Error message when trying to back up from iMac to Time Machine says "sparsebundle already in use"

This is a screen shot of the error message I get.  I don't know what a "sparsebundle" is much less how to find and/or fix it! Can anyone help???

First, restart the iMac and your Time Capsule. In most of cases, this should solve the problem.
If it doesn't work, read > http://pondini.org/TM/C12.html
This is caused by a bug in Lion and Mountain Lion. This could also mean that you have another Mac and you are using the backup file of your iMac with that computer

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