Errors after upgrade to v. 2.3.3 (from 2.2.3)

Any assistance appreciated !

EVan

Followed upgrade instructions deleting

cms, sapphire, jsparty and auth_openid

and replacing these directories from the download ( although auth_openid wasnt in the download of 2.3.3 so didnt copy over; )

after run http://mysite.com/db/build?flush=1

goes to

http://mysite.com/Security/login

with error

XML Parsing Error: junk after document element
Location: http://mysite.com/Security/login
Line Number 2, Column 1:

<b>Warning</b>: file_exists() [<a href='function.file-exists'>function.file-exists</a>]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/httpd/vhlinks/mysite.com/.safe_mode/_config.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/tmp:/usr/local/lib/php:/usr/local/apache/phpinc/:/home/nzsnow/mydirectory/) in <b>/home/nzsnow/mydirectory/sapphire/core/i18n.php</b> on line <b>1739</b><br />
^

and if i try my home page

http://mydirectory/

XML Parsing Error: junk after document element
Location: http://mysite.com/
Line Number 2, Column 1:<b>Warning</b>: file_exists() [<a href='function.file-exists'>function.file-exists</a>]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/httpd/vhlinks/mysite.com/.safe_mode/_config.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/tmp:/usr/local/lib/php:/usr/local/apache/phpinc/:/home/nzsnow/mydirectory/) in <b>/home/nzsnow/mydirectory/sapphire/core/i18n.php</b> on line <b>1739</b><br />
^

I'm experiencing a similar error, and I have a silverstripe-cache dir set to 777