I have gotten past the DB failing issue however the "default-character- set=utf8" seems to be popping it's head up again...
A search on this site for msg similar to the folloiwng indicates the character set. "Caused by: java.sql.BatchUpdateException: Incorrect string value: '\xD9\x84\xD8\xA7 \xD8...' for column 'value' at row 1" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenMeetings User" group. To post to this group, send email to openmeetings-u...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to openmeetings-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/openmeetings-user?hl=en.