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The Job Priority value specifies the priority that a job has as it competes with other jobs for backup resources. The value can range from 0 to 99999. The higher the number, the greater the priority of the job.
A new priority setting affects all the policies that are created after the host property has been changed.
A higher priority does not guarantee that that a job receives resources before a job with a lower priority. NetBackup evaluates jobs with a higher priority before those with a lower priority.
However, the following factors can cause a job with a lower priority to run before a job with a higher priority:
To maximize drive use, a low priority job may run first if it can use a drive that is currently loaded. A job with a higher priority that requires that the drive be unloaded would wait.
If a low priority job can join a multiplexed group, it may run first. The job with a higher priority may wait if it is not able to join the multiplexed group.
If the NetBackup Resource Broker (nbrb) receives a job request during an evaluation cycle, it does not consider the job until the next cycle, regardless of the job priority.
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