Top equivalent for AIX – Topas, Only Better… That’s what I searched when I got a ticket from one of the AIX boxes here complaining about CPU being 99% used up.
Of course, you can use vmstat with interval, but for those sysadmin folks who are use to using Top, its still more comfortable using (and seeing) the top output.
Topas is the equivalent of Top for AIX.. it’s better than Top as a matter of fact according to some AIX gurus (and Solaris)
If you persists in using top, You’ll have to build it yourself from the sources at http://www.unixtop.org/ plus probably this fix:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=934590&group_id=72892&atid=536044
Good luck!
Your correct “topas” is an excellent util. But if you want to look at performance then “nmon” it the tool to have. Its now included in AIX 5.3TL09 & 6.1TL02.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nmon