This patch could be applied to the boxes in a cascaded fashion and the different instances they could be running with different versions of the code (the patch causes the code diff) and this is specific for certain patches which can be applied and would not affect the SGA structures and heaps.

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Patch created on 18 Apr 2008, 02:57:01 hrs PST8PDT Need to shutdown Oracle instances: true Patch is roll-backable: true Patch is a "Patchset Update": false Patch is a rolling patch: true Patch has sql related actions: false Patch is an online patch: false Patch is a portal patch: false Patch is an "auto-enabled" patch: false

[oracle@gr7251 9004119]$ /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/OPatch/opatch apply Invoking OPatch 11.1.0.6.6   Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 11.1.0.6.6 Copyright (c) 2009, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.   Oracle Home : /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1 Central Inventory : /u01/app/oraInventory from : /etc/oraInst.loc OPatch version : 11.1.0.6.6 OUI version : 11.2.0.1.0 OUI location : /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/oui Log file location : /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2010-02-04_10-22-44AM.log   Patch history file: /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch_history.txt   ApplySession applying interim patch '9004119' to OH '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1'   Running prerequisite checks...   OPatch detected the node list and the local node from the inventory. OPatch will patch the local system then propagate the patch to the remote nodes.     This node is part of an Oracle Real Application Cluster. Remote nodes: 'gr7265' 'gr7286' Local node: 'gr7251' Please shutdown Oracle instances running out of this ORACLE_HOME on the local system. (Oracle Home = '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1')   Is the local system ready for patching? [y n] y User Responded with: Y Backing up files and inventory (not for auto-rollback) for the Oracle Home Backing up files affected by the patch '9004119' for restore. This might take a while... Backing up files affected by the patch '9004119' for rollback. This might take a while...   Patching component oracle.rdbms, 11.2.0.1.0... Copying file to "/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/bin/racone2rac" Copying file to "/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/bin/Omotion" Copying file to "/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/bin/raconefix" Copying file to "/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/bin/raconeinit" Copying file to "/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/bin/raconestatus" ApplySession adding interim patch '9004119' to inventory   Verifying the update... Inventory check OK: Patch ID 9004119 is registered in Oracle Home inventory with proper meta-data. Files check OK: Files from Patch ID 9004119 are present in Oracle Home.   The local system has been patched. You can restart Oracle instances on it.     Patching in rolling mode.   Remaining nodes to be patched: 'gr7265' 'gr7286' What is the next node to be patched? gr7265 You have selected 'gr7265' from 'gr7265' 'gr7286'   The node 'gr7265' will be patched next.   Please shutdown Oracle instances running out of this ORACLE_HOME on 'gr7265'. (Oracle Home = '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1')   Is the node ready for patching? [y n] y User Responded with: Y Updating nodes 'gr7265' Apply-related files are: FP = "/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/.patch_storage/9004119_Oct_22_2009_12_29_39/rac/copy_files.txt" DP = "/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/.patch_storage/9004119_Oct_22_2009_12_29_39/rac/copy_dirs.txt" MP = "/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/.patch_storage/9004119_Oct_22_2009_12_29_39/rac/make_cmds.txt" RC = "/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/.patch_storage/9004119_Oct_22_2009_12_29_39/rac/remote_cmds.txt"   Instantiating the file "/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/.patch_storage/9004119_Oct_22_2009_12_29_39/rac/copy_files.txt.instantiated" by replacing $ORACLE_HOME in "/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/.patch_storage/9004119_Oct_22_2009_12_29_39/rac/copy_files.txt" with actual path. Propagating files to remote nodes... Instantiating the file "/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/.patch_storage/9004119_Oct_22_2009_12_29_39/rac/copy_dirs.txt.instantiated" by replacing $ORACLE_HOME in "/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/.patch_storage/9004119_Oct_22_2009_12_29_39/rac/copy_dirs.txt" with actual path. Propagating directories to remote nodes...   The node 'gr7265' has been patched. You can restart Oracle instances on it.     The node 'gr7286' will be patched next.     Please shutdown Oracle instances running out of this ORACLE_HOME on 'gr7286'. (Oracle Home = '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1')   Is the node ready for patching? [y n] y User Responded with: Y Updating nodes 'gr7286' Apply-related files are: FP = "/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/.patch_storage/9004119_Oct_22_2009_12_29_39/rac/copy_files.txt" DP = "/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/.patch_storage/9004119_Oct_22_2009_12_29_39/rac/copy_dirs.txt" MP = "/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/.patch_storage/9004119_Oct_22_2009_12_29_39/rac/make_cmds.txt" RC = "/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/.patch_storage/9004119_Oct_22_2009_12_29_39/rac/remote_cmds.txt"   Propagating files to remote nodes... Propagating directories to remote nodes...   The node 'gr7286' has been patched. You can restart Oracle instances on it.     OPatch succeeded.