BPC backup and restore Q&A...

Dear all:
See below, and please share your knowledge!
Situation
We are in the phase of modifying existing structure. We would like to back up what's in the Production server, and restore onto Development Box and develop and test our modification there using the latest data we have.
Data
We have a production server, which SQL service and BPC service are running on separate physical server (as I was told), and a development box, which SQL and BPC are running together in one box.
A_PRODUCTION is the App Set in the Production Server
A_DEV is the App Set in the Development Box.
Below are what I have done and failed:
1.
a. I used "Server Manager" to back up A_PRODUCTION.
b. I then copied and pasted the backup folder (in which has Web, File, SQL etc sub folders) to the Development Box.
c. I used "Server Manager" to restore by selecting the backup folder. The Server Manager was able to allocate all the backup files and SQL db.
d. My Web and File folders are OKed during restore, but my SQL restore failed with an error message.
2.
a. We tried to open SQL Server Management Studio, and manually restore the A_PRODUCTION SQL backup (*.BAK) to A_DEV of Development box.
b. We received the error message, System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: RESTORE detected an error on page (0:0) in database "A_PRODUCTION" as read from the backup set. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo).
c. We went to option and checked "Overwrite existing database" and still failed to restore.
3.
a. I logged on to Development Box's BPC Web Admin, and tried to create an App Set that has the same name A_PRODUCTION as my live database in the Production Server.
b. The App Set creation failed at OLAP service with an error message saying something about "SalesPerson" column was not found or something.
c. I noticed that a database named A_PRODUCTION is created Development Box.
d. I tried method 1 and 2 again to A_PRODUCTION of the Development Box and failed.
Question
What is wrong with my approach?
I have referenced the document https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/20a26f50-4252-2a10-8c97-a2c7058cd804, and am confused why we have to backup the master database.
Secondly, in the document, quoted "Restore Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database(s): Restore the most recent database backup for APPSERVER, and each of the application set databases.
(ApShell/ApShellExtra)", what is the difference between "the most recent database backup for APPSERVER", and "each of the application set databases"?
At last, in the document, quoted "You must use an u2018Open File Agentu2019 to backup Data files that may be in use by the web server.", what does it mean by using an Open File Agent? Is it a type of agent in SQL backup service, or an agent in general that is able to back up open files?
Thank you!

Kranthi and Akim:
Thanks for the reply...
Kranthi: With BPC Admin ID, I did go back to *BPC Administration\Manage Security* and re-saved the configuration, and I did see the table update in *Database Engine\AppServer\tblAppSetAccess*. I could then grant my Windows ID rights to "everything", but was only able to access BPC Administration.
Akim: Can you be more specific about delete/recreate orphaned users? Did you mean deleting/creating via SQL Analysis Services AppServer\tblAppSetAccess, or via BPC Administration\Manage Security? In addition, when you mentioned "reset permissions from the application itself", did you mean to modify Task, Member Access Profile, Team, and User, and re-save them again with the same settings?
I am sorry that this thread has become longer than expected. Here are some updates:
1. I have two Application Sets which my Windows ID can access: AppShell (default) and App_Dev
2. I tried to create a new Application Set "App_Dev1" by copying from App_Dev (unchecked database,biz process flows, content library, and live reports). Then I logged in as BPC Admin and added my Windows ID to the System Admin Team, which was modified to have full access to everything. Again the same problem occured -- I could access App_Dev1's BPC Administration area but could not access BPC Excel; same error messages popped out.
3. I tried to create a new Application Set "AppShell1" by copying from AppShell (same unchecked everything). Then I logged in as BPC Admin and added my Windows ID to the System Admin Team, which was modified to be able to access everything. Same result as #2
4. I tried to add myself to the System Admin Team of original AppShell, and I could open BPC Excel.
My experiments so far concluded the followings:
--No problem with App_Dev and AppShell in the Development Box
--I could grant myself access to everything in any new Application Set, but only was able to access BPC Administration
--BPC Admin ID and my Network Administrator (Domain Admin)'s Windows ID has no problem opening BPC Excel in any Application Set.
What concerns me now is that even a copy from AppShell is not working as expected... My Network Administrator said it is not an easy process to reinstall BPC Development Server, but I think that's perhaps the only way to fix everything, if the root causes remain mysterious.
If you have any insightful tip, please share with me as I have spent over a week and cannot progress further... Thank you!!!!
Brian

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