What OSs does Lion Server Time Machine Support?

Obviously, it supports Lion,, but can I backup to a Lion server running Leopard or Snow Leopard? Anyone know for sure?
thanks!
John

It should.  I have no experience with the Server product, but here's the Snow Leopard Help on the subject:

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    Subject indicates where I think my problem lies, but for background:
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    You then setup these partitions as Time Machine Sharepoint which would then show up as a choice on the users machine under Time Machine preferences, select disks.
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  • How to find backup on Lion Server time machine backup?

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