Synol DSM 5.0 Time Machine not Connecting

Time Machine working on 2013 iMac with DS213j NAS and DSM 5.0, but 2007 iMac only connected to Time Machine once, and fails now.
24-inch Mid 2007 -  2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo,  Memory  3 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
DS213j 4tb Raid - one iMac (2013) using NAS as Time Machine backup and works fine, mid 2007 Time Machine starts to connect to the Time Machine share and "prepares" but never completes task.  So one iMac works fine, and I did somehow get the 2007 to backup once on the NAS, but fails now no matter what I do.

Solution which worked for me is at:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1809841&tstart=0
I have to start a new backup.
Unfortunately "old" sparsebundle become obsolete, as a new name means new full back up.
Trash it or archive it (to external USB connected to Time Capsule using AirPort Utility ).
Now everything is working well.

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