Data protection automatic optimization system and method

A method comprising:

• disabling, by at least one processor, automatic prioritization of at least one backup operation in a computer network;
• beginning, by the at least one processor, the at least one backup operation in the computer network by instructing backup tooling software for the at least one backup operation to direct backup data from a local environment to a first target storage repository in a first remote environment, the first remote environment being offsite from the local environment;
• continually monitoring, by the at least one processor, for a condition in the first remote environment that affects the at least one backup operation;
• and
• in response to determining that the condition has occurred in the first remote environment:
• activating, by the at least one processor, automatic prioritization of the at least one backup operation in the computer network;
• and
• instructing, by the at least one processor, backup server tooling software to bypass the first target storage repository in the first remote environment and direct backup data for the at least one backup operation currently in progress to a second target storage repository in a second remote environment, the second remote environment being offsite from the first remote environment and the local environment.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• disabling automatic prioritization of at least one backup operation in a computer network;
• beginning the at least one backup operation in the computer network by instructing backup tooling software for the at least one backup operation to direct backup data from a local environment to a first target storage repository in a first remote environment, the first remote environment being offsite from the local environment;
• continually monitoring the first target storage repository for a decrease in a data deduplication metric;
• and
• in response to detecting the decrease in the data deduplication metric in the first target storage repository:
• activating automatic prioritization of the at least one backup operation in the computer network;
• and
• instructing backup server tooling software to bypass the first target storage repository in the first remote environment and direct backup data for the at least one backup operation currently in progress to a second target storage repository in a second remote environment, the second remote environment being offsite from the first remote environment and the local environment.