Address book in piserverdb tree

Hello
if my knowledge is correct, the address book is stored in the o=piservdb tree in the Directory server.
but how is that data stored? because when I export an ldif of o=piservdb tree and i look for a certain user which i know has nearly 2000 contacts in his AB i can only find a few entries (about 7)
so what is the best way to backup the address book of that user only? the database has also to be backupped or only exporting the o=piservdb is enough?
and having a ldif export of a o=piservdb if i restore that with dsconf import ldif o=piservdb, it will be overwrite everything, for all users? how can it be restored for only one user?
another question, we have an user that has every entry duplicated in his address book, he has about 1500 entries b ut in the uwc/convergence, there are 3000 records and each record appears twice.
I will be extremely grateful if you can give me direction how to solve my current address book questions and issues.
kindest regards
Mario G

sharularity wrote:
Address book in Lion is terrible.
Any chance Apple will go back to the address book in Leopard?
I doubt it but who knows. Maybe you can look for an alternative to buy from the App Store.
Otherwise give your feedback at
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

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