Install VMware Tools on Debian
Install the following dependencies
aptitude install autoconf automake binutils cpp gcc linux-headers-$(uname -r) make psmisc
Extract the VMWareTools tarball, then run
vmware-install.pl default
Convert VMware Server disk to ESX/ESXi disk
vmware-vdiskmanager -r diskname.vmdk -t 4 -h hostname -u username -f passwordfile "[datastore1]/diskname.vmdk"