http://wiki.zenoss.org/download/core/docs/Zenoss_Core_Administration_r5....
Backup and Restore section

Check help in the command line:
serviced backup -h
serviced snapshot -h

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Thanks a lot Jan. That helped. This is the script I use for daily backup to another server. Nothing fancy, but it works ;)

mkdir -p /opt/serviced/var/backups/
cd /opt/serviced/var/backups/

#delete local old backups (keep 2)
deletelist=$(ls -t -1 /opt/serviced/var/backups/ | tail -n+3|awk 1 ORS=' ')
pwd
echo delete these local backup files "$deletelist"
rm $deletelist

#delete remote old backups (keep 15)
deletelist=$(ssh zenoss@nuv-vir-kvm-server-4 "ls -t -1 /home/zenoss/backup/" | tail -n+16|awk 1 ORS=' ')
echo delete these remote backup files on server kvm-4 "$deletelist"
ssh zenoss@nuv-vir-kvm-server-4 "cd /home/zenoss/backup/ && rm $deletelist"

#do backup
serviced backup /opt/serviced/var/backups/

#copy files to backup server
copylist=$(ls -t -1 /opt/serviced/var/backups/ | head -n1 |awk 1 ORS=' ')
echo to copy "$copylist"
scp /opt/serviced/var/backups/$copylist zenoss@nuv-vir-kvm-server-4:/home/zenoss/backup/