Server randomly unavailable for Time Machine after upgrading to 10.5.7

My MacMini server has file sharing permanently on. Since upgrading to 10.5.7 (not the server edition) it seems to stop being available at about 4 PM every day. I notice this as Time Machine stops working (it backs up to the server).
If I link to the server with Screen Sharing or Remote Desktop I can see and access it. If I however try to contact it via any sharing method it does not show.
A restart fixes it for the rest of the day. (BTW server starts at 06.00 and shuts down at 23.00)
Any idea how to fix this?

I did and I could find nothing hat I could relate. however I keep finding blocks of the below and am not sure as to what it could mean and if it could be the culprit. FYI I have a quicktime process running all the time on the server.
Jun 26 12:09:22 861 /Applications/QuickTime Player.app/Contents/MacOS/QuickTime Player[216]: _RemoveTimeTask(), the current time manager task 0x2a959c being removed is also currently executing its tmAddr routine, so unexpected things may result ( Radar #4555679 ).
Jun 26 12:12:37 861 /Applications/QuickTime Player.app/Contents/MacOS/QuickTime Player[216]: DTUninstall(), the current deferred task 0x2a9614 being removed is also currently executing its dtAddr routine, so unexpected things may result ( Radar #4555679 ).
Jun 26 12:30:38 861 /Applications/QuickTime Player.app/Contents/MacOS/QuickTime Player[216]: DTUninstall(), the current deferred task 0x2a9614 being removed is also currently executing its dtAddr routine, so unexpected things may result ( Radar #4555679 ).
Jun 26 12:31:17 861 /Applications/QuickTime Player.app/Contents/MacOS/QuickTime Player[216]: DTUninstall(), the current deferred task 0x2a9614 being removed is also currently executing its dtAddr routine, so unexpected things may result ( Radar #4555679 ).

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