Server Migration gone bad - several issues - help.

I migrated my Snow Leopard Server to Lion Server and am so frustrated right now.  I've been reading posts on the issues below, but have yet to find a solution that works.  I could use some help on:
- moving user and groups.  I made an LDAP archive of the old server, but don't know how to bring in the users and groups.
- Before doing anything I need the Lion server to be an open directory master, but I keep getting this error "The hostname does not resolve to any configured address.  Please ensure your hostname and network configuration."  WHAT WOULD BE CORRECT?
- I went into terminal (per message boards) and did the sudo changeip -checkhostname which returned my server's correct internal LAN ip address and current hostname, but it also said "The DNS hostname is not available, please repair DNS and re-run this tool."
- I've tried the new Server.app and Server admin tool and can't seem to make any progress on this.
I need some guidance on what's wrong, what the correct settings should be, and how to move forward.  The message boards are good, but many leave out very important information like what things should look like.  I did the migration process according to the Lion server migration manual, but even that leaves out pertinent information.
Thanks for any advice.
MacMini Server 10.7.1

Yep, did all that already before the post.  I get to a screen where it has Directory Administrator for the name, diradmin for account name, and I put in the password I used to set this machine up and I still get the message about The hostname does not resolve to any configured address.  Please ensure your hostname and network configuration."
I don't understand why I should change the host name.  It has the same host name as the previous server which is what I want to keep.
Also, in reading the migration manual, my understanding is that the only way to import users and groups while maintining the passwords and such is to do an LDAP archive, which I did.  When I try to use server admin on my Lion server and use the archive feature to restore from my LDAP backup, I can't because it will only work for Open Directory masters.  I am trying to make my Lion Server an OD master, but can't get anywhere.
The server migration is the worst I've ever seen in setting up a Mac.  I just don't know where to go from here.  It seems I can't get the OD master to work until I get the hostname resolved but I don't know what that means - resolved to what?  It's exactly as I want it - the same host name as my previous server (which is not on the LAN anymore by the way so it can't interfere with this new server).

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