KM File Restore

Hello All-
I have an old problem, but with a new twist. A file within KM has become corrupt and inaccessible. The file was not deleted, in which case the wastebasket functionality would have saved me (if I had actually configured it...). Now the question is how to restore a single KM file from a database backup. Restoring the entire DB is not an option because we lose all other changes that occurred in the interim.
According to help.sap (http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/1f/6d988325c14149842df2dde9338122/frameset.htm) in order to do a partial restore, you simply restore the database in a test environment and move the file from test to production via WebDAV. This sounds great but doesn't work. Once you restore the production database on test, the test environment will not start. We're guessing this is due to some java startup parameters being stored in the db. Has anyone succeeded in performing this?
The only other option we can think of is to restore the DB and wade through it manually to attempt to locate the file.
If anyone has some hints to making either of these options work, or any other suggestions, they would be appreciated.
thanks
Tim

Hi Frank, hi Stephen,
as far as I've heard, SAP is developing a standard solution for EP6 (probably upcoming with SP13 or later, maybe also introduced with some patch for SP2).
This would rely on a developing suggestion we've made. Maybe it's also done by the technique we've suggested, which has been a bit different than the one Frank suggested - just by using a repository service (so the delete command wouldn't have to be replaced, and you can activate / deactivate this behaviour independent of the concrete command). See my last answer on Restore Documents stored in Portal KM
Hope it helps
Detlev
PS: Frank, it's sunday, sunday, knick-knack (I'll get out just now, as long as I endure).

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