Originally posted by: hwyguy
As far as which IBM redbook is best for beginner sysadmins, I'd recommend SG24-7199-00 "IBM Certification Study Guide eServer p5 and pSeries Administration and Support for AIX 5L Version 5.3"
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg247199.html Lots of good info on the AIX boot process, installation, LVM, SMIT, user accounts, etc. Don't know much about non-IBM books but I'm sure they are excellent resources as well.
If you or your company have the cash, I'd also highly recommend the AIX Sysadmin I course given by IBM training. It's not cheap, but they really do a good job of drilling you on the basics.
Hope this helps!
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