Time Machine does not backup after using second Mac on different volume.

Hi.
I use an airport extrem with an external usb hdd. It has 3 partitions. On the first one I made an TM-backup (MBP 2.2 Leo), all worked fine. Then I made a second TM-backup (MacBook) on the second partition. Worked fine too. But now TM on my MBP is not able to backup any more. When TM starts, it just "prepares" but never actually backs up.
What is the Problem and how do i fix it?
08.05.08 19:43:48 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[192] Backing up to: /Volumes/Backup of Thomas MBP/Backups.backupdb
08.05.08 19:43:51 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[192] Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Mac HD
08.05.08 19:43:51 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[192] Node requires deep traversal:/ reason:kFSEDBEventFlagMustScanSubDirs|kFSEDBEventFlagReasonEventDBUntrustable|
Message was edited by: Thomas_xp

Time Machine will only back up HFS+ (Mac OS Extended) formatted drives. Reformatting will erase the drive so make sure everything on it is safely copied elsewhere and verify a few test files before erasing the drive. Getting rid of the FAT32 formatting has been problematic for quite a few people. The directions in this article are for good for getting rid of the FAT32 formatting. They are for formatting a Time Machine disk but the directions will work just as well for your purposes.

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cukerko wrote:
Hello all,
I've been using my time machine for a month now, I kept it turned off and only connected the disk when I wanted to make a backup. Then I just hit Back Up Now from the menu and it always backed up everything (I used to check it afterwards). FYI, I've got a 500GB drive and for backups I use a 500GB partition on an external disk, where about 100GB is still free.
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. . . it only lasts a split second as though there is nothing to backup and when I enter the time machine, the files are really missing.
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Pertinent information:
Macbook Pro pre-aluminum body
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09/12/2009 - 7:01PM Sep 12 2009 7:01:31 PM com.apple.backupd[5688] Starting standard backup
09/12/2009 - 7:01PM Sep 12 2009 7:01:31 PM com.apple.backupd[5688] Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://[email protected]/Backup
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09/12/2009 - 7:01PM Sep 12 2009 7:01:31 PM com.apple.backupd[5688] Warning: Destination /Volumes/Backup does not support Server Reply Cache
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09/12/2009 - 7:01PM Sep 12 2009 7:01:47 PM com.apple.backupd[5688] Stopping backupd to allow ejection of backup destination disk!
09/12/2009 - 7:01PM Sep 12 2009 7:01:47 PM com.apple.backupd[5688] Backup canceled.
09/12/2009 - 7:01PM Sep 12 2009 7:01:47 PM com.apple.backupd[5688] Failed to eject volume (null) (FSVolumeRefNum: -138; status: -36; dissenting pid: -1)
09/12/2009 - 7:01PM Sep 12 2009 7:01:48 PM com.apple.backupd[5688] Ejected Time Machine network volume.
Notice the:
Destination /Volumes/Backup does not support TM Lock Stealing
and:
Destination /Volumes/Backup does not support Server Reply Cache
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09/12/2009 - 6:49PM Sep 12 2009 6:49:36 PM com.apple.backupd[5560] Error: (6) getxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.SnapshotState path:/Volumes/Backup of mbphome/Backups.backupdb/mbphome/2009-08-16-173353
09/12/2009 - 6:49PM Sep 12 2009 6:49:36 PM com.apple.backupd[5560] Error: (6) getxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.SnapshotState path:/Volumes/Backup of mbphome/Backups.backupdb/mbphome/2009-08-20-192750
09/12/2009 - 6:49PM Sep 12 2009 6:49:36 PM com.apple.backupd[5560] Error: (6) getxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.SnapshotState path:/Volumes/Backup of mbphome/Backups.backupdb/mbphome/2009-08-27-220252
09/12/2009 - 6:49PM Sep 12 2009 6:49:36 PM com.apple.backupd[5560] Error: (6) getxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.SnapshotState path:/Volumes/Backup of mbphome/Backups.backupdb/mbphome/2009-09-09-013744
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Unfortunately a "full reset" didn't do it. The log looks almost exactly the same...
09/12/2009 - 11:26PM Sep 12 2009 11:26:47 PM com.apple.backupd[1141] Starting standard backup
09/12/2009 - 11:26PM Sep 12 2009 11:26:47 PM com.apple.backupd[1141] Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://[email protected]/Backup
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09/12/2009 - 11:26PM Sep 12 2009 11:26:48 PM com.apple.backupd[1141] Warning: Destination /Volumes/Backup-1 does not support Server Reply Cache
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09/12/2009 - 11:26PM Sep 12 2009 11:26:54 PM com.apple.backupd[1141] Backup canceled.
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09/12/2009 - 11:26PM Sep 12 2009 11:26:55 PM com.apple.backupd[1141] Ejected Time Machine network volume.
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