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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2020
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, device, and computer program product for scheduling backup jobs. There is provided a method of scheduling backup jobs, comprising: in response to detecting that a target backup job is generated, obtaining predetermined execution information of the target backup job; determining an execution priority of the target backup job based on the predetermined execution information of the target backup job; determining an execution priority of an existing backup job in a waiting queue; and adding the target backup job to the waiting queue based on the execution priority of the existing backup job and the execution priority of the target backup job. Through embodiments of the present disclosure, it enables better utilization of system resources to achieve the Recover Point Objective for important data, ensuring a Service Level Agreement.