2705094 - Error running KMC Hot Deployment Checker in NW 7.30 and higher versions

The KMC (Knowledge Management) Hot Deployment Checker cannot be started in NW 7.30 and higher versions.

After deploying KMC Hot Deployment Checker with PAR Migration Tool and running the tool with
http://<domain>:<port>/irj/go/portal/prtroot/com.sap.netweaver.bc.tool.hdc.KMCHotdeploymentChecker 
you get portal runtime error:

The following error can be found in the default trace file:

[EXCEPTION]
com.sap.portal.prt.broker.PortalModuleNotFoundException: Could not retrieve portal application com.sap.netweaver.bc.tool.hdc
at com.sap.portal.prt.broker.PortalAppBroker.ensurePortalModuleIsStarted(PortalAppBroker.java:640)
at com.sap.portal.prt.broker.PortalAppBroker.getPortalModule(PortalAppBroker.java:319) 

or

[PortalAppBroker.getPortalComponent () failed com.sap.netweaver.bc.tool.hdc.KMCHotdeploymentChecker
[EXCEPTION]
com.sap.portal.prt.om.ObjectNotAvailableException: Object: [com.sap.netweaver.bc.tool.hdc.KMCHotdeploymentChecker] load failed
...
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sapportals/portal/prt/core/broker/ApplicationItem
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forNameFW(Class.java:261)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:254)
at com.sap.portal.prt.broker.PortalComponentItem.getInstanceInternal(PortalComponentItem.java:439)
... 53 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sapportals.portal.prt.core.broker.ApplicationItem

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• SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal
• Knowledge Management
• All versions from 7.30 onwards

SAP NetWeaver 7.1 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.2 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.3 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.4 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.5 ; SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.3 ; SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ; SAP enhancement package 3 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0

PAR Migration Tool, System Administration, Support, Portal Runtime, Administration Console, hot-deployment , KBA , EP-KM-FWK , Framework , Problem