Bumping this one. I too would like to know this.
I need to "re-train" my users to use the "VMs and Template" folder view rather than "Hosts and Clusters" when they log in with the client. I was hoping there was a "ROLE" setting that could be unchecked that prevented access to "Hosts and Clusters" but I did not see that. Any suggestions? Thanks.
This question is still relevant!