Finishing backup taking slightly too long!

Hi;
Have had no issues with backups until today. The backups started at 7am, its now 12pm and its "stuck" on finishing Backup. Not sure if its normal. I downloaded the time machine widget, and this was the output:
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/DroboSyn/Backups.backupdb
Error: (-1426) Applying backup protections to /Volumes/DroboSyn/Backups.backupdb/JohnGhadimi‚Äôs iMac/2009-10-08-070143.inProgress/982E310D-E9A8-4FE0-8549-E3E2311E5FEC
No pre-backup thinning needed: 979.0 MB requested (including padding), 1019.78 GB available
SystemFlippers: didn't consume all data for vers ID 1 (pBase = 0x5a9fa0, p = 0x5a9fcb, pEnd = 0x5a9fed)
SystemFlippers: didn't consume all data for vers ID 1 (pBase = 0x5adc40, p = 0x5adc6b, pEnd = 0x5adc8d)
Copied 85301 files (115.1 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Error: (-1426) Applying backup protections to /Volumes/DroboSyn/Backups.backupdb/JohnGhadimi‚Äôs iMac/2009-10-08-070143.inProgress/AE5D9A72-2B44-4767-8D8B-E21EF1C54FDF
No pre-backup thinning needed: 610.2 MB requested (including padding), 904.39 GB available
Copied 876 files (204.6 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Possible unresolved transaction race -108/(Backups.backupdb/JohnGhadimi’s iMac/2009-10-08-070143.inProgress/982E310D-E9A8-4FE0-8549-E3E2311E5FEC/Macintos h HD/usr/lib/nroffxj221.dir/.^Hc2phj2215m.so.3,(null))
Is there something I need to fix? Appreciate the info.
J.

I'd suggest cancelling the backup if it's still running, turning off TM and selecting the "none" drive, and doing a +*Repair Disk+* (not permissions) on your TM partition, via Disk Utility (Applications/Utilities).
If that doesn't help, it's a bit of a long shot, but this may have to do with your Computer Name having unusual characters (‚Äôs ) in it's name.
Then change the computer name via System Preferences > Sharing. I'm not sure, but I think you also have to click the Edit... button and change to Local Host name, too. Avoid punctuation and spaces, too.
Then re-select your TM drive and try another backup. It will probably do a "deep traversal" (lengthy "Preparing" phase, and there's a chance it will then do a new, full backup.

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