Editing IBM AIX (section)

==Database==
'''Object Data Manager''' ('''ODM''') is a database of system information integrated into AIX,<ref name=":1">{{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|access-date=June 18, 2016|archive-date=June 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613035746/http://sysadminexperts.com/basic-aix-course/aix-technical-topic/object-data-manager-odm/|url-status=dead}}</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=ibm.com|publisher=IBM|access-date=June 18, 2016|archive-date=August 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810215310/https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_aix_71/com.ibm.aix.genprogc/odm.htm|url-status=live}}</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 |chapter-url=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 |access-date=June 7, 2017 |archive-date=February 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227081710/https://books.google.com/books?id=0SIdBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA432 |url-status=live }}</ref> A good understanding of the ODM is essential for managing AIX systems.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Michael|first1=Randal|title=AIX 5L Administration|date=August 2, 2002|publisher=Mcgraw-hill|isbn=9780072222555|page=150|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NS_2z4e67sQC&q=%22object+data+manager%22|language=en|access-date=November 12, 2020|archive-date=January 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123044509/https://books.google.com/books?id=NS_2z4e67sQC&q=%22object+data+manager%22|url-status=live}}</ref>

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=globalknowledge.com|publisher=Global Knowledge|access-date=June 18, 2016|archive-date=August 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807075832/https://www.globalknowledge.com/us-en/resources/resource-library/white-papers/understanding-the-aix-object-data-manager/|url-status=live}}</ref> Interaction with ODM is possible via [[application programming interface]] (API) [[Library (computing)|library]] for programs, and [[command-line utilities]] such as ''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|date=August 23, 2002|publisher="O'Reilly Media, Inc."|isbn=9780596550493|page=67|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uRW8V9QOL7YC&q=%22object+data+manager%22+AIX&pg=PT91|language=en|access-date=November 12, 2020|archive-date=January 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123044336/https://books.google.com/books?id=uRW8V9QOL7YC&q=%22object+data+manager%22+AIX&pg=PT91|url-status=live}}</ref> ODM is stored on disk using [[Berkeley DB]] files.<ref name="Hein 2010 p.">{{cite book | last=Hein | first=Trent | title=Unix and Linux System Administration Handbook, Fourth Edition | publisher=Pearson | publication-place=S.l | year=2010 | isbn=978-0-13-211736-4 | oclc=1192343222 | page=}}</ref>

Example of information stored in the ODM database are:
*[[Computer network|Network]] configuration<ref name=":1" />
*[[Logical volume management]] configuration{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
*Installed software information<ref name=":1" />
*Information for logical devices or [[software driver]]s{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
*List of all AIX supported devices{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
*Physical hardware devices installed and their configuration{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
*Menus, screens and commands that SMIT uses<ref name=":1" />