diff --git a/charts/tidb-backup/templates/backup-job.yaml b/charts/tidb-backup/templates/backup-job.yaml
index 75a3d9eaffa..8338d15d0f9 100644
--- a/charts/tidb-backup/templates/backup-job.yaml
+++ b/charts/tidb-backup/templates/backup-job.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ spec:
         app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
         app.kubernetes.io/component: backup
         helm.sh/chart: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+"  "_" }}
+    {{- if .Values.extraLabels }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.extraLabels | indent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: backup
diff --git a/charts/tidb-backup/templates/backup-pvc.yaml b/charts/tidb-backup/templates/backup-pvc.yaml
index 154ff0b076a..290868f8afa 100644
--- a/charts/tidb-backup/templates/backup-pvc.yaml
+++ b/charts/tidb-backup/templates/backup-pvc.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if eq .Values.mode "backup" }}
+{{- if (or (eq .Values.mode "backup") (eq .Values.mode "scheduled-restore")) }}
 kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
 apiVersion: v1
 metadata:
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ template "chart.name" . }}
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: tidb-operator
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
-    app.kubernetes.io/component: backup
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: {{ .Values.mode }}
     pingcap.com/backup-cluster-name: {{ .Values.clusterName }}
     helm.sh/chart: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+"  "_" }}
 spec:
diff --git a/charts/tidb-backup/templates/restore-job.yaml b/charts/tidb-backup/templates/restore-job.yaml
index f05276e0ee5..c73591bd073 100644
--- a/charts/tidb-backup/templates/restore-job.yaml
+++ b/charts/tidb-backup/templates/restore-job.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if eq .Values.mode "restore" }}
+{{- if (or (eq .Values.mode "restore") (eq .Values.mode "scheduled-restore")) }}
 apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: Job
 metadata:
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ spec:
         app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ template "chart.name" . }}
         app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
         app.kubernetes.io/component: restore
+    {{- if .Values.extraLabels }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.extraLabels | indent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
     spec:
       restartPolicy: OnFailure
       containers:
diff --git a/charts/tidb-backup/templates/scripts/_start_restore.sh.tpl b/charts/tidb-backup/templates/scripts/_start_restore.sh.tpl
index b8cbcaf97d8..99e350cf0e8 100644
--- a/charts/tidb-backup/templates/scripts/_start_restore.sh.tpl
+++ b/charts/tidb-backup/templates/scripts/_start_restore.sh.tpl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ downloader \
   --cloud=gcp \
   --bucket={{ .Values.gcp.bucket }} \
   --srcDir=${BACKUP_NAME} \
-  --destDir=${dirname}
+  --destDir=/data
 {{- end }}
 
 {{- if .Values.ceph }}
@@ -18,9 +18,21 @@ downloader \
   --bucket={{ .Values.ceph.bucket }} \
   --endpoint={{ .Values.ceph.endpoint }} \
   --srcDir=${BACKUP_NAME} \
-  --destDir=${dirname}
+  --destDir=/data
 {{- end }}
 
+count=1
+while ! mysql -u ${TIDB_USER} -h `eval echo '${'$host'}'` -P 4000 -p${TIDB_PASSWORD} -e 'select version();'
+do
+  echo "waiting for tidb, retry ${count} times ..."
+  sleep 10
+  if [ ${count} -ge 180 ];then
+    echo "30 minutes timeout"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  let "count++"
+done
+
 /loader \
   -d=${dirname} \
   -h=`eval echo '${'$host'}'` \
diff --git a/charts/tidb-backup/values.yaml b/charts/tidb-backup/values.yaml
index 72136066738..88b07a1d45c 100644
--- a/charts/tidb-backup/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/tidb-backup/values.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # clusterName is the TiDB cluster name that should backup from or restore to.
 clusterName: demo
 
-mode: backup # backup | restore
+mode: backup # backup | restore | scheduled-restore
 # name is the backup name
 name: fullbackup-{{ date "200601021504" .Release.Time }}
 image:
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ image:
   # https://github.com/pingcap/tidb-cloud-backup
   backup: pingcap/tidb-cloud-backup:20190610
 
+# Add additional labels for backup/restore job's pod
+# ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/labels/
+extraLabels: {}
+
 # secretName is the name of the secret which stores user and password used for backup/restore
 # Note: you must give the user enough privilege to do the backup and restore
 # you can create the secret by:
diff --git a/charts/tidb-cluster/templates/scheduled-backup-cronjob.yaml b/charts/tidb-cluster/templates/scheduled-backup-cronjob.yaml
index 1c84f5d2abb..6ab29aad784 100644
--- a/charts/tidb-cluster/templates/scheduled-backup-cronjob.yaml
+++ b/charts/tidb-cluster/templates/scheduled-backup-cronjob.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ spec:
   schedule: {{ .Values.scheduledBackup.schedule | quote }}
   concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
   suspend: {{ .Values.scheduledBackup.suspend }}
+  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: {{ .Values.scheduledBackup.successfulJobsHistoryLimit }}
+  failedJobsHistoryLimit: {{ .Values.scheduledBackup.failedJobsHistoryLimit }}
   startingDeadlineSeconds: {{ .Values.scheduledBackup.startingDeadlineSeconds }}
   jobTemplate:
     metadata:
@@ -50,13 +52,29 @@ spec:
               readOnly: true
           {{- end }}
             env:
-            - name: MY_POD_NAME
+            - name: POD_NAME
               valueFrom:
                 fieldRef:
                   fieldPath: metadata.name
+            - name: POD_NAMESPACE
+              valueFrom:
+                fieldRef:
+                  fieldPath: metadata.namespace
           {{- if .Values.scheduledBackup.gcp }}
             - name: GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS
               value: /gcp/credentials.json
+          {{- end }}
+          {{- if .Values.scheduledBackup.ceph }}
+            - name: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: {{ .Values.scheduledBackup.ceph.secretName }}
+                  key: access_key
+            - name: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: {{ .Values.scheduledBackup.ceph.secretName }}
+                  key: secret_key
           {{- end }}
             - name: TIDB_USER
               valueFrom:
diff --git a/charts/tidb-cluster/templates/scripts/_start_scheduled_backup.sh.tpl b/charts/tidb-cluster/templates/scripts/_start_scheduled_backup.sh.tpl
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 0dcf17f495f..73f5e76e4fe
--- a/charts/tidb-cluster/templates/scripts/_start_scheduled_backup.sh.tpl
+++ b/charts/tidb-cluster/templates/scripts/_start_scheduled_backup.sh.tpl
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 host=$(getent hosts {{ template "cluster.name" . }}-tidb | head | awk '{print $1}')
 
-dirname=/data/scheduled-backup-`date +%Y-%m-%dT%H%M%S`-${MY_POD_NAME}
-echo "making dir ${dirname}"
-mkdir -p ${dirname}
+timestamp=$(echo ${POD_NAME}|awk -F- '{print $(NF-1)}')
+## use UTC time zone to resolve timestamp, avoiding different parsing results due to different default time zones
+backupName=scheduled-backup-`date -u -d @${timestamp}  "+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"`
+backupPath=/data/${backupName}
+
+echo "making dir ${backupPath}"
+mkdir -p ${backupPath}
 
 gc_life_time=`/usr/bin/mysql -h${host} -P4000 -u{{ .Values.scheduledBackup.user }} -p${TIDB_PASSWORD} -Nse "select variable_value from mysql.tidb where variable_name='tikv_gc_life_time';"`
 echo "Old TiKV GC life time is ${gc_life_time}"
@@ -14,13 +18,14 @@ echo "Increase TiKV GC life time to 3h"
 /usr/bin/mysql -h${host} -P4000 -u{{ .Values.scheduledBackup.user }} -p${TIDB_PASSWORD} -Nse "select variable_name,variable_value from mysql.tidb where variable_name='tikv_gc_life_time';"
 
 /mydumper \
-  --outputdir=${dirname} \
+  --outputdir=${backupPath} \
   --host=${host} \
   --port=4000 \
-  --user={{ .Values.scheduledBackup.user }} \
+  --user=${TIDB_USER} \
   --password=${TIDB_PASSWORD} \
   --long-query-guard=3600 \
   --tidb-force-priority=LOW_PRIORITY \
+  --regex '^(?!(mysql\.))' \
   {{ .Values.scheduledBackup.options }}
 
 echo "Reset TiKV GC life time to ${gc_life_time}"
@@ -31,7 +36,7 @@ echo "Reset TiKV GC life time to ${gc_life_time}"
 uploader \
   --cloud=gcp \
   --bucket={{ .Values.scheduledBackup.gcp.bucket }} \
-  --backup-dir=${dirname}
+  --backup-dir=${backupPath}
 {{- end }}
 
 {{- if .Values.scheduledBackup.ceph }}
@@ -39,5 +44,5 @@ uploader \
   --cloud=ceph \
   --bucket={{ .Values.scheduledBackup.ceph.bucket }} \
   --endpoint={{ .Values.scheduledBackup.ceph.endpoint }} \
-  --backup-dir=${dirname}
+  --backup-dir=${backupPath}
 {{- end }}