Lion Server and TimeMachine Error 13

Hello,
I have a problem with a Lion Server and TimeMachine service. I have enabled the service and selected a volume for it. The server creates the share and does not report aby errors. If I go to a client machine and open TM I can see the "Backups" share and select it. The users credentials are validated witout a problem but when the backup is started it will end with the error "Cannot create sparseimage error 13"
I have checked that the share is visible to the client machine and the client has write permissions for the share.
Any ideas why this is happening?
MM

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