'''Object Data Manager''' (ODM) is a [[database]] of system and device configuration information integrated into [[IBM]]'s [[AIX operating system]]. The ODM is unique to AIX compared to other [[UNIX]] [[operating system]]s. Information being managed by ODM is stored and maintained as objects with associated attributes. Interaction of C applications with ODM is performed via [[API]] library; shell scripts and users are provided with command-line utilities such us odmshow, odmadd, odmchange and odmdelete to deal with it.
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Example of information stored in the ODM database are:
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* [[Computer network|Network]] configuration
* [[Logical volume management]] configuration
* Installed [[software]] information
* Devices that AIX has drivers for
* Logical devices or [[software driver]]s
* Physical hardware device installed
* Menus, screens and commands that [[SMIT]] uses
==See also==
*[[Vital Product Data]] (VPD)
*[[Windows Registry]]
==External links==
* [http://publib16.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixprggd/genprogc/odm.htm ODM programming documentation at IBM]
