How do I convert a VirtualBox VDI file to a VMware vdmk?

"This is an answer from http://communities.vmware.com/people/pajegan

You can use ""VMware vCenter Converter
Standalone"" to convert your VDI files
from virtualbox to .vmdk to use in
vmware server. The following are the
steps to do that:

Make sure that your virtual machine in
virtualbox is up and running.

Once you open the application, click
on ""Convert Machine"" and choose
Powered-on Machine.

Choose remote machine

Give the IP address, username and
password of the remote machine that
you would like to convert and then hit
next

Select Destination Type as VMware
Workstation or other Vmware virtual
machine.

Select Vmware product as Vmware Server
2.x

Choose a location for the virtual
machine: It has to be a Network shared
folder.

Hit Next and then check the settings
and hit next again.

The task will take about an hour based
on the size of your virtual machine.

Now you can copy the files to the
vmware server datastore and add the VM
to the inventory using the .vmx file.

PS: I wanted to do the following steps
to use the Virtual machine in VMware
Esxi server. However it is not
working in ESXi. If anyone has had
luck with migrating from Virtualbox to
VMware esxi, please let me know the
steps."

"i think the only option is:

1) File->Export Appliance...

2) select the VM you want to export

3) save it(.ova file) to a backup folder somewhere (with a different name
from the original perhaps)

4) use OVF 1.0 format and write a manifest file (2.0 does not work)

5) wait until export is finished and then import/open to VMware (for more
waiting:)

because it seems that VMware does not like to import regular .vmdk files...

6) so the best option is to always use a .vdmk format in VirtualBox
too?"