VMware Workstation Pro 14 now supports virtual NVMe drives.
What is the easiest way to convert existing virtual SCSI disk to the new virtual NVMe disk?
The first step is to get Windows to load the new drivers. This can be done by adding a second drive to the computer:
The second step is to manually modify the .vmx file:
Taken from http://techninotes.blogspot.com/2017/10/migrating-existing-virtual-machines-to.html.