Update to Mountain Lion Server kills Time Machine Backups

Okay, here's the scenario:
Client: 
MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion
Server: 
Mac Mini running Mountain Lion Server using an SSD boot and Promise Pegasus Thunderbolt RAID
Prior to updating the Mac Mini to Mountain Lion Server (previously just using regular Mountain Lion) I was happily backing up using Time Machine over AFP.  Since the update to Server I get the Time Machine message:
"The network backup disk does not support the required AFP features."
The network drive is also no longer available for selection within Time Machine (once it's been deselected).
Any easy ideas on a fix?

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