1. A method, comprising: identifying, in response to failure of an application, at least one physically inconsistent system resource that was left in a physically inconsistent state as a result of the failure of the application from a plurality of system resources updated by the failed application; ignoring available backout operations for any of the plurality of system resources updated by the failed application other than the at least one physically inconsistent system resource; and performing an automated partial backout of the at least one physically inconsistent system resource.