This is the backup script that I use for my weekly backups. You will need to create the file /var/log/backup.log. If you are running logrotate, make sure you add this log file to it. Download the source here.

#!/bin/bash
 
 cd /                          # set directory
 HOST=`/bin/hostname -s`       # Set the hostname variable
 DATE=`/bin/date +'%m-%d-%Y'`  # Set the date variable
 BKDEV='/dev/sda11'            # Set the backup device variable
 MCMD='mount -t smbfs -o username=user,password=password //pc/dir /mnt/backup'   # Set the mount command variable
 BKDIR='/mnt/backup'           # Set the backup directory variable
 LOGDIR='/var/log'             # Set log directory variable
 LOG='backup.log'              # Set log file variable
 
 # Check for log file, if non exsistant, create one
 FILETEST=0
 while [ $FILETEST = 0 ];
 do
 FILETEST=`ls $LOGDIR | grep $LOG | grep -v grep | wc -l`
 if [ $FILETEST = 0 ]; then
 touch $LOGDIR/$LOG
 fi
 done
 
 # Log start time to /var/log/backup.log.
 echo "start weekly backup "${DATE} >> $LOGDIR/$LOG
 
 # See if share is mounted, if not, mount it
 MTEST=0
 while [ $MTEST = 0 ];
 do
 MTEST=`df -h | grep backup | grep -v grep | wc -l`
 if [ $MTEST = 0 ] ; then
 $MCMD
 fi
 done
 
 # Log mounted share confirmation to /var/log/backup.log.
 echo "share mounted" >> $LOGDIR/$LOG
 
 # start backup
 tar cvfz $BKDIR/${HOST}-scripts-${DATE}.tar.gz bin sbin
 tar cvfz $BKDIR/${HOST}_boot-${DATE}.tar.gz boot
 tar cvfz $BKDIR/${HOST}_etc-${DATE}.tar.gz etc
 tar cvfz $BKDIR/${HOST}_home-${DATE}.tar.gz home
 tar cvfz $BKDIR/${HOST}_usr-${DATE}.tar.gz usr
 tar cvfz $BKDIR/${HOST}_lib-${DATE}.tar.gz lib lib64
 tar cvfz $BKDIR/${HOST}_root-${DATE}.tar.gz root
 tar cvfX $BKDIR/${HOST}-var_${DATE}.tar /root/setup/scripts/tarex /var
 gzip $BKDIR/${HOST}-var_${DATE}.tar
 
 # Unmount share
 while [ $MTEST = 1 ];
 do
 MTEST=`df -h | grep $BKDIR | grep -v grep | wc -l`
 if [ $MTEST = 1 ] ; then
 umount $BKDIR
 fi
 done
 
 # Log mounted share confirmation to /var/log/backup.log.
 echo "share umounted" >> $LOGDIR/$LOG
 
 # Log stop time to /var/log/backup.log.
 echo "stop weekly backup "${DATE} >> $LOGDIR/$LOG
 echo >> $LOGDIR/$LOG