Photos app do not back up my Photos library into iCloud

I have just updated to OS x 10.10.3.
When I tried to enter the Photo app, I got the message ״There is not enough disk space to migrate your library. It is estimated that you need at least 33GB of additional free space.״
I have a 256 GB SSD hard drive, Mostly occupied by images and videos that where in iPhoto app.
By your recommendation  I made the following steps:
Get another drive and move the Library there:
Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
After doing that, I noticed that the Photos app created a new "Photos library" in my external HD.
I deleted the old "iPhoto library" on my internal HD and copied the new "Photos library" from my external HD into my internal HD.
I defined the new "Photos library" on my internal HD as the "System Photos library".
Now I can view and edit my photos on my internal HD, but it doesn't back up my "Photos library" into iCloud (I did all needed in Mac System Preferences/iCloud and in Photos app/Preferences/iCloud).
What can I do in order to back up my "Photos library" into iCloud?
Thanks,
Arik

Update - it started uploading "items" to iCloud.

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