I dont understand very well the question, do you mean apply an one-off as hot patch online? Thanks -- LSC On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 10:53 AM, hrishy <hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > > I have a question on rolling upgrades of 2 node RAC databases. > > I understand while performing a rolling upgrade i need to stage the patch > to a directory and just launch Opatch from that directory and Opatch would > roll over the patch to the remote node and apply it there . > > My question is what happens to the existing and new user connections as the > database is not stopped what happens when the patch is being applied to node > 1 > > a)Users are already connectted to node 1 > b) new users connection who are attempting to connect to node 1 > > > regards > Hrishy > >