VPS backup script to remote

backup.sh

#!/bin/sh
## System Setup
## backup directory for temporary file storage
BACKUP=/backups

## FTP
FTP_DIR="/path/to/your/backup/folder/"
FTP_USER="your-ftp-username"
FTP_PASS="your-ftp-password"
FTP_HOST="ftp.yourhost.com"
FTP_PORT="21"

## Binaries
TAR="$(which tar)"
FTP="$(which ftp)"

## Today + hour in 24h format
NOW=$(date +%Y%m%d)

## To backup
DUMPFILE=$NOW.tar.bz2
$TAR -cjf $BACKUP/$DUMPFILE /home /srv /etc /var /root

## ftp
cd $BACKUP
$FTP -in $FTP_HOST $FTP_PORT <<END_SCRIPT
quote USER $FTP_USER
quote PASS $FTP_PASS
cd $FTP_DIR
mput $DUMPFILE
bye
END_SCRIPT

## deleting temp files
rm -rf $DUMPFILE
echo "Backup finished and transferred"
exit

Better way of backing up, but slower and more intensive.