JBoss ON Server fails to start after upgrade from update 05 to 08

Issue

• Server fails to start after upgrade from update 05 to 08

• After update 08 from 3.3.5 server fails to start with the message:

  ERROR [org.jboss.as.ejb3] (pool-6-thread-1) JBAS014268: Failure in caller transaction.: java.lang.NullPointerException
  at org.rhq.enterprise.server.system.SystemManagerBean.transformSystemConfigurationPropertyFromDb(SystemManagerBean.java:523) [rhq-server.jar:4.12.0.JON330GA-redhat-8]
  at org.rhq.enterprise.server.system.SystemManagerBean.fillCache(SystemManagerBean.java:956) [rhq-server.jar:4.12.0.JON330GA-redhat-8]
  at org.rhq.enterprise.server.system.SystemManagerBean.loadSystemConfigurationCache(SystemManagerBean.java:482) [rhq-server.jar:4.12.0.JON330GA-redhat-8]
  at org.rhq.enterprise.server.system.SystemManagerBean.getCachedObfuscatedSettings(SystemManagerBean.java:927) [rhq-server.jar:4.12.0.JON330GA-redhat-8]
  at org.rhq.enterprise.server.system.SystemManagerBean.getObfuscatedSystemSettings(SystemManagerBean.java:252) [rhq-server.jar:4.12.0.JON330GA-redhat-8]
  ...