Will Time Machine Back Up Data on a Networked Time Capsule to an External HD?

Situation: I use my time capsule as a "network server". This is where all my files, music and movies are located. These files need to be backed up regularly. The Time Capsule is connected to my MacBook Pro via ethernet.
Question: Can I use Time Machine to back up my files on the networked time capsule to another external hardrive?
Goal: Data from TIME CAPSULE backed up to an EXTERNAL HD via time machine. I can have the external HD on the network or via USB to the Macbook Pro.
Any help is appreciated. I've been trying to do this off an on for a few years with no luck.
Thanks!

Can I use Time Machine to back up my files on the networked time capsule to another external hardrive?
No, but ChronoSync can do this and I believe that Carbon Copy Cloner can now do this as well.
http://econtechnologies.com/pages/cs/chrono_overview.html
http://www.bombich.com/

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Time Machine can backup to any device that has Time Machine Extensions.. eg some NAS have this.. or another Mac. Maybe some routers with USB drives.. I have heard of Netgear Mac compatible models.. but never forget.. apple change things around with every OS release and these companies will always be playing catchup.
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Buy a second hand TC and modify the power supply.. put in a big hard disk.. you can simply plug it into the existing network.. you will find it hard to get anything cheaper that works as well.. and none that will be as easy to setup.
Fine if you give up on TM.. then whatever external drive the software uses.. no issues.. but TM is designed to only work on HFS+ partition.

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How do I copy old Time Machine back-up data onto my new (second) back up drive?

I recently bought a second back-up drive for use with my MacBook Pro (running 10.9.4).
I'm successfully backing up my computer to both drives on a regular basis using Time Machine. (a Seagate drive and a Western Digital drive respectively)
I was wondering if there's an easy way to add the old back-up files from the old drive to the new drive as well. That is to say, I wish I had all the data that precedes my new back-up drive on BOTH drives. There's plenty of space on the new drive.
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This technique will only work if the volume you're copying to is the same size, or larger than, the one you're copying from.
First, open the Time Machine preference pane and click the Options button. You may have to unlock the settings first by clicking the padlock icon in the lower left corner of the window. Authenticate as an administrator.
Delete the volume you're going to copy from the list of backup destinations. Then turn Time Machine OFF.
Launch Disk Utility, open the built-in help, and search for the term "Duplicate." Follow the instructions. All existing data on the destination volume will be erased.
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then the problem is not those external drives. As I said, I've never seen this particular error message.
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Hi
I need to do a clean install on my macbook. I have started a time machine back up of 200Gb or so, the backup was progressing over several hours but i can't confirm that it was completed. When i came back to the MacBook the message "this computer must be restarted due to a serious problem, etc, etc" was displayed.
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Starting standard backup+
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+Backup completed successfully.+
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I've forced a second backup through time machine, not waiting for the hourly schedule and it wants to do a deep traverse, perhaps due to the misreported size of the initial( incomplete) back up. Although, as i write this expecting a lengthy deep traversal it appears to have completed that in minutes. I have now selected a 3rd off-schedule backup and nothing happening much ie v quick check, so it would appear time machine is up to date.
I'm hoping all is normal. I'm now going to verify the disk.....done in only 2 or 3 minutesand log as follows:
+2010-11-02 19:36:41 +0000: Verify and Repair volume “Time Machine”+
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+2010-11-02 19:36:42 +0000: Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.+
+2010-11-02 19:36:42 +0000: Checking extents overflow file.+
+2010-11-02 19:36:43 +0000: Checking catalog file.+
+2010-11-02 19:37:09 +0000: Checking multi-linked files.+
+2010-11-02 19:37:12 +0000: Checking catalog hierarchy.+
+2010-11-02 19:38:03 +0000: Checking extended attributes file.+
+2010-11-02 19:38:33 +0000: Checking multi-linked directories.+
+2010-11-02 19:40:32 +0000: Checking volume bitmap.+
+2010-11-02 19:40:32 +0000: Checking volume information.+
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+2010-11-02 19:40:33 +0000: Volume repair complete.2010-11-02 19:40:33 +0000: Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.2010-11-02 19:40:33 +0000: Repair tool completed:+
+2010-11-02 19:40:33 0000:
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Many thanks for your help pondini, any more tips appreciated.
regards
Nick

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