HT3275 Why does my Time Machine say No Latest Backup even though I ran a backup?

I have backed up my MacBook Pro several times to an external drive by following all the directions. But, the Time Machine says "Oldest Backup: None" Latest Backup: None, Next Backup: Today 11:19 AM. I have selected the drive and turned it on. Has it backed up? Shouldn't it say there was a latest backup?

Enter Time Machine, via the application, to see if it has backed up. If not try C2/A4 in the first linked article.
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Miguel.Miami wrote:
what has happened before is I look at it and see that its grayed out and when I opend Prefs panel I see that the time Machine has been switched to OFF. Which is very wierd, I was wondering if anyone has had this problem. It just happened to me today, I saw that is was grayed out again, and looked the last backup was Dec 30th....
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my estimated backup size is 228GB (I have excluded files under options in time machine)
I have 319GB available on my time machine on a 320GB disk
when i try and backup i get the following message...
This backup is too large for the backup disk. The backup requires 337.88 GB but only 319.30 GB are available. Time Machine needs work space on the backup disk, in addition to the space required to store backups. Open Time Machine preferences to select a larger backup disk or make the backup smaller by excluding files.
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I would just get a bigger external drive.
The actual size the backup requires should be correct..
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Disk image already attached: /Volumes/timecapsule/computer_dying.sparsebundle, DIHLDiskImageAttach returned: 35
Failed to mount disk image: Error Domain=com.apple.backupd.ErrorDomain Code=31 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.backupd.ErrorDomain error 31.)" UserInfo=0x7faf93507310 {MessageParameters=(
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