Time Machine backup failure on case-sensitive disk?

Hello,
I just started getting a Time Machine backup failure error that says "A disk you are backing up is case-sensitive, but the backup disk is not."
None of my external disks have changed and I've not added any new ones.
The error seems to be stemming from the fact that I'm logged in as multiple users on my system, all with MobileMe accounts. When I "get info" on all mounted disks, the only ones that are reporting "Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)" are the mounted iDisks from the other use accounts that I'm currently logged in as.
Does this mean I cannot use Time Machine while logged in as multiple users, all with the iDisks mounted? That would be a major annoyance to either have to log out/log in to each user as I need them or to disable iDisk syncing in my MobileMe prefs.
Regards,
Terry

That seems odd to me; my iDisk shows WebDAV as the format and doesn't interfere with backups, but I don't have any other users' iDisks, either.
Another possibility would be to reformat your TM drive as case-sensitive. That would, of course, erase all your backups so TM would start over from scratch, and some possible troubles when restoring (see the pink box in #5 of the Frequently Asked Questions *User Tip,* also at the top of this forum, for details); but you'd no longer have the backup problem.

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Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
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dgordon412 wrote:
(80 GB, had only 200 MB free)
That's likely corrupted your system. You should have a minimum of 10% - 15% free at all times. That's almost certainly why it wouldn't restart.
even though i just erased everything, and 74.2 GB show as free.
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Having an OSX drive that full will make your Mac extremely sluggish, cause data corruption and/or loss, apps to crash, etc.
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jcorroon wrote:
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mickleroy wrote:
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SDRussell wrote:
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Jun 30 22:45:13 BigMacintosh-2 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[313]: Backup requested by user
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Thoughts? Solutions?
Bob

Nope...a third auto backup failed...
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Jul 2 10:12:29 BigMacintosh-2 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[412]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Big TimeMachine/Backups.backupdb
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Jul 2 11:36:38 BigMacintosh-2 kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s3: end_transaction: only wrote 0 of 57856 bytes to the journal!
Jul 2 11:36:38 BigMacintosh-2 mds[35]: (/Volumes/Big TimeMachine/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/C9675DCF-6359-43B8-8696-866D96AD91E 1)(Error) IndexCI in _ContentIndexSyncIndexBulk:Sync error live.0.
Jul 2 11:36:38 BigMacintosh-2 mds[35]: (/Volumes/Big TimeMachine/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/C9675DCF-6359-43B8-8696-866D96AD91E 1)(Error) IndexGeneral in notify_lowspace:low space for device 234881029 (/Volumes/Big TimeMachine/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/C9675DCF-6359-43B8-8696-866D96AD91E 1)
Jul 2 11:36:38 BigMacintosh-2 mds[35]: (Error) Volume: LOW DISK SPACE device:234881029
Jul 2 11:36:38 BigMacintosh-2 mds[35]: (/Volumes/Big TimeMachine/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/84D06902-55F2-49F0-BF13-736335BB943 4)(Error) IndexCI in ci_ftruncate:ftruncate(57 /Volumes/Big TimeMachine/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/84D06902-55F2-49F0-BF13-736335BB943 4/live.0.indexPostings, 4194304) error:22
Jul 2 11:36:38 BigMacintosh-2 mds[35]: (/Volumes/Big TimeMachine/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/84D06902-55F2-49F0-BF13-736335BB943 4)(Error) IndexCI in initPayload:ftruncate err: 22
Jul 2 11:36:38 BigMacintosh-2 mds[35]: (/Volumes/Big TimeMachine/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/84D06902-55F2-49F0-BF13-736335BB943 4)(Error) IndexCI in ci_ftruncate:ftruncate(18 /Volumes/Big TimeMachine/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/84D06902-55F2-49F0-BF13-736335BB943 4/live.0.indexIds, 262144) error:22
Jul 2 11:36:38 BigMacintosh-2 mds[35]: (/Volumes/Big TimeMachine/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/84D06902-55F2-49F0-BF13-736335BB943 4)(Error) IndexCI in openindexfile:ftruncate error: 22, size: 262144, live.0.indexIds
Jul 2 11:36:38 BigMacintosh-2 mds[35]: (/Volumes/Big TimeMachine/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/84D06902-55F2-49F0-BF13-736335BB943 4)(Error) IndexCI in ContentIndexOpenBulk:Could not open /Volumes/Big TimeMachine/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/84D06902-55F2-49F0-BF13-736335BB943 4/live.0.; needs recovery
Jul 2 11:36:38 BigMacintosh-2 mds[35]: (/Volumes/Big TimeMachine/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/84D06902-55F2-49F0-BF13-736335BB943 4)(Error) IndexCI in copyFileOrFd:error (22) opening 0.indexGroups
Jul 2 11:36:38 BigMacintosh-2 mds[35]: (/Volumes/Big TimeMachine/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/84D06902-55F2-49F0-BF13-736335BB943 4)(Error) IndexCI in recoverIndex:Unrecoverable error: could not recover groups file (0.)
Jul 2 11:36:38 BigMacintosh-2 mds[35]: (/Volumes/Big TimeMachine/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/84D06902-55F2-49F0-BF13-736335BB943 4)(Error) IndexCI in CIMetaInfoCreate:Tried to create index when index already existed eMachine/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/84D06902-55F2-49F0-BF13-736335BB9434
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Jul 2 12:12:33 BigMacintosh-2 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[593]: Backup failed with error: 2

Time Machine backup failure on 60Gb iPhoto Library on second partition

I had 1 partition on my Macbook Pro (2010). I have several users on the mac and I use fast switching for them. All users use same iPhoto Library and iTunes Media - they are situation in a separate folder in my partition root. My Time Capsule was setup to backup everything and it actually did it well.
Sometime ago I started to find a solution to avoid file permission problem - when different users add files/photos, they have permission to delete/change for them only. This caused some unwanted behavior. I read a lot of forums and basically the most appropriate solution is to create a separate partition on the same HDD and remove checkbox on it to support "Owner".
So I did it - created new partition. Then I moved iTunes and iPhoto to new partition and then I started backup again. Unfortunately, it failed. It took me 2 days to understand that it actually fails on iPhoto Library - all other staff works ok. But as soon as I allow to backup iPhoto Library, it starts backing up and shows some progress, but when 1-2 Gb (or sometimes 100-500 MB) complete it shows that "Backup failed - ... this might be temporary problem..".
I did not manage to resolve this - so I removed partition and reverted everything back by copying iTunes library and iPhoto library to external drive and then back after removing second partition. When I enabled backing up, everything worked great again - no problem.
So here is the question - why backup failed on iPhoto library when it was on second partition? Are the any ideas?

Move/backup/move back/backup did not fix the problem. TM still didn't backup the missing directories.
I was finally able to convince TM to do the right thing by following the procedure described here:
http://www.nzmac.com/quick-tips/time-machine/how-do-i-reset-time-machine.html
This isn't a solution because I still don't know what caused TM to think that it backed up something that it didn't back up. But the article was suggested by a friend of mine in IT who also owns a few Macs. After following the procedure and running TM again I can see all of the previously missing files backed up on the ext drive. I also used BackupLoupe (http://www.soma-zone.com/BackupLoupe/) to browse the files that were actually copied by the last backup. I see that TM copied the directories that I knew were missing and two other directories that I did not know were missing.
At this point I think my TM backup is complete. But now I'm on the lookout for a better backup solution. Until I find it I'll need to periodically compare backup sizes to make sure that TM keeps doing its job.

Can I restore a time machine backup to a new hard disk

I've just had the HDD replced in my iMac 24 under Applecare Warranty. The data had been backed up on an external HDD using Time Machine.
The only way I can see to restore the data is reinstal the OS and do a migration. This seems unwieldy, to say the least.
Can I restore the backup direct to the iMac somehow?
The backup was done when the iMac ran 10.6. It has come back with 10.5 installed.

Take a look at Pondini's excellent TM articles, particularly this one -
http://pondini.org/TM/14.html
You should be able to restore your system in full if you backed up system folders as well as your data and applications.
Otherwise, Use the retail Snow Leopard DVD to install Snow over Leopard (no erasing required), then use Setup Assistant from the new installation to migrate from TM.

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