Originally posted by: phastjay
You didn't mention what kind of systems you are experienced with, but in any case I would recommend that you start with the various RedBooks that are available for AIX. Redbooks are guide books that are written from a actual user perspective (as opposed to reference manuals).
They are available for free download at
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com Some of the ones that may be of interest to you are:
AIX Reference for Sun Solaris Administrators, SG24-6584-00
IBM AIX 5L Reference for HP-UX System Administrators, SG24-6767-00
AIX 5L and Windows 2000: Side by Side, SG24-4784-02
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