If you are familiar with Linux and Solaris where the logs are typically in /var/log/messages and /var/adm/messages, looking for the logs on an AIX system might be frustrating at first. The usual file locations are empty or non existent. By default the logs are actually in
/var/adm/ras
You can change that behavior by configuring syslog.conf.
There is also a system tools to view specific logs:
alog -o -t <log>
For example to view all the logs available, you can use:
alog -L
Then you can request the boot logs for example with:
alog -o -t boot
