> ide0:0.fileName = Win7_Standalone.vmdk
that will not work - the default setting of Converter is to keep the Controller as is - select LSI-SAS instead.
Plan A: rewrite vmx-file so that the disk is attached as lsi-sas vmdk on scsi0:0 - then run "configure machine" again
Plan B: rerun the import and check that it takes LSI-SAS this time.
Plan A takes a few minutes, Plan B a few hours - the result is the same