André,
Thanks for your quick response!
following you advice, I tried to clone the disk and while cloning of "mdServer-000006.vmdk" came back with an error, "mdServer-000007.vmdk" worked.
Moreover, I was even able to start the clone with its own OS.
Unfortunately, the clone (most likely) represents the machine state as of 7/30, and of course, I would need something closer to the last known state (9/12).
Based on the file listing, do you think any recent information is recoverable?
Thanks,
Vitaly