You should back up the following three for ASO.
A.
Hyperion_Home \\common
B.
Essbaseinstallfolder\\bin
C.
ARBORPATH \\app\\appname
D.
Essbaseinstallfolder \\locale
E.
Essbase.sec
F.
Essbase.cfg
Explanation:
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:MXHPDeHWl5YJ:download.oracle.com/docs/c
d/E12825_01/epm.111/epm_backup_recovery_11111.pdf+Aggregate+storage+applications
+(ASO)+backup+Essbaseinstallfolder+%5Capp%5Cappname&hl=en&gl=in&pid=bl&srcid=A
DGEESj8WeUjkx31E52J6ZO1oI-z_uLR5yX9WdQ-
2c2YpLrTbVF3OqyXMD5e1hnqcwMngA9wWkPUKRtPNRWBQn4EC69Lo2gziBIhL29czy9O
ad5PzreJFe7bBsfjcAfPGKMjfz-Q1&sig=AHIEtbRXdFBZwAWib5PvJfE1ElMY8oIrzw
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:gg97eNiYC5EJ:download.oracle.com/docs/cd/
E10530_01/doc/epm.931/hfm_backup.pdf+Oracle+Essbase+11+files+are+involved+in+data
base+recovery+for+block+storage+option+after+a+database+crash&hl=en&gl=in&pid=bl&sr
cid=ADGEESiaLpMxmtXkShigMfg6Tq-HEYjDlA9lQA4RvDDk8GPha1uxkgzqmyFMiuYr-
9RyGrSKqS3S3O4snNtDoRtlrL3jkCO6qyrO54cT_eO_lkUDC6xjXRJ8wsstbXZvA6VnccpT9B
1&sig=AHIEtbS8j8hlh9hKrEm0ipmWV1sjMdj4cA