11.10.2 Out-of-Place Grid Infrastructure Management Repository Patching

Use this procedure on each cluster node to perform out-of-place patching of Grid Infrastructure Management Repository (GIMR).

1. Download patches that you want to apply from My Oracle Support:
   https://support.oracle.com

   Select the Patches and Updates tab to locate the patch.

   Oracle recommends that you select Recommended Patch Advisor, and enter the product group, release, and platform for your software. My Oracle Support provides you with a list of the most recent Release Updates (RUs) and Release Update Revisions (RURs).

   Place the patches in an accessible directory, such as \tmp.

2. Review the patch documentation for the patch you want to apply, and complete all required steps.
3. Change directory to the \OPatch directory in the target GIMR home. For example:

   C:\> cd GIMR_home\OPatch

4. Run the opatch apply command on each cluster node in the target GIMR home. For example:

   C:\> .\opatch apply patch_directory_location\patch_ID -sourceHome source_GIMR_home

   Where, source_GIMR_home is the Oracle home location.

   Note:

   Do not use slash (\) at the end of the source GIMR home path.
5. Run the following command on the last node in the target GIMR home:

   C:\> mgmtca applyDatapatch -postPatchApply -id patchIDList -sourceHome source_GIMR_home

   Where, patchIDList is the list of GIMR patch IDs that you want to apply and source_GIMR_home is the Oracle home location.
   The -id flag is optional.