddress)}</ip> <template>{data($target/config/template)}</template> <ftRole>{data($target/config/ftInfo/role)}</ftRole> <ftState>{data($target/runtime/faultToleranceState)}</ftState> <question>{data($target/runtime/question)}</question> {$target/parent} <inMaintenanceMode>{data($target/runtime/inMaintenanceMode)}</inMaintenanceMode> {$target/childType} <entityId>{data($target/@qs:id)}</entityId> </item>
[viclient:SoapTran:P:18] 2014-11-06 13:54:13.007 Invoke 69 Start AcquireSessionTicket on SessionManager:SessionManager [vCenterServerName]. [operationID:8ACF22E9-00000045][Caller: VmomiSupport.Services.AuthenticationTicketSource.Next]
[viclient:SrvMsg :P:18] 2014-11-06 13:54:13.007 RMI Request Vmomi.SessionManager.AcquireSessionTicket - 69 <serviceKey>55036c75-fa4c-41c0-b135-65b0b038ccb8/VIMWEBSVC</serviceKey>
[viclient:SoapTran:P:18] 2014-11-06 13:54:35.840 Invoke 69 Finish AcquireSessionTicket on SessionManager:SessionManager [vCenterServerName] - Serial:0.000, Server:022.843 [viclient:SrvMsg :P:18] 2014-11-06 13:54:35.840 RMI Result Vmomi.SessionManager.AcquireSessionTicket - 69 <Result>VCT-AF71B313-F692-498C-9F61-2AC287F80C6A</Result>
[viclient:QuickInf:P:18] 2014-11-06 13:54:35.856 Thread No:18 QueryService: Start GetResponse().
[viclient:QuickInf:P:18] 2014-11-06 13:54:35.903 Thread No:18 QueryService: End GetResponse().
[viclient:QuickInf:P:18] 2014-11-06 13:54:35.903 Login by Ticket is completed successfully.
[viclient:QuickInf:P:18] 2014-11-06 13:54:35.918 Thread No:18 QueryService: Start GetResponse().
[viclient:QuickInf:P:18] 2014-11-06 13:54:41.217 Thread No:18 QueryService: End GetResponse().
[ :Detailed:P:14] 2014-11-06 13:54:47.671 WeakMap - Created WeakReference`1 '95E9A765-F566-4525-A8DE-CF456848DFA1::Task:task-11215'
[viclient:SoapTran:W:16] 2014-11-06 13:54:47.671 Invoke 68 Finish WaitForUpdates on PropertyCollector:propertyCollector [vCenterServerName] - Serial:0.002, Server:036.533 [viclient:SrvMsg :W:16] 2014-11-06 13:54:47.671 RMI Result Vmomi.Core.PropertyCollector.WaitForUpdates - 68