Apparently converting a Windows Virtual Server guest to VMWare is not as easy for me as I have read about in other articles.
I had a vendor provided virtual server that, initially, I attempted to P2V like anyone would from a non-VMWare (physical or virtual) to ESX.
After a couple of trys, this failed miserably at 2 to 5 percent AND left orphaned VMX and VMDK files.
Attempt #2 was done using the standalone VMWare convertwer attaching to the Windows virtual guest. Although this seemed to work a bit better (I was able to see 6%), it still crashed on me in the same manor.
Attempt #3 is the one that is working right now, we shall see if it completes. I was able to import the Windows VMC/VHD into VMWare Workstation and now I am converting it to the ESX server.
While this has been a learning curve for me, the conversion is running at 36% right now, and at least I can still say, it's still running.
If anyone has a better method for these conversions, let me know.
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