Cannot add existing VM to VMware Server 2.0.2 on Debian Linux

It is apparently a fairly general failure, and I don't know where to start to look at to diagnose.  I hope that I just have something wrong set somewhere.

I try to add an existing virtual machine in Windows 7 (created on VMware Fusion 2.x, then migrated to Fusion 3.0) to my new dedicated VMware Server 2 fancy box.  I copied the entire VM directory structure (in a toplevel .vmware directory) to the same subdirectory where the other virtual machines on VMware Server 2 box.  I click on the link 'Add Virtual Machine inventory' and go to the virtual machine and click the .vmx file.  Then, I get this error:

The server could not complete a request (HTTP 0 ).
The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request. If this problem persists, please contact your system administrator.

When I clicked OK, I find that the webservice of VMware seems to be declining.  I get no response from the port 8222 or 8333.  I'm not very familiar with command line tools, so the only way I know to get back on the administration interface is to restart VMware itself.

I am running VMware Server 2.0.2 - 203138, x86_64 rely on an Intel Xeon chip with four cores.  The host operating system is Debian 5.0.3 ("Lenny"), amd64 build.

In the subdirectory of/var/log/vmware, I find a lot of posts like the

[2009-12-13 14:20:09.923 'DiskLib' 1080654160 info] DISKLIB-LINK  : "/home/rick/vms/Windows 7.vmwarevm/Windows 7-s016.vmdk" : failed to open (The file specified is not a virtual disk).

Then I see this piece:

[2009-12-13 14:20:13.658 'ha-folder-vm' 1090754896 info] Register called: [standard] Windows 7.vmwarevm/Windows 7.vmx
[2009-12-13 14:20:13.659 'VMFileChecker' 1090754896 info] VM config file '/home/rick/vms/Windows 7.vmwarevm/Windows 7.vmx' already belongs to uid 0. Returning.
[2009-12-13 14:20:13.661 'Libs' 1089546576 info] readlink /var/run/vmware/01f6b4e586ae1668a9b592d95261345a: No such file or directory
[2009-12-13 14:20:13.661 'Libs' 1089546576 info] readlink /var/run/vmware/%2fhome%2frick%2fvms%2fWindows%207%2evmwarevm%2fWindows%207%2evmx: No such file or directory
[2009-12-13 14:20:13.661 'Libs' 1089546576 info] Reloading config state: /home/rick/vms/Windows 7.vmwarevm/Windows 7.vmx
[2009-12-13 14:20:13.690 'Libs' 1089546576 info] VMHS: Transitioned vmx/execState/val to poweredOff
[2009-12-13 14:20:13.694 'Libs' 1088747856 info] readlink /var/run/vmware/01f6b4e586ae1668a9b592d95261345a: No such file or directory
[2009-12-13 14:20:13.694 'Libs' 1088747856 info] readlink /var/run/vmware/%2fhome%2frick%2fvms%2fWindows%207%2evmwarevm%2fWindows%207%2evmx: No such file or directory
[2009-12-13 14:20:13.696 'DiskLib' 1090754896 info] DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Unrecognized ddb entry. ID='isNativeSnapshot' Val='no'
[2009-12-13 14:20:13.697 'DiskLib' 1090754896 info] DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Unrecognized ddb entry. ID='isNativeSnapshot' Val='no'
[2009-12-13 14:20:13.698 'DiskLib' 1090754896 info] DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Unrecognized ddb entry. ID='isNativeSnapshot' Val='no'
[2009-12-13 14:20:13.773 'DiskLib' 1090754896 info] DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Unrecognized ddb entry. ID='isNativeSnapshot' Val='no'
[2009-12-13 14:20:13.856 'DiskLib' 1090754896 info] DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Unrecognized ddb entry. ID='isNativeSnapshot' Val='no'
[2009-12-13 14:20:13.931 'App' 1090754896 error] 

Exception: Not Reached: @ /build/mts/release/bora-203138/bora/vim/hostd/vmsvc/vmConfigReader.cpp:2827
[2009-12-13 14:20:13.931 'App' 1090754896 error] Backtrace:
[00] eip 0x10738dfb  
[01] eip 0x10632a40  
[02] eip 0x105d6397  
[03] eip 0x105d90e9  
[04] eip 0x105d7b98  
[05] eip 0x1a46064  
[06] eip 0x1a53111  
[07] eip 0x1a5481d  
[08] eip 0x1a5e0e0  
[09] eip 0x1ae90fe  
[10] eip 0x1b046e5  
[11] eip 0x1b06ad6  
[12] eip 0x1b14c75  
[13] eip 0xbbe5d7  
[14] eip 0xbb85c1  
[15] eip 0x1650f3c  
[16] eip 0x762ca4  
[17] eip 0x763f12  
[18] eip 0x10743391  
[19] eip 0x1073ea61  
[20] eip 0xfad9fc7  
[21] eip 0xf6425ad

Is this a known issue?  No work around?  Maybe my VM Fusion needs to be massaged in some way to be compatible with the server?

Thank you

Rick

can't wait any longer...

make a backup of the "Windows 7.vmdk".

Open "Windows 7.vmdk" in a text editor

look out for the T "he database disk" article and delete all entries is not not in the excerpt here

...
# The Disk Data Base
#DDB
ddb.virtualHWVersion
ddb.geometry.cylinders
ddb.geometry.heads
ddb.geometry.sectors
ddb.adapterType

that should solve the problem "is not a virtual disk.

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