I'd found /usr/bin/backup-framework, but without any arguments, it simply brings up the initiate backup interface.

Since I couldn't find any other binaries that alluded towards backup, I'm under the assumption that backup-framework probably takes an argument (e.g. something that specifies the name of the backup) to kick off an automated one.

The scripts in /usr/share/backup-framework/scripts is interesting. I'll have a dig and see what I can find.