Try creating a new virtual machine on your destination [without any vmdk files] Then manually copy the vmdk files from your source server over and attaching ...
Resolution · Select the VM from the Inventory. · Right-click the VM and click Clone. · Select the destination ESXi host. · Power off the VM on the source host.
On the new host, register the freshly transferred VM (virtual machines > create/register VM > register an existing virtual machine > select one ...
Procedure · Log on to the Move VM. · Select VM and click Continue. · On the Move dashboard, click Create a Migration Plan. · Enter the new migration plan name, ...
The easiest way I would do it is, power off the machine. Then SCP the files (vmx, vmdk etc) to the new host. Register it from the data store and power it on.
How to move from one ESXi host to another with vMotion? Log into vCenter, and locate the VM you would like to migrate. Right-click the VM, and select Migrate. Select Change compute resource only, and click Next. Select a new compute re