10 Patching Oracle Grid Infrastructure

You can download and install Oracle Grid Infrastructure patches either as a complete gold image with pre-applied RUs or as individual software patches from My Oracle Support.

• About Individual Oracle Grid Infrastructure Patches
  Download Oracle ASM individual (one-off) patch and apply it to Oracle Grid Infrastructure using the setup.exe -applyOneOffs command.
• About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software Patch Levels
  Review this topic to understand how to apply patches for Oracle ASM and Oracle Clusterware.
• About Zero-Downtime Oracle Grid Infrastructure Patching
  Use the zero-downtime Oracle Grid Infrastructure patching method to keep your Oracle RAC database instances running and client connections active during patching.
• Applying Patches to Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  Review these scenarios for applying patches to Oracle Grid Infrastructure in different stages of installation or upgrade.
• Patching and Switching Oracle Grid Infrastructure Homes
  Use the switchGridHome command to switch from the current Oracle Grid Infrastructure home to the patched Oracle Grid Infrastructure home.
• Patching Oracle Grid Infrastructure Using Oracle FPP Local Mode
  Use this procedure to patch Oracle Grid Infrastructure using Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning (Oracle FPP) Local Mode.
• Using Oracle Update Advisor in Oracle FPP Local Mode
  Understand how to use the Oracle Update Advisor in Oracle FPP Local Mode to evaluate the current Oracle home and download the patched gold image.
• Changing the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Base Path
  After installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a cluster (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle ASM configured for a cluster), you can change the Grid base path, if required.