How can I resolve backup time machine after upgrade to Mountain Lion?

Time machine backup is "failed" and message reads:  The backup disk image "/volumes/data/lynnblake's MacBookPro sparsebundle" is already in use.
I have no idea what this means or how to solve.  It started after my upgrade to mountain lion.

Shut down the computer then restart it.

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