Workgroup Manager loses all passwords when the Xserver is rebooted

Hi all.. I'm a newbie with Mac server, an MCSE and former Network Adminstrator of an all Windows domain, now in a mixed environment and responsible for the Mac server/clients as well as the Windows server/clients.
In January we attempted a migration from Panther server to Tiger/Xserve, on a brand new server. It appeared to have worked, and users were able to log in successfully after being created in Workgroup Manager, and given passwords.
Our problem is huge!! We cannot reboot this server!! Therefore, we cannot do upgrades, for just one problem. What happens when we reboot is that ALL passworeds in Workgroup Manager have to be entered again!
Any help will be gratefully appreciated!
High School XServe Administrator

Tony,
I wish to thank you for the helpful comments/suggestions to download the article at:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=ServerAdmin/10.4/en/c3gs4.html
It was an excellent quick guide that I followed to the letter, and then I called Apple Support and was able to further troubleshoot our server/client connection issues. When I left at the end of the day, the server is in great shape, although we still have some connection issues and tomorrow one of our Mac teachers who used to manage our Mac server will show me how to re-create the shared folders/shares and then add the users to the shares.
The good news is that the users are now semi-connecting, with the peppermint-stick progress indicator, but then a failure message that refers to the shares.
Your link to the article was a terrific start for me, and the Apple technician was most impressed that I had already covered all of the suggestions in that article when we spoke.
Thanks... one more post after a complete success, hopefully tomorrow... which I will probably spend re-creating all users and shares..
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