Backup and Migrate Data Dump Breaks New Drupal Install

This is not a conversion from another software Drupal, but a straight out issue with migrating one Drupal site to a new one. I have set up my site entirely on the web, without using a local dev environment. It uses view module extensively. Recently I decided to set up a local dev environment to test new features, and I set up the server, Drupal, and finally imported the data dump using the Backup and Migrate module.

That's where the problem started.

As soon as the queries were run on my local server, it was evident there were problems. The error messages lined up, and they were with reference to views module mostly. A common error message was: views_access is missing the first argument.

Even worse, when I tried to navigate around the admin pages, the server completely blew up. It crashed and burned, and I would have to drop the database and start with a fresh install, but I would always end up at the same place.

I duplicated the production install accurately. All modules are in place, and they are enabled.

What do you think could be happening to my server?