Time Capsule and USB Drive

Hi,  I have a 2TB Time Capsule which is working fine with time machine.  Recently I added an USB drive to increase the storage, the USB Drive is connected and shows in airport utility, however time machine does not appaer to be using it.  Are there any addtioanal steps to complete to bring the USB drive into the backups ?

Assuming that the USB drive has been formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled)......
Open System Preferences (gear icon on the dock) on your Mac
Open Time Machine
Insure that the USB drive is configured as a destination for Time Machine backups
If it is not, click Add or Remove Disks
Click the USB drive to highlight it
Click Use Disk
Time Machine will now backup to the USB disk, and alternate disks if you have other disks selected as Time Machine backup destinations.

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