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'''Object Data Manager''' ('''ODM''') is a [[database management system]] and device configuration 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> Data being managed by 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 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. The ODM is analogous to the [[Windows registry|registry]] in [[Microsoft Windows]].<ref name="Nemeth2011">{{cite book |last1last=Nemeth |first1first=Evi |title=UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook|publisher=Pearson Education|isbn=9780131480056|page=433|urlchapterurl=httpshttp://books.google.com/books?id=0SIdBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA432&dq |date=%22object+data+manager%22+AIX&hl2011 |publisher=en&saPrentice Hall |isbn=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHnM3M2bDNAhUW2GMKHbMFBiwQ6AEIMTAB#v=onepage&q=%22object%20data%20manager%22%20AIX&f=false978-0-13-148005-6 |accessdatepages=18432–437 June 2016|languagechapter=enChapter 13. Drivers and the Kernel}}</ref> [[System Management Interface Tool|SMIT]] and its associated AIX commands can query and modify information from 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> 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>

Example of information stored in the ODM database are:

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*[[Logical volume management]] configuration

*Installed [[software]] information

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

*List of all AIX supported devices

*Physical hardware devices installed and their configuration