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Regardless of which system I run Server Admin from, when I select the "working" server in Server Admin I see tabs for Overview / Logs / System / Graphs / Update / Settings, for the "unhealthy" server I only see tabs for Overview / Logs / System / Graphs / Update. In addition, no valid information is shown in the Overview tab (as shown below).
Luckily, I do have a workaround. Although the Server Admin GUI doesn't appear to be functioning correctly, the serveradmin CLI tool works fine. I'm wondering what the 10.4.9 update might have clobbered. Disk Verify / Repair Permissions haven't turned up any problems.
HEALTHY Overview:
System Version: Mac OS X 10.4.9 (Build 8P135)
Server Version: Mac OS X Server 10.4.9 (Build 8P135)
Computer Name: xxxx
Local Hostname: xxxx.local
Default AppleTalk Zone: Unspecified
License Type: Unlimited-client license
System Start Time: Sunday April 1, 2007 9:51:12 AM America/Phoenix
UNHEALTHY Overview:
System Version: Not available
Server Version: Not available
Computer Name: Not available
Local Hostname: Not available
Default AppleTalk Zone: Not available
License Type: Not available
System Start Time: Date and time not available

Yes, in many cases you can still use commands via the Terminal, see Apple's Command-Line Administration guide
http://www.apple.com/server/documentation/
I would look through your logs. If you launch /Applications/Utilities/Console , it should open the last log written to.
See about enabling the debugging menu in Server Admin. Quit out of SA, and in the Terminal enter:
defaults write com.apple.serveradmin UseDebugMenu YES

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