Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for a management application accessing a database of interest, including the management application creating an object for indicating a unique identifier for a data item using a SET command; an agent storing the unique identifier in the restricted intermediate database; the management application creating an object for indicating a data type for the data item, the creating including use of a SET command; the agent storing the data type in the restricted intermediate database; the management application creating an object for indicating an action to be performed on the data item with respect to the database of interest, the creating including use of a SET command; the agent issuing an action command to perform the action; and the agent receiving a response and sending it to the management application.