Thanks, but there isn't a small vmdk file that looks like it would have just metadata; both are large
The Datastore Browser displays the descriptor, and the data file as a single entry with the descriptor file's name, and the data file's size.
Also, the *-sql-newvm folder has a vmx and vmsd file.
The .vmx file is the VM's configuration file, and the .vmsd contains information/metadata for the VM's snapshot.
What should be done prior to adding the VM to the inventory, and powering it on, is to ensure that the restored files do not contain any references to the original VM's location (e.g. an absolute path to the original datastore).What I'd like you to do, is to enable SSH on the host, and use e.g. WinSCP to connect to it. From the VM's folder, download the .vmx, .vmsd, and the two small descriptor .vmdk files (WinSCP will show both, the descriptor, as well as data .vmdk files), then compress/zip these files, and attach them to a reply post. Feel free to rename the original file names (and entries) to a generic name, if you don't want to expose the original names.
André