Opatch apply

Hi Gurus

I need to apply some oracle security patches, using Opatch tool.

Should i need to shutdown the instance, while apply the patch using Opatch tool?

Thanks and regards
Anandharaj

a dull blade is preferable or perhaps a million paper cuts may dull the pain, read the directions dude and make sure you don't do this first time in production and oh yeah ...got PERL? you're gonna need that

Thanks for your reply.
Yes. I am going to apply in Test Box first.

can you pls tell me that the database should be down, while apply the patch using Opatch.

Appreciate, if you could answer stright forward.

Regards
Anandharaj

Each one may be different. The best advise is to:

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Originally posted by stmontgo
read the directions dude

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Is there some kind of world uprising against reading documentation or is the population just getting lazier?

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Originally posted by OracleDoc
Is there some kind of world uprising against reading documentation or is the population just getting lazier?

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damnit can't I still maintain my status as a slacker but still read the documentation?