#Once a week, run the custom backup script
0       10      *       *       0       /root/scripts/rsync-backup.sh > /root/scripts/backup-results.log
#EVERY 5 MINS FOR TESTING
#*/5    *       *       *       0       /root/scripts/rsync-backup.sh > /root/scripts/backup-results.log
~

[root@bandit ~]# cat /root/scripts/rsync-backup.sh
#!/usr/local/bin/bash

#This script is executed once per week. By way of root user's crontab entry

SERVERIP=[<IP Address of Remote server to backup to.>]
NOTIFYEMAIL=[Email of where the report will be sent to.]
ExUSER=admin

count=$(/sbin/ping -c4 $SERVERIP | /usr/bin/grep 'received' | /usr/bin/awk -F',' '{ print $2}' | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $1}')
if [ $count -eq 0 ]
then

        #SEND EMAIL notification if not

        /usr/local/sbin/ssmtp $NOTIFYEMAIL < /root/scripts/serverDown-msg.txt

        exit
fi


### TOTAL HACK TO MAKE SSH-KEYS WORK  ###
eval `ssh-agent -s`

#If a folder in each users home directory labeled as pictures, then sync it to the BACKUP server
for i in $( ls -ld /home/*/[pP]ictures | awk '{ print $9 }' ) ; do

        echo "Found $i "
        BACKUP=$(echo $i | sed 's/home/backup/g')
        BACKUP=$(echo $BACKUP | sed 's/[pP]ictures//g')
        echo "R-Syncing to $BACKUP"
        /usr/local/bin/rsync -avO -e "/usr/bin/ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" --delete --log-file=/var/log/rsync.log $i $SERVERIP:$BACKUP
done


#This script is executed once per week. By way of root user's crontab entry

### TOTAL HACK TO MAKE SSH-KEYS WORK  ###
eval `ssh-agent -s`

#THE Custom SYNCs to include additional folders for a specific user.
/usr/local/bin/rsync -avO -e "/usr/bin/ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" --delete --log-file=/var/log/rsync.log /home/$ExUSER/Documents $SERVERIP:/backup/$ExUSER/
/usr/local/bin/rsync -avO -e "/usr/bin/ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" --delete --log-file=/var/log/rsync.log /home/$ExUSER/music $SERVERIP:/backup/$ExUSER/
/usr/local/bin/rsync -avO -e "/usr/bin/ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" --delete --log-file=/var/log/rsync.log /home/$ExUSER/www $SERVERIP:/backup/$ExUSER/

#ADD THE RSYNC DETAILs IN THE EMAIL
cat /var/log/rsync.log >> /root/scripts/email-msg.txt

#erase log
> /var/log/rsync.log

#SEND EMAIL WITH REPORT
/usr/local/sbin/ssmtp $NOTIFYEMAIL < /root/scripts/email-msg.txt

#CLEAR OUT THE RSYNC DETAILS FROM THE PREVIOUS SYNC
cp -p /root/scripts/email-msg.txt.ORIG /root/scripts/email-msg.txt

### KILL THE SSH AGENT  ###
eval `ssh-agent -k`

[root@bandit ~]#