Ok, I was able to validate the ping test by validating a separate workload in the tile which responded back PONG
On the OlioDB, I was able to run the STAFEnv.sh script after adding execute permissions using chmod
After running the second command "/usr/local/staf/bin/STAFProc" i got an error stating that it could not resolve its own host name. I updated the hosts file with the IP for oliodb0 on the vm and then the staf ping worked!
Thanks - not sure why this worked at all, but whatever.