Worskstation VM disk Type 2 - Need to convert to Disk Type 6 for ESXi

I have a test VM given to me with a single .vmdk and provisioned as "Thick provisioned, lazily zeroed".

I can open it in Workstation but I need it to run in ESXi but it fails with the below error....

Unsupported or invalid disk type 2 for 'nvme0:0'. Ensure that the disk has been imported.

ESXi host is 6.7 so the nvme controller is supported. Just the disk type needs to be thin provisioned disk type 6.

I tried the vmware-vdiskmanager.exe using the examples given and ran the below command....

"C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-vdiskmanager.exe" -r C:\temp\sourcedisk.vmdk -t 6 C:\Temp\newdisk.vmdk

But it gives me the error...

"VMware Virtual Disk Manager can only convert to ESX thin disks if the destination is remote."

So then I try with the -h switch like I found in google searches/examples...

"C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-vdiskmanager.exe" -r C:\temp\sourcedisk.vmdk -t 6 C:\Temp\newdisk.vmdk -h 192.168.x.x -u root -p doofushead

But get the error below.....

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-vdiskmanager.exe: unrecognized option 'h'

Can someone shed some light into this?

How can I get the VM's disk converted to a supported disk for an esxi server?

Thanks