Server Admin error: servermgr_info

Something (as yet unknown, although I suspect my self-signed SSL certificate may have expired) caused my webserver (at least the secure portion) to be unresponsive. I tried to restart the server, but the finder was being unresponsive as well. So I was forced to hard-reset the server. It booted back up ok, but now the Server Admin is not working properly. After connecting to the server, I get the message
A service has encountered an error ... (“servermgr_info” server-side plugin may have unexpectedly quit)
I found the file /usr/share/servermgrd/cgi-bin/servermgr_info
and even tried replacing it with a copy from another OS 10.4 server (thinking that perhaps the file got munched in the force-quit, but that didn't help.
I downloaded a new copy of the Server Admin Tools, but they won't install when you already have them, and I see no way to uninstall the ones I've got.
Any thoughts?

Hi,
When I try to use the command..
/System/Library/ServerSetup/serversetup -setSerialNumber SERIAL NUMBER
It just comes back with the command usage.
Is there some speical way the serial number is entered?
Thanks.

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