SAP CRM / CS Supports

Symptom

You require technical information about the AP Configuration
Engine, AP Pricing Engine or AP Tax Engine – i.e. one of the Virtual
Machine Container (VM Container, VMC) based engines in AP 7.00.
Other terms

Internet Pricing and Configurator (IPC), Virtual Machine Container (VMC), CRM 5.0, SRM 5.0, ECC 6.0, SCM 5.0

Solution
Prerequisites
The AP Configuration Engine, AP Pricing Engine and AP Tax Engine require the Virtual Machine Container) as runtime environment. The VMC is part of SAP Basis 7.00. The VMC must be enabled (see note 854170).
To check whether the VMC is already up and running you can use report RSVMCRT_HEALTH_CHECK (via transaction se38). It answers a number of basic questions: Is the VMC enabled? Is the communication between ABAP and JAVA working? Is the communication between JAVA and ABAP working? If the test is successful, you will see four green lights.Sizing
Sizing relevant documents can be found here: http://service. sap.com/sizingInstallation
The AP Configuration Engine, AP Pricing Engine and AP Tax Engine are delivered as part of SAP AP 7.00 (Application Platform). The engines do not require specific installation steps, dedicated hosts, Java runtime environment or RFC destinations. High availability or load balancing is ensured by SAP standard mechanisms.Technical Configuration
For the AP Configuration Engine, AP Pricing Engine and AP Tax Engine the following technical configuration can be changed: buffer refresh times, logging and tracing.
For setting buffer refresh times see note 867428.
For setting logging and tracing parameters see note 880687.Operation, Administration, Monitoring
For details see note 863354.Support Packages
The AP Configuration Engine, AP Pricing Engine and AP Tax Engine are upgraded to a new support package just by upgrading your system to the newest SAP AP 7.00 support package.Support Package Patches
The AP Configuration Engine, AP Pricing Engine and AP Tax Engine are patched by downloading a support package dependent patch file (”support package patch”). For each support package exactly one patch file is available.
For details see note 880749.