Many Lion Server Problems

I think I have run into most of the Lion Server issues mentioned so far and perhaps a few self inflicted new ones.
1) Upgrade from Snow Leopard worked except the migration failed. Naturally I did not have a backup of the server configuration.
2) Manual configuration has many problems related to the machine name. I was using a linux box for DNS and a private LAN DNS name space. My router is configured to forward many services to my OSX Server box. Somehow I could not configure Lion Mail to operate. The machine name, Internet name, local internet name, etc. are very confusing and different things happen depending upon using Server or Server Admin. In Snow Leopard I could use a command line utility to set the return mail address to my MX record but under Lion I had to eliminate the private LAN name space, configure Lion to be the DNS before I could get e-mail to operate correctly from both IMAP and WEB mail.
3) Once you attempt to use Open Directory the only way to correct a failed configuration is to re-install from scratch.
4) If LDAP and the Password process fail to launch then they ping on/off every 10 seconds forever. Only a re-install from scratch is the fix. When this happens it appears that the permissions on the boot drive are hopelessly broken. I do not mess with the permissions but now I am pondering a nightly permissions repair script.
5) Using self signed certificates seems to cause many problems. If I use them for the mail server everything is OK. If I use them for Open Directory I cannot seem to get the other systems to connect.
6) Under Snow Leopard I could see all users and their pictures on the remote Mac's. I can't find this on Lion.
7) Open Directory quit after a week of operation requiring a clean install from my backup. I turned off Reserve Server Resources. I hope this helps.
8) Timeouts on Lion seem to be infinite. Once one application falls into a timeout you eventually must power cycle the whole machine.
9) The first time a user users mail I have to force kill it and restart before it performs the initial configuration. This has happened 3 times so far.
10) Manually editing user permissions from Finder within the Admin account (i.e. correcting my old user directories to match my new user ID's) is an exercise in futility. Using the command line seems to be the only reliable way.
11) I still cannot get profiles to work but I am afraid to try because the server seems to fragile.
12) Carbon Copy Cloner is a required tool with Lion. As soon as you have something working, make a fresh backup so you do not have to redownload everything. I now make a nightly backup of the boot drive with CCC and cron.
13) Some settings only take affect on a reboot, when you are making/testing changes this causes an interesting phase delay between making a change and observing an effect.
My system is a Mac Mini with 8GB and 24TB of RAID storage on Firewire.
It hosts home directories, e-mail, wiki's, etc for my wife & kids. All data is on the Mini so the other macs at home are bare except for OS and Apps.
This upgrade has caused more trouble than all other system upgrades I have ever done. It is making me think seriously about making another stab at LDAP/OD on Linux for my home server.

You might want to take a look at the much more functional AirPort Utility 5.6 for Mac OS X Lion on a "test" Mac to see if that works better for you. Oddly, 5.6 was released on the same day as AirPort Utility 6.0.
You can keep both 5.6 and 6.0 on a Mac (You cannot delete 6.0).

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So I purchased Lion Server to trial it at home and it is not going well. Initially I was having issues connecting to the web interfaces for profile manager, etc. The server was not responding and so I uninstalled server and reinstalled it from the Mac Store (FYI: Apple has charged me for the OS and the server app as a result of this for some reason!!!)
With Server reinstalled I went to set up the server as a network directory and am shown this message every time I try to set up the directory admin account: "Computer is already a network directory server - This computer is already configured to manage network accounts. It cannot be configured again."
This leaves me unable to set up any profile or device management, I have tried the following solutions:
Uninstall and reinstall server
Deleted ServerVersion plist
Reinstalled Lion
Reinstalled Lion with format of HDD (although I did recover from a Time Machine Backup which included settings)
Any help would be appreciated.

Sorry I copied the wrong log.
What is happening is the Open Directory Assistant attempts to create and Open Directory Master but fails claiming there was a configuration error and to view the configuration log which I have copied below.
2011-07-28 19:57:45 +0000 command: /usr/bin/ldapmodify -c -x -H ldapi://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fldapi
2011-07-28 19:57:45 +0000 command: /usr/bin/ldapsearch -x -LLL -H ldapi://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fldapi -b cn=config -s base olcServerID
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2011-07-28 19:57:48 +0000 Setting SASL realm to <SERVER.FREEMAN.PRIVATE>
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2011-07-28 19:57:48 +0000 command: /bin/launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.PasswordService.plist
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2011-07-28 19:57:52 +0000 Starting LDAP server (slapd)
2011-07-28 19:57:52 +0000 Waiting for slapd to start
2011-07-28 19:57:52 +0000 ...
2011-07-28 19:57:54 +0000 Configuring Kerberos server, realm is SERVER.FREEMAN.PRIVATE
2011-07-28 19:57:54 +0000 command: /usr/sbin/kdcsetup -f /LDAPv3/ldapi://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fldapi -w -a diradmin -p **** -v 1 SERVER.FREEMAN.PRIVATE
2011-07-28 19:58:18 +0000 Contacting the Directory Server
Authenticating to the Directory Server
Creating Kerberos directory
Creating KDC Config File
Creating Kerberos Database
Creating new random master key
Creating Kerberos Admin user
Creating ACL file
Adding kerberos auth authority to admin user
Starting kdc & kadmind
Adding the new KDC into the KerberosClient config record
Finished
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2011-07-28 19:58:45 +0000 Error setting write ldap replicas array: 0 (null)
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2011-07-28 19:58:45 +0000 Error synchronizing ldapreplicas: 0 (null)
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I'm trying to set up a very basic internally managed iPad trolley, we have 16 iPads and a Lion Mac Mini Server.
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I've already gone through various threads and followed a few peoples advice on re-creating Open Directory + certs to no avail.
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I have thoroughly checked DNS and all is okay on that front, is there anything else I could of overlooked here?
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Tried with a different CA certificate, and this solved the problem. It seems like the original CA certificate was the wrong one, and there was only one, expired client certificate which was attached to the CA. Since IE doesn't show you the selection box when there is only one certificate, I didn't see which client certificate was being used.
So in summary - problem solved...
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Problems with Boot Camp, OSX Lion Server 10.7.3, and Windows 7

My new Mac Mini Server is running OSX Lion Server 10.7.3. I want to install Windows 7 as a dual boot. I start up Boot Camp and use an ISO image to create a USB boot disk. I don't seem to be able to use the DVD to install, so I use an ISO image on disk. I continue with the Boot Camp installation, with all three options on the main screen checked. When I get to the part where I have to pick a partition on which to install, the only one I can select, and must format, is the partition labeled BOOTCAMP. But the Boot Camp support software Windows is installed there. I can continue with the Windows installation, and boot into Windows 7 with no problem. But since the Boot Camp drivers were wiped out, I cannot connect to the network, etc. I don't have a Boot Camp control panel either.I did this once before on my other Mac Mini Server I have, running the same OSX Lion Server 10.7.3, and it worked without a problem. I'm writing this message on that copy of Windows. But this new install just will not work, after two days of trying. I *must* get this working. I'm stumped.
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A lot of problems with Lion Server in Mac Mini Server

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I have a problem, i bought lion but when i want to install he said me i need to "download osx lion server" i'm running with the last lion beta. how to update please?

i have a problem, i bought lion but when i want to install he said me i need to "download osx lion server" i'm running with the last lion beta. how to update please?
ps: sorry for my english :S

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Unfortunately the errors happen at random times where I usually have no access to either the cient computer or the server so I have no clue of wht is going wrong.
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The only thing I see are entries in /var/log/system.log reading something like
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I'm not sure, if these messages are related to the failure of saving files, but they are the only clue I have so far.
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Well no, Google doesn't solve all problems, but its a great place to start.
As far as your issue goes, you need to provide more details before anyone could begin to guess, as we're not mind readers here.
What do you mean by "Windows only sees the router, not the server"? What does "sees" mean in this context?
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