Time Machine Causes Insomnia - can't put to sleep

With time machine running and the backup disk mounted (iOmega 500), if I try to put the machine to sleep manually I get an alarming message to the effect that I have dismounted the disk without logically ejecting it first, with possible dire consequences. And the machine stays awake. Same thing if I repeat.
Is this a bug? Workaround?
I also note, as do others, that the machine will not go to sleep all by itself (like overnight) with TM up and running. And backups faithfully show up on the disk every hour all night long.
Is the Time Machine backup program causing sleep deprivation? Should it?

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MattLat wrote:
Hello -
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Fri Mar 25 16:19:04 2011
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0xf03ca8 : 0x2da65c (0xf03e1c 0x100 0xf03e3c 0x0)
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holbri wrote:
When time machine is finishing a backup, the grey curtain comes down and I must shut down computer. I have tried to repair sparsebundle but I do not receive any details to see if the bundle is corrupt.
Sometimes when you repair a sparse bundle, the messages aren't shown in the center panel. Click the Logs icon in the toolbar, or select +Window > Show Log+ in the menubar.
The messages for each "run" are separated by a row of asterisks, so you can look back, too.
I have pasted below the kernel panic details. Any suggestions to correct time machine so I can use again for backups?
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x4207e0): "hfs_getnewvnode: bad ca_blocks (too small)"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1504.9.37/bsd/hfs/hfs_cnode.c:706
Bad blocks sounds like a problem with the HD. If the repair finds and fixes things, try again.
If that doesn't help, make an appointment at your local Apple Store: http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/
or call AppleCare and report your situation.
Note that Time Capsules are warranted for one year, but if you purchased AppleCare for a Mac within 2 years of the TC, the TC is covered, too.

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Jane Doubleday wrote:
I've got an Intel mac otherwise I wouldn't have bought Snow Leopard.
Please update your profile info, then Jane - we can only go on the info you give us.
Glad you're sorted though

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