Back up of personal data and settings

I've upgraded to Yosemite and have been hounded by back up to back up my personal data and settings to idisk which it informs me hasn't been done since 2008. This is curious and clearly off base but should I do anything in response? And, how does one stop the backup prompts?

You need to have a backup, preferably 2 on 2 separate drives. Oops happen.
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