Upgrade 10.6 server to mountain lion server

Apples tutorial on how to upgrade from 10.6 server to mountain lion server, seems very straightforward, is that the case? Im about ready to upgrade, it would be good to get an opinion of someone thats done it.
Cheers
Rob

Clearly no one has has upgraded from snow leopard server to mountain lion server...

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