'''Object Data Manager''' (ODM) is a [[database management system]] and device configuration integrated into [[IBM]]'s [[AIX operating system]]. The ODM is unique to AIX compared to other [[UNIX]] [[operating system]]s. Data being managed by ODM is stored and maintained as [[Object (computer science)|objects]] with associated [[Attribute (computing)|attributes]]. Interaction of [[C_(programming_language)|C programming language]] applications with ODM is performed via [[application programming interface]] (API) [[Library (computing)|library]]; [[shell script]]s 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
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* [[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]]
*[[IBM AIX SMIT|SMIT]]
==External links==
* [http://publib16.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixprggd/genprogc/odm.htm ODM programming documentation at IBM]
