Topic: odm

• The Object Data Manager: why AIX device and system configuration isn't in a file

  AIX stores device definitions, SRC subsystem entries and many system attributes as objects in the Object Data Manager (ODM) database under /etc/objrepos and /usr/lib/objrepos, not in editable text files. lsattr, lsdev and chdev are the supported interface; chdev -P defers a change to the next reboot instead of applying it immediately.

  article · en · reviewed · knowledge as of 2026-09-24

Machine-readable: JSON