Essbase backup steps

Hi,
We are using the following steps for back up for around 35 databases in version 7.1
1.     Login to server.
2.     Logout All users using LOGOUTALLUSERS command
3.     Disable Login for each individual Appname in sequential order- using DISABLELOGIN command for all 35 db
4.     Selecting individual appname and dbname.
5.     Export data for selected app and db
6.     Unload Application
7.     Enable Login for that selected Database.
But we are facing problem like even though all the users are logged out and by the time it selects a particular app and db and exports, if any other user request access to some other app name or database, Essbase allows the complete read/write access for the same. Due to which we get dbname.esm file getting locked out and corrupted.
To avoid the users to have any write mode capability, can we use BEGINARCHIVE and ENDARCHIVE commands?
What I have thought will be the changed steps after we add these 2 commands-
1. Login to AZ18NT169 server.
2. Disable Login for each individual Appname in sequential order- using DISABLELOGIN command.
3. Logout All users using LOGOUTALLUSERS command.
4. Beginarchive for each db
5. Selecting individual appname and dbname
6. Exporting data for that selected app name and dbname.
7. Unload Application (Stops the specified application)
8. EndArchive for each db
9. Enable Login for that selected Database.
Please let me know if I can achieve my goal of making sure that db is completely in read only mode after we log out all users and if any users request access it will be only read only.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions!
Regards,
Richa

Yes Krish.
Exactly that is what I thought and hence I have suggested this approach now-
1. Login to AZ18NT169 server.
2. Disable Login for each individual Appname in sequential order- using DISABLELOGIN command.
3. Logout All users using LOGOUTALLUSERS command.
4. Beginarchive for each db
5. Selecting individual appname and dbname
6. Exporting data for that selected app name and dbname.
7. Unload Application (Stops the specified application)
8. EndArchive for each db
9. Enable Login for that selected Database.
Here i am first disabling login and then logging out all users from all app and db. after that before selecting individual db for export, will do beginArchive (making it read ony), then selecting Dbname, Exporting data, Unloadingapp, EndArchive and then re-enabling login.
This will be repeated for all databases. Please suggest if BeginArchive and EndArchive for each db will cause any issue?
Regards,
Richa

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4.     Selecting individual appname and dbname.
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But we are facing problem like even though all the users are logged out and by the time it selects a particular app and db and exports, if any other user request access to some other app name or database, Essbase allows the complete read/write access for the same. Due to which we get dbname.esm file getting locked out and corrupted.
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2. Disable Login for each individual Appname in sequential order- using DISABLELOGIN command.
3. Logout All users using LOGOUTALLUSERS command.
4. Beginarchive for each db
5. Selecting individual appname and dbname
6. Exporting data for that selected app name and dbname.
7. Unload Application (Stops the specified application)
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9. Enable Login for that selected Database.
Please let me know if I can achieve my goal of making sure that db is completely in read only mode after we log out all users and if any users request access it will be only read only?
Appreciate your help in advance.
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