use the OVF converter tool - http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/1013
It's command line.
Here's the command that worked for me.
ovftool -st=ovf -tt=vmx c:\SA\VA-DTE-16499-VT.ovf c:\sa2\VA-DTE-16499-VT
c:\SA is where I extracted the ovf and vmdk.
