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P2V scripting

I have a P2V script which is attached that is working but when I try to start the VM using VMware Server Console the server just blue screens each time.

I am also posting the XML config file that I am using.

What I am trying to accomplish is to have my server P2Ved each night deleting the old P2V files as a backup.. also have the script send me an email telling me the start time and end time of the job. I am running this script in windows power shell.

The script works and finishs at 100% and I get the email just as I want. I end up with 2 files 1) servername.vmdk and 2) servername.vmx

And help? Is there a list of switches I can use with the P2VTool.exe? am I using the wrong switches? Im thinking the switch I am using is P2Ving the server for an ESX server and I need to P2V it for VMware Server Console not ESX.

THIS IS THE SCRIPT
 
    #Get the start time for the email message.
 
$startTime = get-date
 
&C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Converter\P2VTool.exe --import --source 
C:\job\nsbb.xml
 
    #Get the finish time for the email message.
 
$finishTime = get-date
 
Move-Item C:\ConverterTemp\NSBB\* C:\Converter\NSBB force
 
Remove-Item C:\ConverterTemp\NSBB
 
    #Set up the email parameters and send the email.
 
 
$emailFrom = "Tad@******.com"
$emailTo = "Tad@******.com"
$subject = "VM Migration Task Complete..."
$body = "Your VM Migration started at: $startTime
 
Your VM Migration completed at: $finishTime
 
Please log into the Virtual Infrastructure Client to remove
any unnecessary hardware and ensure that the newly migrated
VM is on the correct network."
$smtpServer = "********"
$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)
$smtp.Send($emailFrom, $emailTo, $subject, $body)
 
________________________________________________________________________
THIS IS THE XML CONFIG
 
<p2v uninstallAgentOnSuccess="0" version="2.2" xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v p2vJob.xsd" xsi:type="P2VJob">
  <source>
    <liveSpec>
      <creds host="10.2.1.8" password="*****" port="0" username="NS\administrator"/>
    </liveSpec>
  </source>
  <dest>
    <hostedSpec path="\\10.2.1.6\ConverterTemp" password="******" username="NS\administrator" vmName="NSBB"/>
  </dest>
  <importParams clonePagefile="true" diskType="MONOLITHIC_SPARSE" keepIdentity="false" preallocateDisks="false" preserveDeviceBackingInfo="false" targetProductVersion="PRODUCT_WS_5X">
    <nicMappings preserveNicsInfo="false">
      <nicMapping network="Bridged"/>
    </nicMappings>
    <volumesToClone>
      <volumeCloneInfo newSize="12962482790" resize="true" volumeId="attVol={computer={8d56326b536472341b75b4f61b479869dbeb1967},1}"/>
    </volumesToClone>
  </importParams>
  <postProcessingParams installTools="false" powerOnVM="false">
    <reconfigParams/>
  </postProcessingParams>
  <jobState errorCode="0" id="8" startTime="2008-Oct-30 14:39:35" state="beingStopped" totalPercentComplete="18" type="import">
    <messages>
      <message id="Id_EstablishConnectionToAgent" type="Type_NewStep">
        <parameters>
          <parameter value="10.2.1.8"/>
        </parameters>
      </message>
      <message id="Id_CreateAndImport" type="Type_NewStep"/>
      <message id="Id_CreateConfigInfo" type="Type_Info"/>
      <message id="Id_CreateTargetVM" type="Type_Info"/>
      <message id="Id_FormatVolumeWithPath" type="Type_Info">
        <parameters>
          <parameter value="c:"/>
        </parameters>
      </message>
      <message id="Id_SnapshottingVolume" type="Type_Info"/>
      <message id="Id_CloningVolumeWithPath" type="Type_Info">
        <parameters>
          <parameter value="c:"/>
        </parameters>
      </message>
    </messages>
  </jobState>
</p2v>

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