Administration of the VM
Container 
Purpose
You should find out from the upgrade guide for your SAP solution whether the component SAP VM Container is required for operating your solution. For instance, it will be if your solution needs the "Internet Pricing and Configurator" (IPC).
Prerequisites
The procedure for setting up the VM Container, which is required only once after the SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP has been installed or upgraded, is described in SAP note 854170.
Authorizations
To carry out the tasks described below, in addition to the standard Basis administration authorizations, you also need the following authorization profiles or the roles based on these profiles:
· For the area Monitoring: Profile S_VMC_ADMIN_2
· For the area Software Change Management: Profile S_VMCTRANS
Process Flow
Starting and Stopping the VM Container
If the VM
Container has been set up as described in note 854170, it will automatically
be started up each time the SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP is started.
In the 
Overview of SAP
Application Servers (transaction
SM51) you can check whether the VM Container was successfully started. Each
server with an activated VM Container component has the message type
VMC, amongst
others.
The VM Container is likewise stopped automatically when the SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP is stopped.
For support purposes the VM Container can be stopped also while the SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP is running. This is done in the VM Overview (transaction SM52) by choosing VMC ® Deactivate. This function is meant only for error analysis carried out by SAP support and should not be used in productive operation. You can start a VM Container again by choosing VMC ® Activate in the VM Overview.
Monitoring
You can find information about VM Container monitoring in Monitoring the VM Container.
Load Analysis
Possibilities for load analysis while the VM Container is running are described in Load Analysis in the VM Container.
Further Information
Administration of the VM Container
Importing Patches and Corrections