Having deleted the file mentioned and restarting the container each port comes online individually which is an improvement. However, I still can’t make backups and despite the server being online it still says it is starting. Checking DefaultPalWorldSettings.ini RCON is disabled and enablement and a restart doesnt fix the issue. changing the rcon port and performing a save and reboot also doesn’t cause the rcon port number to change on the instance management screen.
So I did a bit more tweaking and I upped the port number via the instance screen, right click, port bindings and the startup issue goes away and the system runs fully however backup isnt working. tried to run one and got the above error.