Hi Yes thanks that was my exact question. regards Hrishy --- On Fri, 3/7/09, Harel Safra <harel.safra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Harel Safra <harel.safra@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Rolling upgrades and client connection To: hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Friday, 3 July, 2009, 9:04 AM If I understand you question correctly, these are the steps to follow for a rolling patch install: 1. Stop the instance in node 1 and all other relevant processes (asm if running from the same home, listener, em...) 2. Install the patch with the OPatch option -local 3. Restart services from step 1 3. Repeat for other nodes. All that is under the assumption that the patch can be installed in a rolling fashion. Harel Safra hrishy 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