3.1.5 Dynamic LPAR assignments and partition profiles
When you remove, change, or add I/O adapters, memory, CPU, or virtual adapters using dynamic LPAR partition, they are not automatically reflected in the partition's profile defined for the partition. Therefore, whenever you reconfigure, we recommend you update the profile.
A good procedure is first to put the changes into the partition profile, and then make the changes dynamically to prevent them from being lost in case of a deactivation or shutdown. The changes made to the partition in the partition profile are not reflected in the LPAR if you perform a reboot using, for example, the shutdown -Fr command; instead, the changes are activated only from a Not Activated state.
If you have multiple workloads that require multiple partition profiles, then instead of cleaning up and renaming the partition profiles, simply activate them and use a naming convention that is meaningful to the scenario (such as WAS_Prod_High or WAS_Prod_Med).