Backup/Migrate iCal Server

Hi everybody,
How would one migrate the iCal Server from one Lion Server to a new Lion Server?
And related to this question: how do you export the iCal Server data for backup purposes?
Greetings,
Martin

Well, the postgres does a data dump daily ... but Apple does not provide an easy restore.
Contact Apple.  I think I'd like to start a petition on this.

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