Installing a Patch with Minimum Down Time with OPatch In minimum down-time patching, the nodes are divided into two sets. One set of nodes is shut down and the patch is applied to those nodes. After the first set of nodes has been patched, the second set of nodes is shut down. The first set of nodes is then restarted and the patch is applied to the second set of nodes. After the patch has been applied to the second set of nodes, those nodes are restarted. This method leads to less down time for Oracle RAC, compared to having all the nodes shut down at the same time. When you use the minimum down-time patching method, the following actions occur:The local node is always patched first. The local node is used as a base to patch the other nodes. The user is prompted for the first set of nodes to patch. For each node in this first set, the user is asked to stop the instance and then the patch is propagated and applied to that node before continuing to the next node. When the first set of nodes has been patched, the user is asked to shut down Clusterware on the remaining nodes. The instances are stopped on the last set of remote nodes. The patch is propagated to the last set of nodes and the inventory is updated. You can then start up the patched nodes (the first set of nodes) before patching the remaining nodes. D60488GC11 Oracle 11g: RAC and Grid Infrastructure Administration Accelerated 4 – 44
Installing a Patch with Minimum Down Time with OPatch
In minimum down-time patching, the nodes are divided into two sets. One set of nodes is shut down and the patch is applied to those nodes. After the first set of nodes has been patched, the second set of nodes is shut down. The first set of nodes is then restarted and the patch is applied to the second set of nodes. After the patch has been applied to the second set of nodes, those nodes are restarted. This method leads to less down time for Oracle RAC, compared to having all the nodes shut down at the same time. When you use the minimum down-time patching method, the following actions occur:
The local node is always patched first.
The local node is used as a base to patch the other nodes.
The user is prompted for the first set of nodes to patch.
For each node in this first set, the user is asked to stop the instance and then the patch is propagated and applied to that node before continuing to the next node.
When the first set of nodes has been patched, the user is asked to shut down Clusterware on the remaining nodes.
The instances are stopped on the last set of remote nodes.
The patch is propagated to the last set of nodes and the inventory is updated.
You can then start up the patched nodes (the first set of nodes) before patching the remaining nodes.
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