orbit-basic/app/jobs/backup_server.rb

class BackupServer 
  @queue = :high

  def self.perform()
    CronMail.time_check("Going to backup Orbit").deliver
    dbhost = Mongoid.config.database.connection.primary.join ':'
    dbname = Mongoid.config.database.name
    dbdirectory = "#{Rails.root}/tmp/#{dbname}-"+Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M")
    %x[mongodump -h dbhost -d dbname -o dbdirectory ]
    # %x[touch  #{Rails.root}/tmp/restart]
  end
end