The backup disk image "/Volumes/Data/David Witkowski's Mac Pro.sparsebundle" is already in use.  Whenever Time Machine starts to backup to Time Capsuel I get the previous error message. I need some help to fix this.

The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data/David Witkowski’s Mac Pro.sparsebundle” is already in use.  Whenever Time Machine starts to backup to Time Capsuel I get the previous error message Where can I find this disk image?. I need some help to fix this.
Thanks,
David W

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