Creating a boot disc using osx v10.6.8 server

hello everyone.
i have a core 2 duo mac mini running running on OS X v10.6.8 server and i would like to upgrade to lion OS X server. Since my mini doesnt have an optical drive i have to use a USB device to create a boot disk (restore from USB if my upgrade goes kapoot).
I am going through the checklist provided by apple for the upgrade process and stuck at the below line:
Important: Before upgrading, create a full, bootable, tested-by-booting clone of your
server as a backup in case you need it in the futur
Can you please help on how i can create a full, bootable clone of my server as a backup?
Thanks
t

The two common options...
Connect an external DVD drive via USB and load and boot from a Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server installation DVD in that drive, and navigate to about the second screen of the Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server installation process - where the Utility menu is available - and use Disk Utility to make a disk-to-disk copy to an external device.
Alternatively, connect the Mac Mini to another Mac using a FireWire cable and Target Disk Mode, and use the second Mac to make a backup using its Disk Utility. (This backup doesn't necessarily even need to be bootable, as you can reconnect back to the second Mac to restore the backup.)
There are other approaches available, but either of these should work, and these options can get you some Google search targets for additional information and discussions.

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The only problem is that I'm not sure how that would behave once the client MBP's are taken off site and connect to the network over a VPN or something of that sort.
I figure since we have purchased the Server App and it contains the Contacts Service, I should try and get it to work that way (through that specific service on the server app).
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I will keep your solution in the front of my mind though, as it sounds like that may work. I am not exactly 100% familiar with the OSX Server or the Mac OS yet, and I'm not positive where you would add the users (I couldn't just sit down and do what you suggested, i unfortunately would need a step by step solution so I don't fuss up our entire system).
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