Ok, this is getting ridiculously painful... here's what I did so far:

-deleted previously created endpoints and ran alter db set partner off

-went into SQL Server Config Manager and made sure...

yes they are started, here's the status on principal

SQLSERVER1_EndPoint DATABASE_MIRRORING STARTED 6024 172.16.0.83

on mirror

SQLSERVER1_EndPoint DATABASE_MIRRORING ...

Perry Whittle (7/22/2015)

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rcaballero (7/22/2015)

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every time I run the ALTER..SET PARTNER on the PRIMARY, I get these logged under the SQL Logs

- Database mirroring has been terminated for database 'DBName'. This...

every time I run the ALTER..SET PARTNER on the PRIMARY, I get these logged under the SQL Logs

- Database mirroring has been terminated for database 'DBName'. This is an informational...

these commands

---ON Mirror---

CREATE ENDPOINT SQLSERVER1_EndPoint

STATE=STARTED

AS TCP (LISTENER_PORT=6025,LISTENER_IP=(172.16.0.81))

FOR DATABASE_MIRRORING (ROLE=PARTNER)

---ON Principal---

CREATE ENDPOINT SQLSERVER1_EndPoint

STATE=STARTED

...