Fastest way to copy vmdk

Hello,

I have a 200GB vmdk I wou ld like to backup. This vm  is shutdown. I would like to know what is the fastest possible way to backup this vmdk. I have a very limited time to get this file.

I am running vspher 4.0 update 1.  I am thinking of the following way..

1. setup a workstation, join it to the same network as the ESX host, run veeam fastscp, or winscp and download the 200GB vmdk to local disk.

2. setup iscsi mapped LUN on a workstation and drop the VMDK file to this drive.

3. setup new datastore on the ESX host using iscsi or nfs using a NAS/SAN box and scp the vmdk to this new store.

4. other ways to accomplish this ?

I would appreciate your feedback.

JOe