Is it possible to include an Airdisk in a Time Machine backup?

I currently have a large itunes library on a HD hooked up to my AEBS that is shared between my iMac and my wife's Macbook. I picked up a 1TB HD and a USB hub to use as a time machine drive for both computers and hooked it all up to the AEBS and started time machine. It seems to be doing the initial backup ok, the only problem is I can't figure out how to get it to also backup the contents of the HD with all my music on it. Is there a way to include an airdisk in a time machine backup?
(sorry about double posting...put this in the wrong forum originally)

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P.S. I've notified the moderator to remove your second post.

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