ML fall asleep during TM backup process

Hi,
is this normal?
Right in the middle of the first backup process using TM my fresh installation of ML put my MBA to sleep while it was pluggid to the wall. I was using a USB HDD to backup. And as I mentioned, it was the initial backup, the first one. When I put my Mac back on it continued where it left off, all seemed fine.
Shouldn't there be something that prevends my Mac from going to sleep while doing a backup? This was the way in Lion, right? So is this a new thing to ML?
More important: Should I be worried about my backup? All works fine, as far as I can tell. Should I do a new one?

I belive it is not supported.
I have had my QNAP NAS working since christmas 2007 until now. With no problems as far as I saw it.
But yesterday it suddently changed. I had a backup running, that I stopped by closing the laptop. (I often do this).
And this morning I woke up and realized that TM could not see the NAS device any longer.
I fixed the device and tried again.
I then tried to re-select the NAS configuration. It was selected, but not stored in the TM profile. TM told me it was unconfigured.
** BIG PROBLEMS ** I could not read the data now, because TM will not accept my NAS any longer.
Therefore I have completely lost trust in the TM product. It seems not to be ready for operations yet.
I then changed to the umbrella backup. Backup 3.1.2. And yes it runs perfect.
I can schedule backups very much like TM
I can see the savesets
I can see the logs from incremental backups.
I feel trunst in the umbrella-software.
In the umbrella the selection of files, time schedule works, it is realistic. Great.
I understand the save-sets from the umbrella, A great viewer application exists.
My conclusion is that TM is not ready for production yet. It is an early access demo ware. The TM vision and graphics are very nice. But I cannot trust it --- therefore it is too smart for me.
I stop using TM for now.
I am very happy about my decision, because I was starting to loose trust in the entire MacBook Pro and the Leopard.... the bricks was falling apart. But going back to the umbrella is rock-solid.
I think that within the next 24 month the TM might become less buggy, and become trust wordy. But now NO.

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