AIX for BSD System Managers Overview

This information is for system administrators who are familiar with 4.3 BSD UNIX or System V operating systems. This information explains the differences and the similarities between those systems and AIX.

The following articles describe general information for 4.3 BSD administrators:

• Introduction to AIX for BSD System Managers
• Major Differences Between 4.3 BSD Systems and AIX

The following articles describes in detail specific system administration topics:

• Accounting
• Backup
• Boot and Startup
• Commands for AIX System Administration
• Cron
• Devices
• File Comparison Table for 4.3 BSD, SVR4, and AIX
• File Systems
• Finding and Examining Files
• Paging Space
• Networking
• Online Documentation and man Command
• NFS and NIS (formerly Yellow Pages)
• Passwords
• Performance Measurement and Tuning
• Printers
• Terminals
• UUCP