Not understanding ... give us some more details about your environment and what specific levels you are at etc? I run in a non RAC ( you probably don't need RAC ) environment using 11.2.0.3.x and ASM. Separate oracle homes for GI and Oracle. In that kind of environment you have to run opatch auto twice ( using the GI PSU anyhow ) and as root once you point it to the grid home and the other time you point it to the oracle home. Make sure that you have a good test environment in place that matches your other environments and test out the install carefully each time before moving onto other environments. ----- Original Message ---- From: Purav Chovatia <puravc@xxxxxxxxx> To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wed, February 13, 2013 10:43:43 AM Subject: opatch auto Hi, Anybody observed, that "opatch auto" first patches the DB home and then the GI Home. Shouldn't it be the other way round? Thanks -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l