Backup script for my VPS

gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/sh

BACKUP_DIR=/server/data                  # Directory to backup
BACKUP_DEST=/server/backups             # Backup destination directory
BACKUP_NAME=backup-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz # Name of the backup file with date and compression 
LOGFILE=${BACKUP_DEST}/backup-script-$(date '+%Y%m%d').log      # Logfile location in same directory but different extension

echo "---------------------------------" >> $LOGFILE
echo "Backup started on $(date)" | tee -a $LOGFILE 

/bin/tar -czvf ${BACKUP_DEST}/${BACKUP_NAME} --absolute-names ${BACKUP_DIR} | tee -a $LOGFILE 2>&1

TAR_STATUS=$?
if [ $TAR_STATUS -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "Backup finished successfully" | tee -a $LOGFILE
else
    echo "Backup failed with status $TAR_STATUS" | tee -a $LOGFILE
fi