Patent ID: 8141081
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method in a computer system for dispositioning an execution of a task that failed to execute at an originally scheduled execution time using ratio-based calculations, comprising: calculating a lateness ratio by dividing (i) a measurement of time between the originally scheduled execution time of the task and a next available execution time of the task with (ii) a measurement of time between the originally scheduled execution time of the task and a next scheduled execution time of the task; calculating a closeness ratio by dividing (i) a measurement of time between the next available execution time of the task and the next scheduled execution time of the task with (ii) the measurement of time between the originally scheduled execution time of the task and the next scheduled execution time of the task; executing the task at the next available execution time of the task if the calculated lateness ratio is less than a predefined lateness ratio limit; and executing the task at the next available execution time of the task if the calculated closeness ratio is less than a predefined closeness ratio limit, wherein the execution is performed in lieu of the next scheduled execution of the task if the calculated closeness ratio is less than the predefined closeness ratio limit, wherein the task contains operations associated with a data backup.