What VMware Fusion is looking for is to use the shell command "cd" ../Library to look for its files. So I sym linked /Library to /Volumes/apps/Library, and it started right up.
The Terminal command used to do that was:
$ sudo ln -s /Library /Volumes/apps/Library
If you have a separate volume or partition for your applications, use the appropriate name in the command.
[crarko adds: I haven't tested this one. In general it's not a good idea to move programs from /Applications elsewhere, especially the Apple installed programs. You can do this by creating symbolic links, but if you miss anything, Software Update may break moved applications. Many third party apps can be placed elsewhere, and if there are problems fixing them may be as simple as using the method of this hint. It may also be necessary to reinstall them to the /Applications folder.]

