File makes a backup of a directory and mysql database on (mt)'s grid. Before running these in your grid service data folder, you would create the backup directory with 777 permissions then you would make the scripts executable. via TJ Stein (http://tjstein.com/articles/media-temple-gs-grid-service-domain-and-mysql-backups/)

cronbackup.sh

#!/bin/bash
today=$(date '+%d_%m_%y')
echo "* Performing domain backup..."
tar czf /home/00000/data/backup/example.com_"$today".tar.gz -C / home/00000/domains/example.com
# Remove backups older than 7 days:
MaxFileAge=7
find /home/00000/data/backup/ -name '*.gz' -type f -mtime +$MaxFileAge -exec rm -f {} \;
echo "* Backed up..."

crondbbackup.sh

#!/bin/sh
#############################
SQLHOST="internal-db.s00000.gridserver.com"
SQLDB="db00000_dbname"
SQLUSER="db00000"
SQLPASS="db_user_password"
SQLFILE="db00000_example.com_$(date '+%d_%m_%y').sql"
LOCALBACKUPDIR="/home/00000/data/backup"
#############################
echo "* Performing SQL dump..."
cd $LOCALBACKUPDIR
mysqldump -h $SQLHOST --add-drop-table --user="$SQLUSER" --password="$SQLPASS" $SQLDB > $SQLFILE
# Remove backups older than 7 days:
MaxFileAge=7
find /home/00000/data/backup/ -name '*.sql' -type f -mtime +$MaxFileAge -exec rm -f {} \;
echo "* Backed up..."
exit 0