Time Machine broken after 10.6 server upgrade

I recently upgraded our Mac Pro running 10.5 Leopard server to 10.6 Snow Leopard server, I just popped the disk in and ran the installer. The upgrade seemed to go fine, this is just a file server, and everything seems to function just as it had in OS 10.5, except for Time Machine. TM did not pickup where it left off with the internal TM drive for the server (not entirely unexpected). With no luck I've tried:
Erasing and repartitioning the drive (after turning TM off and deleting the preference file)
Removing the drive and erasing and partitioning on another computer, then trying TM through a USB connection (after turning TM off and deleting the preference file)
Below is the common error dialog and part of a log file. If I were to remove the folder/file listed in the log next time it would just be another file. What is consistent is that it doesn't seem to like what's in the Shared Items folder (the sharepoints users attach to).
Can anyone tell me how I might fix this?
--- Sample Log Exerpt ---
com.apple.backupd[23587] Error: (-41) SrcErr:NO Copying /Shared Items/OpenJobs/∂ Jamie's Jobs/misc./Flash/Ex_Files_FlashCS3_BTB/Exercise Files/Chapter 09/03/final/classes/com/lynda/audio/mp3/Mp3Player.as to /Volumes/Server_TM/Backups.backupdb/travelxserve/2011-06-07-091921.inProgress/D 895F019-A328-45B1-A7D4-836231E1A817/ServerHD/Shared Items/OpenJobs/∂ Jamie's Jobs/misc./Flash/Ex_Files_FlashCS3_BTB/Exercise Files/Chapter 09/03/final/classes/com/lynda/audio/mp3
com.apple.backupd[23587] Copied 238 files (116.7 MB) from volume ServerHD.
com.apple.backupd[23587] Copy stage failed with error:11
servermgrd[81] servermgr_backup: TimeMachinePostBackupHook called.
servermgrd[81] servermgr_backup: TimeMachinePostBackupHook done.
com.apple.backupd[23587] Backup failed with error: 11

valoo wrote:
I deleted the newly created sparsebundle. I also realized that the computer name had been changed and I changed it back to the original one. Here's the new problem. The TM says that I only have 127 GB and the amount of space needed to back up the disk is 140GB. I don't understand. It almost seems like it is trying to duplicate the entire backup. And this time around, I don't even see any new sparsebundle. I am stuck here.
Something caused TM to decide to start a new "sequence" of backups, as if you'd gotten a new Mac. That means a new, full backup to start with. The only thing that seems to have worked for some folks is a Restart. So if you haven't done one since the latest changes and failed backup attempt, it's worth a try.
If it still wants to do a full backup, you can't prevent it.
Depending on how much space you have on the TM drive/partition, your only choice may be to delete the "old" sparse bundle and let TM start over.
You may be able to delete some of the older backups to make room for the new, full backup, but that's tedious and time-consuming (see item #12 of the Frequently Asked Questions *User Tip.)*
But that still leaves two problems: you'll have to manually "compact" the sparse bundle via Terminal to shrink it; and you'll have to continue to delete old backups this way (and manually compact them) to make room for new ones. Since TM is treating them as if they were from a different Mac, it won't delete them automatically, but will delete the oldest backups from the new set instead.

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