Why can't we backup (with Time Machine) our Airport hosted 1TB HD from our iMac (hosting a 2TB HD)?

With an iMac (one year old), we are using Time Machine to backup the iMac and one small external HD to a 2TB HD (USB). The iMac is on a small wired network along with an Airport Extreme hosting a 1TB HD for shared iPhoto Libraries, 2 printers and a recent MacBook Pro (backed up to another 1TB HD). Time Machine is doing a fine job of backing up the iMac and its small external HD (80GB), but we cannot seem to cause it to backup the Photo Libraries HD. Why not? The Photo Libraries HD is automounted to the desktops of both the iMac and the MacBook Pro. What do we need to do?

No, sorry.  The Airport Extreme can't do backups;  only OSX on your Mac.
See #2 in  Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions.

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