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'''Object Data Manager''' ('''ODM''') is a database of system information integrated into [[IBM]]'s [[AIX operating system]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Object Data Manager (ODM)|url=http://sysadminexperts.com/basic-aix-course/aix-technical-topic/object-data-manager-odm|website=sysadminexperts.com|publisher=SysAdminExperts|accessdate=18 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IBM Knowledge Center: Object data manager|url=https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_aix_71/com.ibm.aix.genprogc/odm.htm|website=www.ibm.com|publisher=IBM|accessdate=18 June 2016}}</ref> analogous to the [[Windows registry|registry]] in [[Microsoft Windows]].<ref name="Nemeth2011">{{cite book |last=Nemeth |first=Evi |title=UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook |chapterurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=0SIdBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA432 |date=2011 |publisher=Prentice Hall |isbn=978-0-13-148005-6 |pages=432–437 |chapter=Chapter 13. Drivers and the Kernel}}</ref> A good understanding of the ODM is essential for managing AIX systems.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Michael|first1=Randal|title=AIX 5L Administration|publisher=Mcgraw-hill|isbn=9780072222555|page=150|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NS_2z4e67sQC&dq=%22object+data+manager%22+AIX&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22object+data+manager%22|language=en}}</ref>

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Data managed in ODM is stored and maintained as [[Object (computer science)|objects]] with associated [[Attribute (computing)|attributes]].<ref name="globalknowledge">{{cite web|title=IBM Training White Paper: Understanding the AIX Object Data Manager|url=https://www.globalknowledge.com/us-en/resources/resource-library/white-papers/understanding-the-aix-object-data-manager/|website=www.globalknowledge.com|publisher=Global Knowledge|accessdate=18 June 2016}}</ref> Interaction with ODM is possible via [[application programming interface]] (API) [[Library (computing)|library]] for programs, and [[command-line]] utilities such us ''odmshow'', ''odmget'', ''odmadd'', ''odmchange'' and ''odmdelete'' for [[shell script]]s and users. [[System Management Interface Tool|SMIT]] and its associated AIX commands can also be used to query and modify information in the ODM.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Frisch|first1=Æleen|title=Essential System Administration: Tools and Techniques for Linux and Unix Administration|publisher="O'Reilly Media, Inc."|isbn=9780596550493|page=67|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uRW8V9QOL7YC&pg=PT91&dq=%22object+data+manager%22+AIX&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHnM3M2bDNAhUW2GMKHbMFBiwQ6AEINzAC#v=onepage&q=%22object%20data%20manager%22%20AIX&f=false|language=en}}</ref>

Example of information stored in the ODM database are:

*[[Computer network|Network]] configuration

*[[Logical volume management]] configuration

*Installed [[software]] information

*Information for logical devices or [[software driver]]s

*List of all AIX supported devices

*Physical hardware devices installed and their configuration

*Menus, screens and commands that SMIT uses

==See also==

*[[Vital Product Data]] (VPD)

*[[Windows Registry]]

== References ==

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==External links==

*[http://publib16.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixprggd/genprogc/odm.htm ODM programming documentation at IBM]

*[http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/aix/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.aix.genprogc%2Fdoc%2Fgenprogc%2Fodm.htm Object Data Manager (ODM) in AIX 6.1]

[[Category:Object-oriented database management systems]]

[[Category:IBM software]]