Time Capsule, Time Machine, Indexing

When I installed Lion, Time Machine would get stuck on backing up (Console would report "waiting for index to be ready over and over).  I erased the the existing Time Machine Back up and started over to see if that Fixed the problem.  While it does back up now, it indexes everytime, is this normal.  This takes a lot of time almost to the point where it is time to back up again.  Console still reports waiting for index to be ready.  I copied what console shows.  It is backing up to a Time Capsule via wifi.  Please help
11/10/11 7:21:25.785 PM com.apple.backupd: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
11/10/11 7:27:31.821 PM com.apple.backupd: 1.05 GB required (including padding), 1.42 TB available
11/10/11 7:27:31.821 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:28:32.261 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:29:34.097 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:30:35.399 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:31:35.449 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:32:37.180 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:33:37.883 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:34:38.874 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:35:40.915 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:36:41.803 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:37:43.029 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:39:02.990 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:40:04.262 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:41:06.392 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
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11/10/11 7:43:28.122 PM com.apple.backupd: 1.03 GB required (including padding), 1.42 TB available
11/10/11 7:43:28.123 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:44:28.373 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:45:30.040 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:46:31.590 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:47:33.622 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:48:33.835 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:50:47.156 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:51:47.364 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:52:47.870 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:53:48.955 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:54:49.311 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:55:51.191 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:56:56.408 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:57:56.582 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:58:57.086 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 7:59:58.003 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
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11/10/11 8:02:03.027 PM com.apple.backupd: Starting post-backup thinning
11/10/11 8:02:30.912 PM com.apple.backupd: Deleted /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Macintosh/2011-11-09-190010 (17.1 MB)
11/10/11 8:02:30.912 PM com.apple.backupd: Post-back up thinning complete: 1 expired backups removed
11/10/11 8:02:31.727 PM com.apple.backupd: Backup completed successfully.
11/10/11 8:02:39.313 PM com.apple.backupd: Ejected Time Machine disk image.
11/10/11 8:02:39.865 PM com.apple.backupd: Ejected Time Machine network volume.
11/10/11 8:21:03.134 PM com.apple.backupd: Starting standard backup
11/10/11 8:21:04.867 PM com.apple.backupd: Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://Jim%20George@Jim%20George's%20Time%20Capsule._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Data
11/10/11 8:21:18.104 PM com.apple.backupd: Mounted network destination at mountpoint: /Volumes/Data using URL: afp://Jim%20George@Jim%20George's%20Time%20Capsule._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Data
11/10/11 8:21:27.441 PM com.apple.backupd: QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN
11/10/11 8:21:30.353 PM com.apple.backupd: Disk image /Volumes/Data/Macintosh.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
11/10/11 8:21:30.391 PM com.apple.backupd: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
11/10/11 8:27:07.191 PM com.apple.backupd: 1.04 GB required (including padding), 1.42 TB available
11/10/11 8:27:07.191 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:28:07.901 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:29:08.520 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:30:08.521 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:31:08.948 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:32:09.495 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:33:09.870 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:34:11.792 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:35:13.128 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:36:13.170 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:37:14.241 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:38:14.896 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:39:16.217 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:40:17.141 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:41:17.247 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:42:35.449 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:43:35.753 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:44:39.042 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:48:55.227 PM com.apple.backupd: Copied 2995 files (18.6 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
11/10/11 8:49:39.536 PM com.apple.backupd: 1.05 GB required (including padding), 1.42 TB available
11/10/11 8:49:39.536 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:50:40.941 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:51:41.931 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:52:43.078 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:53:43.333 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:54:45.281 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:55:46.397 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:56:46.675 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:57:48.137 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:58:48.794 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 8:59:49.721 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
11/10/11 9:00:51.823 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)

Ok, for me problem solved:
see my other post at: https://discussions.apple.com/message/16980008#16980008

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    jaxx323 wrote:
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