When a partition is created, a profile also has to be created by default to define the resources associated with this partition. The application requires that you create at least one profile when a partition is created. The first profile created is the default profile. The default partition profile can be changed at any time.

The profile data for partitions of a managed system is stored in at least the following three locations at any given time:

NVRAM of the managed system

CIM Object Manager on the HMC

Profile data backup files under the /var/hsc/profile/MT-MDL*S/N directory on the HMC