ARD and Time Machine don't play nice together

Hi there. Running 10.5.4 Server on a headless Mac Pro 8-core Xeon.
Thought i'd see how well time machine works as an incremental backup solution for my server. I use ARD to access the server. When i enter time machine using ARD i get some buggy glitchy version of time machine with no timeline or clear indication of where the controls are. Utterly unusable.
Any tips as to how to get these two magical pieces of software to play nice together?
in community,
~joel

Ahhhh -- so that's what's going on!
I have a Dual G5 Desktop that I'm connecting to, and it has worked perfectly -- except tonight.
I added about 1.6GB of data, and Time Machine has been spinning away!
Has anyone suggested how to get around this?
Stephen

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