1. At the new machine install AIX.
2. At the old machine backup the following directory· /etc/passwd
· /etc/group
· /etc/qconfig
· /var/spool/lpd
· /home
· /etc/hosts
· /var/spool/qconfig
· /etc/security
By using this command
tar -cvf /xxx.tar /etc.passwd /etc/group /etc/qconfig /var/spool/lpd /home /etc/hosts /var/spool/qconfig /etc/security
3. Transfer the xxx.tar to the new machine
4. install xxx.tar using this command
tar -xvf xxx.tar
5. Reboot.