Rolling patch与Minimum downtime以及All-Node Patch解释（mos 244241.1）

                                           Rolling Patch - OPatch Support for RAC (文档 ID 244241.1)

All-Node Patch
. Shutdown all Oracle instances on all nodes
. Apply the patch to the RAC home on all nodes
. Bring all instances up

所有节点都停机。打完所有节点的补丁再开启数据库

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Minimum downtime
. Shutdown the Oracle instance on node 1 
. Apply the patch to the RAC home on node 1 
. Shutdown the Oracle instance on node 2 
. Apply the patch to the RAC home on node 2 
. Shutdown the Oracle instance on node 3 
. At this point, instances on nodes 1 and 2 can be brought up
. Apply the patch to the RAC home on node 3 
. Startup the Oracle instance on node 3

最小停机时间 。关掉一个节点打一个节点，关掉最后一个节点时其他已经打好的节点可以启动

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Rolling patch (no downtime)
. Shutdown the Oracle instance on node 1 
. Apply the patch to the RAC home on node 1 
. Start the Oracle instance on node 1 
. Shutdown the Oracle instance on node 2 
. Apply the patch to the RAC home on node 2 
. Start the Oracle instance on node 2 
. Shutdown the Oracle instance on node 3 
. Apply the patch to the RAC home on node 3 
. Start the Oracle instance on node 3

滚动模式(没有停机时间）关一个打补丁，接着就打开。。。