Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, device, and computer program product for managing a backup system. The method comprises obtaining a state of a backup system, the backup system comprising a backup server and at least one backup client, the backup server being communicatively coupled to the at least one backup client via a network and configured to back up data of the at least one backup client; determining a reward score corresponding to the state of the backup system; and determining, based on the state of the backup system and the reward score, configuration information for the backup system, the configuration information indicating a schedule for the backup server to perform data backups on the at least one backup client. Embodiments of the present disclosure can improve the performance of the backup system and reduce the management overhead of the backup system.