How to reinstall OS X Lion Server

I'm newbie os x admin . I bought new Mac Mini 2010 with Lion Server. I want to do RAID 0 with my HDD.
I make image for Recovery Partition. Then format partition and do RAID 0.
I setup with Mac OS X Lion 10.7 GM build 11A511
I success to install but .... No Lion Server.
I try to check Mac Store but I found I need to buy Lion Server License ?
These is my Question
1. Lion Server that pre-install with Mac Mini is not license version or not?
2. Should I restore from recovery partition and get Lion Server from them ?
3. How I make recovery DVD or anything that easy to reinstall ?
Thank You very much.

The 2010 Mac mini Server did not come with Lion Server, it was shipped with Snow Leopard Server. To go from Snow Leopard to Lion is a paid upgrade, not a free update. Up until Snow Leopard there was a SL client OS and a SL Server OS. Now Lion Server is an add-on purchase to the Lion client. So you must buy and install the Lion client, then the second step is to buy and install the Lion Server add-on. You purchase both Lion and Lion Server through the Mac App Store.

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