Moving to new VM by reattaching large vmdk

I am having an issue with a large sized Win 2012 R2 VM running on 6.0U2 with multiple vmdk files.

I have tried many solutions to resolve my slow dragging VM issue after ESXi update, unsuccessfully.

I would like to build a new Win 2012 R2 VM on the same host, properly configure it and then reattach the 11Tb D: drive to this new VM.

How can it be done?

I cannot move/copy the D: drive (VIPFS_2.vmdk) from its original source on datastore because it is too big.

I want to build new VM with more RAM and CPU cores and reattach large vmdk (with an option to roll back to original VM if needed).

Please point me to an article if one exists.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.