Time machine will not run under lion

I read somewhere that one needs a different version of time machine for lion. Where do I get it?

Good monring all
Have upgraded a brand new i7 27" imac to the latest OSX 10.7.1.  This is the SSD + 2TB HD iMac.
When I have been run Time Machine to backup on an external 2TB SATA drive (where the 2TB backup disk is mounted in a NexStar docking station)  Time Machine will make a clean copy of tyhe whole backup structure the first time.  However, subsequent invcrement backups are failing with the error:
Time Machine could not complete the backup. 
Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the backup folder.
Does anyone know what might be causing this please.
Raymond Haynes
[email protected]

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