Snow Leopard Server SLS + iCal limitations

hi there gang,
has anybody experience calendar limitations on SLS?
I had a mobile account (7 users) with 11 calendars. Occasionally it hiccup'd, so I deployed SLS.
When I restored the calendars to an account I created, not more than the first two calendars would appear to be sent across. i.e if I accessed the calendar account from another client (with the same credentials) or via a webcalendar - I'd still only see the contents of the first two calendars.
It almost seemed like the accounts got out of sync, even though it was the same iCal account.
Is this a limitation of iCal?

Hi
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http://support.apple.com/manuals/#macosxserver
Have you tried searching the Forum itself?
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