• Find the patches on Metalink under the tab "Patches & Updates"

I find it easier to click the “Recommended Patch Advisor” tab and fill in the 3 fields. This will then find all relevant patches.<br /> <br />

• After choosing the correct product, release and platform, click on the desired patch.
• Click on and read the README to understand if there are any special circumstances.
• Click on Download to download the patch.
• Copy the zip file to a place accessible to the server to be patched. Could be directly to the server, an NFS mount etc.
• If the patch is for a Grid Infrastructure ORACLE_HOME as well as a database ORACLE_HOME, the patch commands must be run as root.<br />

If only a database ORACLE_HOME is patched, it will be run as the software owner (eg. oracle).<br />

*how to use opatch auto When applying the 180718 PSU to both Grid and database infrastructure, the patch application log (<tt>/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.4/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch_history.txt</tt>) showed up the following commands:

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Shows the steps involved in patching Grid and database ORACLE_HOMEs in auto mode.

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As Oracle software owner:<br />

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Get the patch zip file and unzip it to the OPatch directory

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Test the patch installation

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Install the patch for real

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