Glossary
OBJECTS.DATA
The WMI repository file that holds every class definition and instance in 8 KiB pages, including event filters, consumers and bindings.
OBJECTS.DATA is the main file of the CIM repository. It stores records — class definitions and instances — in 8 KiB pages, each page opening with a small table of contents. Event filters, consumers and bindings are ordinary instances in it.
Freed pages and page slack keep old records until reused, so deleted subscriptions can often be carved. Instance records start with the SHA-256 of their class name, which makes them easy to find. See recovering deleted WMI persistence.