How can I get my computer to recognize its duplicated Time Machine backup

I used Disk Utility to duplicate (restore) a Time Machine BU from a 1TB Western Digital to a 2TB WD drive. It worked liked a charm in a fraction of the time of my earlier attempts using the finder to transfer the BU.
However, I am now having trouble with the computer (2012 MacBook Air) recognizing its duplicated backup on the new larger drive. When I go to System Prefs to set up TM it starts to run a new complete backup from scratch.
This whole project was about continuing to use the previous TM BU on a larger drive. Any thoughts on what I might do to make this work and have the computer inherite the duplicated BU?
Many thanks in advance.

See Pondini's Time Machine FAQ # 18: http://pondini.org/TM/18.html

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