Can no longer backup to a sparsebundle after installing 10.6.3

I have a problem with the new Mac OS X update that was brought out just a couple days ago (10.6.3).
I have my back-ups for my 2 Mac OS X machines stored on a Drobo. I have used a piece of software called "Time Tamer" that, using a sparsebundle, limits the amount a machine can use for Time Machine back-ups. The sparsebundles are named "(machinename)_(MACaddress).sparsebundle". Everytime I would go to make a back-up on this machine, Time Machine ignores the sparsebundle and goes straight to the drobo, making a NEW FULL back-up. My 10.5 machine back-ups to its sparsebundle just fine. Disk space on the drobo is at a premium and I don't have the money to expand it, as it also is used for data storage.
Time Tamer was originally made for 10.5 but worked on 10.6.1 and 10.6.2 till the recent update 10.6.3. Something in Time Machine clearly broke this important functionality.
Is anyone else having a problem with this? and how can I resolve it?

What do you mean by mountpoint exactly?
I have Time Machine pointed to the drobo, and pre 10.6.3, it always went straight to the sparsebundle (it always said "making backup disk available" ).
The Drobo has lots of files at its root directory, where the sparsebundle is located, and It has NEVER had any problem getting to it until applying this update. It's a multipurpose drive, not just for back-ups.

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