Object Data Manager

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 systems. Data being managed by ODM is stored and maintained as objects with associated attributes. Interaction of C programming language applications with ODM is performed via application programming interface (API) library; shell scripts and users are provided with command-line utilities such us odmshow, odmadd, odmchange and odmdelete to deal with it.

Example of information stored in the ODM database are:

• Network configuration
• Logical volume management configuration
• Installed software information
• Logical devices or software drivers
• 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
• SMIT

External links

• ODM programming documentation at IBM
• Object Data Manager (ODM) in AIX 6.1