Installing OSX Server on new Mac Pro Nehalem

Mac Pro received at the weekend. I have encountered a problem that I will need your assistance to resolve with installing OSX Server 10.5
1. We have OSX Leopard Server on DVD - version 10.5 which won't install onto the Mac Pro.
2. I have checked online and this is a known issue see here : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3479
3. I have followed these steps and I now have OSX Server 10.5.7 installed
4. Problem is that without a bootable OSX Server DVD I cannot reinstall my timemachine backups via the utility on the DVD.
Please let me know how I can proceed as I cannot complete the migration without a bootable DVD.

Can Server be cloned the same as client version?
Can you clone client and upgrade the second OS to Server as your real bootable backup?
Why not restore from TimeMachine first, then upgrade to server? (Not a fan of TimeMachine though and prefer other methods).

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