upgrade failure

Hello,

I was AppManager 7 build 7000 i believe and i downloaded the upgrade .ppm patch 8.0 and installed it. I also did the 8.5 patch right after that.

i attempted to fire the appman with startApplication script and it fails. it failed on the default port, the one it has been running on for 2 years. then i changed it to another one and i get this...

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/opt/AdventNet/ME/AppManager7 # ./startApplicationsManager.sh
Checking for the availablity of the Primary Server in the Database. Found an entry.

Trying to connect to the Primary Server at 172.16.10.29. This may take 60 seconds.

Please wait ...............................
Starting Applications Manager "Primary" Server Modules, please wait ...adm1:/opt/AdventNet/ME/AppManager7
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then StartUpLogs_err file says:

No response from the Primary Server as it may not be running. Unable to connect.

Fri Jan 09 17:27:18 PST 2009 : Primary Server may not have been properly shutdo
wn in the last run, resulting in the Database not being properly updated.

Fri Jan 09 17:27:18 PST 2009 : Starting up as Primary Server and correcting the
Server information in the Database.

Please assist. Thank you in advance.

Z