OCP 1Z0 053 14

14.Which two statements are true regarding hot patching? (Choose two.) 
A. It requires relinking of the Oracle binary. 
B. It does not require database instance shutdown. 
C. It can detect conflicts between two online patches. 
D. It is available for installing all patches on all platforms. 
E. It works only in a single database instance environment. 
Answer: BC 

hot patching就是 Online Patching。

14.2.2 Online Patching

Beginning with Oracle Database 11g there is support for online patching for some qualified interim and diagnostic patches. Online patching provides the ability to patch the processes in an Oracle instance without bringing the instance down. Each process associated with the instance checks for patched code at a safe execution point, and then copies the code into its process space. Thus, the processes being patched may not necessarily pick up the new code at the exact same time.

A key difference between traditional patching and online patching is that traditional patching is implemented at the software level and online patching is implemented at the software or Oracle Database instance level. In other words, instances using anORACLE_HOME that receives a traditional patch always use the patched code whereas instances using an ORACLE_HOME that receives an online patch receive the patched code only if the instance is specified when the patch is applied.