Mountain Lion Server- Profile Manager- No such file or directory

When trying to start Profile Manager I recieve this message:
I have tried the following fix provided by Apple:
/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/share/devicemgr/backend/wipeDB. sh
However, my problem seems to exist a step before this is even useful. I have been all over the Apple Support Community and web looking for an answer, but everyone seems to assume all problems exist at a point where you don't receive the following from the Console:
ProfileManager[29045]: devicemgrd: Terminating on unhandled exception No such file or directory - /var/devicemgr/ServiceData/Data/migration at /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/share/devicemgr/webserver/devi cemgrd:238:in `initialize'
/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/share/devicemgr/webserver/devic emgrd:238:in `new'
/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/share/devicemgr/webserver/devic emgrd:238:in `SetupRails'
/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/share/devicemgr/webserver/devic emgrd:158:in `Run'
/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/share/devicemgr/webserver/devic emgrd:851
com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.devicemanager[29045]) Exited with code: 1
com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.devicemanager) Throttling respawn: Will start in 9 seconds
serveradmin[28989]: servermgr_devicemgr: response statusCode: 503
serveradmin[28989]: servermgr_devicemgr: waiting for devicemgr to respond
serveradmin[28989]: servermgr_devicemgr: response statusCode: 503
serveradmin[28989]: servermgr_devicemgr: waiting for devicemgr to respond
serveradmin[28989]: servermgr_devicemgr: response statusCode: 503
serveradmin[28989]: servermgr_devicemgr: waiting for devicemgr to respond
serveradmin[28989]: servermgr_devicemgr: response statusCode: 503
serveradmin[28989]: servermgr_devicemgr: waiting for devicemgr to respond
ProfileManager[29053]: Failed to delete '/var/devicemgr/ServiceData/Data/tmp'. No such file or directory - /var/devicemgr/ServiceData/Data/tmp
serveradmin[28989]: servermgr_devicemgr: response statusCode: 503
serveradmin[28989]: servermgr_devicemgr: waiting for devicemgr to respond
ProfileManager[29053]: devicemgrd: Terminating on unhandled exception No such file or directory - /var/devicemgr/ServiceData/Data/migration at /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/share/devicemgr/webserver/devi cemgrd:238:in `initialize'
/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/share/devicemgr/webserver/devic emgrd:238:in `new'
/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/share/devicemgr/webserver/devic emgrd:238:in `SetupRails'
/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/share/devicemgr/webserver/devic emgrd:158:in `Run'
/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/share/devicemgr/webserver/devic emgrd:851
com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.devicemanager[29053]) Exited with code: 1
com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.devicemanager) Throttling respawn: Will start in 9 seconds
serveradmin[28989]: servermgr_devicemgr: response statusCode: 503
serveradmin[28989]: servermgr_devicemgr: waiting for devicemgr to respond
serveradmin[28989]: servermgr_devicemgr: response statusCode: 503
serveradmin[28989]: servermgr_devicemgr: waiting for devicemgr to respond
serveradmin[28989]: servermgr_devicemgr: response statusCode: 503
serveradmin[28989]: servermgr_devicemgr: waiting for devicemgr to respond
serveradmin[28989]: servermgr_devicemgr: response statusCode: 503
serveradmin[28989]: servermgr_devicemgr: waiting for devicemgr to respond
ProfileManager[29061]: Failed to delete '/var/devicemgr/ServiceData/Data/tmp'. No such file or directory - /var/devicemgr/ServiceData/Data/tmp
serveradmin[28989]: servermgr_devicemgr: response statusCode: 503
serveradmin[28989]: servermgr_devicemgr: waiting for devicemgr to respond
ProfileManager[29061]: devicemgrd: Terminating on unhandled exception No such file or directory - /var/devicemgr/ServiceData/Data/migration at /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/share/devicemgr/webserver/devi cemgrd:238:in `initialize'
/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/share/devicemgr/webserver/devic emgrd:238:in `new'
/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/share/devicemgr/webserver/devic emgrd:238:in `SetupRails'
/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/share/devicemgr/webserver/devic emgrd:158:in `Run'
/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/share/devicemgr/webserver/devic emgrd:851
com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.devicemanager[29061]) Exited with code: 1
com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.devicemanager) Throttling respawn: Will start in 9 seconds
serveradmin[28989]: posting dist not
ProfileManager[29069]: Failed to delete '/var/devicemgr/ServiceData/Data/tmp'. No such file or directory - /var/devicemgr/ServiceData/Data/tmp
I'm looking for a solution that doesn't involve reinstalling Mountain Lion if that is at all possible. It seems to me like it should, as that's not so much a solution as just starting over. If you need more from Console, just let me know. Also, I have tried all the threads that relate to restarting, rebooting, or reconfiguring Device Manager and none of them work; at the end I still get the message "No such file or directory."
Thanks for the help!

Finally figured the problem out on my own. Thank you to the apple support community for all your help. Full story, I installed OSX Server and then changed the Service Data location to an external hard drive. After that the Profile Manager immediately stopped working. Several reinstallations later and still not working. The problem was not even a little related to /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/share/devicemgr/backend/wipeDB .sh, which is the answer everyone else on the internet was giving. The problem was that Profile Manager was no longer installed/installing for whatever reason. So, I went in and reinstalled just Profile Manager from the Server.app and now everything is working great. If things stop working I'll update this post. This is how:
To begin, delete /private/var/devicemgr. This file is created during the install and if it already exists, the install won't work.
Open terminal and copy sudo /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/System/Library/ServerSetup/CommonE xtras/80-devicemgrcommon.sh
That is all I had to do and Profile Manager works great for me now. Hope this helps someone.

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I agree this might not be a Mac issue, so I still knock your doors hoping some of you could at least give a hint for what to search for !
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Keep up the good work!
Dr. Bob Blomeyer

After an new OS release that are always complaints about installation and configuration problems. First comers to using any new software tool provide valuable feedback we generally hope will help improve the new product. It's how things have worked since the first 6503 Apple II's and 8086 IBM PC's.
I've been using and upgrading PC's since THOSE DINOSAURS! And I can't remember EVER having an OS upgrade go as smoothly as my recent upgrade from Mountain Lion Server (OS X 10.8.5 w. Server 2.2.2) to Mavericks Server 3.0.
I chose to do a clean Mavericks install on a clean partition created on a 1 TB disk that was upgraded into my trusty MacBook. I used the DiskmakerX app to create a Mavericks installation USB drive. When the screen came up with the option to import users, programs & files (took a pass on email) from the Mountain Lion Server partition, I let it run overnight to transpose everything of value into the clean Mavericks installation.
The next morning the only program that wasn't PERFECTLY installed and configured on Mavericks was Server 2.2.2. I deleted it and bought/installed Server 3.0. After Server 3.0's setup ran that only thing I had to do manually was start Postgres! My domain setting, DNS, all my web applications that were set up on Mountain Lion Server were all GOOD TO GO again on Mavericks Server!
I'm disclosing this here, publicly because it was a BIG PAIN to install and deploy all my websites using Mountain Lion's server app. To say the easy transposition into Server 3.0 was an unexpected and pleasant surprise amounts to massive understatement.
Now I'm going to describe two small anomolies I've noticed in either Mavericks or Server 3.0 that other users might want to be on the lookout for. They're not fatal. But they might be "habringers" suggesting underlying problems in either the new OS or the new Server's internals.
The toolbar icon for TimeMachine doesn't "spin" when it backs up. It's not a big deal. But it's convenient to see the circle around the clock whirling so we know when TIme Machine is backing up.
Mavericks Server isn't reporting newly upgraded apps as available under the Updates Tab of the Server's Software Updates subsystem. It might be inconsequential. But with a new OS version it never hurts to let the developers know about the "little things" that don't apparently work.
Kudos to the Maverick's developers for releasing an OS X version that's THIS CLEAN. And hugs to Apple's management for making it a free download upgrade for developers!!!
Full disclosue: I don't now and never have worked for Apple. but I do own a few shares of Apple stock that we purchased many years ago at $14.00 / share. I'm not a big shareholder. But based on my recent seamless upgrades to Mavericks and iIOS 7, I'm a happy one who's not likely to sell any time soon.
If Apple can do for ALL THEIR HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE PRODUCTS what they seem to have done for OS X and iOS, they've got at least a fighting chance to recover from their losses after their stock peaked at about $700.00 /share.
Keep up the good work!
Dr. Bob Blomeyer

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