How to Patch Grid and Oracle Home 12c

To patch a Grid infrastructure including Oracle home, we need to download the correct patch from My Oracle Support (MOS) for your current version of installed Oracle software.

If you'd like to patch only a RAC database, you should refer to: How to Patch a RAC Database, it's different from patching a Grid infra.

Here are the steps:

1. Pre-Installation
2. Installation
3. Post-Installation

A. Pre-Installation

In this case, we use patch 31305174, a Grid Infrastructure Patch Set Update (PSU) 12.1.0.2.200714, which includes Oracle home PSU 31113348, for an example to show you how we patch Grid infrastructure and Oracle home from one node to another by opatchauto.

As for Bundle Patch (BP), which is slightly different from PSU with some additional fixes. The procedure in this post is also apply to BP. However, I found BP has more problems than PSU when patching Oracle grid 12.1, even though you decide to remove MGMT DB before patching it. So I prefer PSU to BP for 12.1.

1. Use Latest OPatch

I have talked about where to download and how to replace OPatch with the latest one for both your Grid home and Oracle home on both RAC nodes. That is, you have to do renaming and replacing OPatch 4 times.

For example, on the node 1.

Grid's OPatch

[root@primary01 ~]# mv /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/OPatch /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/OPatch-12.1.0.1.3
[root@primary01 ~]# unzip -q /home/patches/p6880880_121010_Linux-x86-64.zip -d /u01/app/12.1.0/grid
[root@primary01 ~]# chown -R grid:oinstall /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/OPatch

Oracle's OPatch

[root@primary01 ~]# mv /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1/OPatch /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1/OPatch-12.1.0.1.3
[root@primary01 ~]# unzip -q /home/patches/p6880880_121010_Linux-x86-64.zip -d /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1
[root@primary01 ~]# chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1/OPatch

Then do it again on node 2.

2. Unzip Patch

In this case, I unzip the patch to the destination /home/patches by root. Then, I change owner to grid:oinstall for both grid and oracle to access.

[root@primary01 ~]# unzip -q /home/patches/p31305174_121020_Linux-x86-64.zip -d /home/patches
[root@primary01 ~]# chown -R grid:oinstall /home/patches/31305174

Then do this step on the other nodes, too. Please note that, only root can do the Grid infra PSU for all RAC nodes.

3. Prerequisite Check

We use -analyze to perform a dummy apply to check any conflicts or failed conditions. Please note that, there're more ways to check conflicts between the patch and current configuration of database.

[root@primary01 ~]# export PATH=$PATH:/u01/app/12.1.0/grid/OPatch
[root@primary01 ~]# opatchauto apply /home/patches/31305174 -analyze

OPatchauto session is initiated at Wed Aug 22 14:10:57 2020

System initialization log file is /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchautodb/systemconfig2020-08-22_02-11-02PM.log.

Session log file is /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/opatchauto2020-08-22_02-12-01PM.log
The id for this session is Q8B4

Executing OPatch prereq operations to verify patch applicability on home /u01/app/12.1.0/grid

Executing OPatch prereq operations to verify patch applicability on home /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1
Patch applicability verified successfully on home /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1

Patch applicability verified successfully on home /u01/app/12.1.0/grid


Verifying SQL patch applicability on home /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1
SQL patch applicability verified successfully on home /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1

OPatchAuto successful.

--------------------------------Summary--------------------------------

Analysis for applying patches has completed successfully:

Host:primary01
CRS Home:/u01/app/12.1.0/grid
Version:12.1.0.2.0


==Following patches were SUCCESSFULLY analyzed to be applied:

Patch: /home/patches/31305174/26983807
Log: /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/core/opatch/opatch2020-08-22_14-12-44PM_1.log

Patch: /home/patches/31305174/31097826
Log: /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/core/opatch/opatch2020-08-22_14-12-44PM_1.log

Patch: /home/patches/31305174/31113348
Log: /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/core/opatch/opatch2020-08-22_14-12-44PM_1.log

Patch: /home/patches/31305174/31136382
Log: /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/core/opatch/opatch2020-08-22_14-12-44PM_1.log


Host:primary01
RAC Home:/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1
Version:12.1.0.2.0


==Following patches were SKIPPED:

Patch: /home/patches/31305174/26983807
Reason: This patch is not applicable to this specified target type - "rac_database"

Patch: /home/patches/31305174/31097826
Reason: This patch is not applicable to this specified target type - "rac_database"


==Following patches were SUCCESSFULLY analyzed to be applied:

Patch: /home/patches/31305174/31113348
Log: /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/core/opatch/opatch2020-08-22_14-12-46PM_1.log

Patch: /home/patches/31305174/31136382
Log: /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/core/opatch/opatch2020-08-22_14-12-46PM_1.log



OPatchauto session completed at Wed Aug 22 14:16:08 2020
Time taken to complete the session 5 minutes, 11 seconds

Please note that, if the free disk space is less than 2 times of the total size of uncompressed patch, the apply may fail with:

Reason: Failed during Analysis: CheckSystemSpace Failed, [ Prerequisite Status: FAILED, Prerequisite output:
The details are:
Required amount of space(17822.196MB) is not available.]

4. Backup Oracle Software

In case of any incident during applying patch, we should take a backup on Oracle software as an additional protection to the operating system before applying.

B. Installation

1. Apply Patch by opatchauto

Once we passed the conflict check, we can go to apply the patch.

[root@primary01 ~]# opatchauto apply /home/patches/31305174

OPatchauto session is initiated at Thu Aug 22 14:45:12 2020

System initialization log file is /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchautodb/systemconfig2020-08-22_14-45-17AM.log.

Session log file is /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/opatchauto2020-08-22_14-46-14AM.log
The id for this session is J7GV

Executing OPatch prereq operations to verify patch applicability on home /u01/app/12.1.0/grid

Executing OPatch prereq operations to verify patch applicability on home /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1
Patch applicability verified successfully on home /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1

Patch applicability verified successfully on home /u01/app/12.1.0/grid


Verifying SQL patch applicability on home /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1
SQL patch applicability verified successfully on home /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1


Preparing to bring down database service on home /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1
Successfully prepared home /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1 to bring down database service


Bringing down CRS service on home /u01/app/12.1.0/grid
Prepatch operation log file location: /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/crsconfig/crspatch_primary01_2020-08-22_14-50-39AM.log
CRS service brought down successfully on home /u01/app/12.1.0/grid


Performing prepatch operation on home /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1
Perpatch operation completed successfully on home /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1


Start applying binary patch on home /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1
Binary patch applied successfully on home /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1


Performing postpatch operation on home /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1
Postpatch operation completed successfully on home /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1


Start applying binary patch on home /u01/app/12.1.0/grid
Binary patch applied successfully on home /u01/app/12.1.0/grid


Starting CRS service on home /u01/app/12.1.0/grid
Postpatch operation log file location: /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/crsconfig/crspatch_primary01_2020-08-22_15-12-43AM.log
CRS service started successfully on home /u01/app/12.1.0/grid


Preparing home /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1 after database service restarted
No step execution required.........


Trying to apply SQL patch on home /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1
SQL patch applied successfully on home /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1

OPatchAuto successful.

--------------------------------Summary--------------------------------

Patching is completed successfully. Please find the summary as follows:

Host:primary01
RAC Home:/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1
Version:12.1.0.2.0
Summary:

==Following patches were SKIPPED:

Patch: /home/patches/31305174/26983807
Reason: This patch is not applicable to this specified target type - "rac_database"

Patch: /home/patches/31305174/31097826
Reason: This patch is not applicable to this specified target type - "rac_database"


==Following patches were SUCCESSFULLY applied:

Patch: /home/patches/31305174/31113348
Log: /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/core/opatch/opatch2020-08-22_14-52-21AM_1.log

Patch: /home/patches/31305174/31136382
Log: /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/core/opatch/opatch2020-08-22_14-52-21AM_1.log


Host:primary01
CRS Home:/u01/app/12.1.0/grid
Version:12.1.0.2.0
Summary:

==Following patches were SUCCESSFULLY applied:

Patch: /home/patches/31305174/26983807
Log: /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/core/opatch/opatch2020-08-22_15-00-20AM_1.log

Patch: /home/patches/31305174/31097826
Log: /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/core/opatch/opatch2020-08-22_15-00-20AM_1.log

Patch: /home/patches/31305174/31113348
Log: /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/core/opatch/opatch2020-08-22_15-00-20AM_1.log

Patch: /home/patches/31305174/31136382
Log: /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/core/opatch/opatch2020-08-22_15-00-20AM_1.log



OPatchauto session completed at Thu Aug 22 15:28:26 2020
Time taken to complete the session 43 minutes, 15 seconds

It took 43 mins to complete the applying. The internal steps can be summarized as:

1. Discover all homes in this node.
2. Verify Grid and Oracle homes.
3. Shutdown CRS and DB services.
4. Update Grid home and Oracle home.
5. Start CRS and DB services.
6. Load and apply SQL patch into databases.

Please note that, opatchauto is a very convenient and automatic utility, but it doesn't do it on other nodes. It must be executed on each node in the cluster if the GI home or Oracle RAC database home is in non-shared storage. Most importantly, the utility should NOT be run in parallel on the cluster nodes.

2. Check Oracle Inventory

It's time to list all patches and bug fixed. First, we lookup Oracle inventory.

[root@primary01 ~]# su - oracle
[oracle@primary01 ~]$ opatch lsinventory
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 12.2.0.1.21
Copyright (c) 2020, Oracle Corporation.  All rights reserved.


Oracle Home       : /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1
Central Inventory : /u01/app/oraInventory
   from           : /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1/oraInst.loc
OPatch version    : 12.2.0.1.21
OUI version       : 12.1.0.2.0
Log file location : /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2020-08-22_15-09-20PM_1.log

Lsinventory Output file location : /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/lsinv/lsinventory2020-08-22_15-09-20PM.txt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Local Machine Information::
Hostname: primary01
ARU platform id: 226
ARU platform description:: Linux x86-64

Installed Top-level Products (1):

Oracle Database 12c                                                  12.1.0.2.0
There are 1 products installed in this Oracle Home.


Interim patches (2) :

Patch  31136382     : applied on Thu Aug 22 15:00:09 CST 2020
Unique Patch ID:  23583764
Patch description:  "OCW PATCH SET UPDATE 12.1.0.2.200714 (31136382)"
   Created on 28 May 2020, 06:44:21 hrs PST8PDT
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     25785073, 19804032

Patch  31113348     : applied on Thu Aug 22 14:58:43 CST 2020
Unique Patch ID:  23682224
Patch description:  "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.200714 (31113348)"
   Created on 7 Jul 2020, 20:50:51 hrs PST8PDT
Sub-patch  30700212; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.200414 (30700212)"
Sub-patch  30340202; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.200114 (30340202)"
Sub-patch  29918340; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.191015 (29918340)"
Sub-patch  29494060; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.190716 (29494060)"
Sub-patch  29141015; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.190416 (29141015)"
Sub-patch  28729169; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.190115 (28729169)"
Sub-patch  28259833; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.181016 (28259833)"
Sub-patch  27547329; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.180717 (27547329)"
Sub-patch  27338041; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.180417 (27338041)"
Sub-patch  26925311; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.180116 (26925311)"
Sub-patch  26713565; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.171017 (26713565)"
Sub-patch  26609783; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.170814 (26609783)"
Sub-patch  25755742; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.170718 (25755742)"
Sub-patch  25171037; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.170418 (25171037)"
Sub-patch  24732082; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.170117 (24732082)"
Sub-patch  24006101; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.161018 (24006101)"
Sub-patch  23054246; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.160719 (23054246)"
Sub-patch  22291127; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.160419 (22291127)"
Sub-patch  21948354; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.160119 (21948354)"
Sub-patch  21359755; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.5 (21359755)"
Sub-patch  20831110; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.4 (20831110)"
Sub-patch  20299023; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.3 (20299023)"
Sub-patch  19769480; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.2 (19769480)"
   Bugs fixed:
     19309466, 19902195, 18250893, 25437699, 19383839, 19781326, 16756406
     18456643, 26546664, 22364044, 29483723, 18913440, 18845653, 28774416
     19915271, 30816938, 20172151, 18417036, 19516448, 24907917, 23713236
     24796092, 23140259, 21856522, 23028781, 29434301, 19243521, 19658708
     18272672, 21153266, 28250929, 19174430, 18900107, 22243719, 19548064
     19068380, 26556014, 20493163, 20688221, 22346829, 21387964, 13542050
     25377044, 22072818, 22250006, 22734547, 24307571, 22243983, 21623164
     30758943, 21534893, 19012119, 19932634, 19869255, 22232606, 18681056
     23324000, 25427662, 22068305, 24589081, 19439759, 19303936, 18856106
     22916353, 24835538, 22353346, 19790243, 21106027, 20023340, 26444887
     23088803, 22529728, 26256131, 18492302, 19134173, 24303148, 21101873
     20447445, 27122162, 21188584, 19390567, 26513709, 25780343, 19769480
     21097043, 27217412, 21225209, 26245237, 20677396, 19284031, 19450314
     23514911, 19016730, 27303938, 22205263, 22517782, 20919320, 22075064
     29621961, 22551446, 29250317, 22721409, 27611612, 18440095, 22496904
     16439813, 18354830, 20596234, 22022760, 20936905, 22268833, 23197103
     23746128, 22515353, 27897759, 21514877, 19809171, 21186167, 26111842
     18990023, 13787015, 25405687, 22492533, 27207634, 22233505, 20173897
     24624166, 17210525, 29707896, 21260431, 25579761, 20181030, 25056052
     19370504, 21868720, 24423416, 23068169, 19124589, 22690648, 21383171
     19402853, 19888853, 25107334, 24341675, 17722075, 20882568, 25653109
     23026585, 18604692, 20717081, 25546608, 20768076, 27370965, 19081128
     22173980, 25722055, 23514710, 29483771, 19178851, 20951038, 22168163
     25161298, 20569094, 24308635, 28302049, 19791377, 19050649, 20920911
     29962939, 30365745, 22475617, 19189525, 19060015, 19469538, 27052607
     30225443, 29633753, 20598042, 22458049, 18988834, 21159665, 23302839
     25307368, 25699321, 21924131, 21837606, 17409174, 20588486, 22729345
     22842151, 25051465, 19238590, 16941434, 20387265, 29378913, 24397438
     20673810, 23108128, 20356733, 28215510, 22380919, 18436647, 21764119
     23065323, 20825533, 19124336, 22294260, 20839705, 24790914, 20284155
     23571055, 6194865, 25539063, 17365043, 25914276, 20952966, 22961508
     19176223, 21300341, 23237313, 18288842, 27223075, 22353199, 20011515
     22083366, 28305362, 27634991, 25670786, 21419850, 26898563, 22495673
     27986817, 19577410, 26248143, 23294548, 25328093, 23101501, 24737064
     19931709, 25423453, 25547060, 28507324, 23533807, 27726780, 24600330
     20635353, 28384353, 25600421, 18122373, 20043616, 20929771, 23124895
     18856999, 27424405, 21450666, 24752618, 18893947, 31031715, 26633558
     20076781, 20926021, 26029780, 21196809, 21354456, 22533631, 23725036
     20464614, 19562381, 27375542, 24808595, 19189317, 25669791, 18307021
     21917884, 19708632, 28423598, 27213224, 25633101, 29006527, 20711718
     18973548, 25982666, 25472885, 19718981, 20684983, 23567857, 22826718
     25655390, 21773465, 20250147, 20144019, 19197175, 26263721, 19597439
     28867992, 21387128, 28797711, 22007324, 18818069, 21566639, 19180770
     19879746, 29869906, 21785691, 20539050, 20424183, 24285405, 21425496
     26544823, 19957298, 20322560, 29962927, 22228324, 23172924, 22520320
     28164480, 29817278, 30179644, 27751755, 21575362, 25058080, 22365117
     22645009, 25165496, 27133662, 28950969, 27433385, 18774543, 20124446
     21429602, 29189889, 26153977, 30659882, 19371175, 21863727, 18940497
     19074147, 22923409, 25489342, 21380789, 19154375, 25417056, 19044962
     19532017, 23080557, 19662635, 22374754, 20560611, 25654936, 21492036
     18705806, 28420042, 19578247, 20705577, 22024071, 22238921, 29645349
     22809871, 21184223, 19995869, 23089357, 19404068, 18921743, 19065677
     19018447, 19018206, 18308268, 19777862, 27314697, 29027694, 22223463
     19304354, 23020270, 22519146, 25099339, 22214989, 19445860, 26654363
     27199245, 22977256, 20890311, 30200680, 27445727, 28281094, 21142837
     20869721, 22258530, 24555417, 22179537, 21756699, 18801391, 18648816
     20217801, 18819908, 19550902, 22760595, 25483815, 19543384, 23628685
     25482971, 30252098, 23007241, 19593445, 21080143, 27351628, 20582405
     24966594, 20031873, 20374572, 29828111, 25489367, 18618122, 24737581
     21698350, 26513067, 22501616, 26784509, 28043157, 19306797, 24739928
     18966843, 19077215, 20704450, 19068970, 20543011, 19023822, 24713381
     23168363, 22836801, 20432873, 21756677, 20328248, 18674047, 18849537
     20087383, 25459958, 20315311, 29163567, 22897344, 27534509, 26768025
     20686773, 25178179, 19308965, 18948177, 20764012, 27623159, 19468991
     20868862, 21780146, 23315153, 20466628, 21756661, 20397490, 19706965
     20302006, 24831514, 23240358, 22178855, 19032777, 20862087, 19329654
     18974476, 20603378, 21275255, 20859910, 29500963, 19307662, 26203182
     21847223, 20281121, 28079127, 22568797, 19075256, 19076343, 28026866
     29511611, 18866977, 22808310, 25635149, 20844426, 20904530, 20441797
     20175161, 20296619, 19831647, 18548246, 30497057, 21442094, 25079710
     24674955, 18840932, 27404573, 18740837, 20294666, 21037923, 25602488
     21517440, 22062517, 19180394, 27337759, 19174942, 30116203, 27092508
     20671094, 21889720, 29637560, 19347458, 19450116, 18411216, 20117253
     24386767, 24737954, 20641666, 19931367, 25264559, 19930276, 22092979
     25616268, 21625179, 20879709, 23003979, 20165574, 28578164, 19272708
     19547370, 22624709, 23084507, 23184263, 20228093, 21281532, 25093872
     25060506, 19805359, 26324206, 19461270, 18700762, 19434529, 18799063
     20354900, 29388020, 20378086, 17008068, 21246723, 20831538, 20424899
     20361671, 18674024, 19689979, 29343156, 24411921, 19873610, 16619249
     20562898, 21641414, 21091431, 19440586, 20001168, 22757364, 22175564
     22499356, 20725343, 21241052, 19561643, 31001455, 21270823, 28199085
     20736227, 19399918, 19195895, 20830459, 20017509, 18475439, 30499600
     25790353, 21828126, 21665897, 25555252, 20746251, 19315668, 22568177
     25764020, 25612095, 25357142, 23096938, 19067244, 19943771, 18043064
     19941352, 21329301, 18885870, 26243698, 26187943, 20324049, 30164714
     19536415, 30305880, 23709062, 28174827, 20446883, 27314206, 21299490
     25313154, 18628388, 21744290, 18254023, 27072923, 25047724, 20591183
     27847259, 20459944, 19185876, 18548433, 27207110, 22465352, 24385625
     24920582, 24326444, 20402832, 19627012, 22733141, 29200700, 20468401
     27441326, 27620950, 16863642, 19639483, 19315691, 27567477, 21479753
     19174521, 23177923, 20401975, 18306996, 18851894, 21424824, 27034890
     20581111, 20318889, 20936731, 21060755, 25240188, 26828994, 27629756
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     27548131, 21977392, 28612674, 24461826, 19676012, 20588502, 23315889
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     20898997, 18510194, 21293600, 24766121, 30218044, 21842740, 22454326
     24683149, 19534363, 28566241, 25489607, 23061702



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OPatch succeeded.

As we can see PSU did fix hundreds of bug in the database system.

C. Post-Installation

As for post-installation, we used to load modified SQL into databases by datapatch for 12c or later. With opatchauto, we don't have to do it because it has already taken care of it.

1. Check SQL Patch

Therefore, we can only check the result of SQL patch in database.

SQL> column description format a45;
SQL> select patch_id, status, description from dba_registry_sqlpatch;

  PATCH_ID STATUS          DESCRIPTION
---------- --------------- ---------------------------------------------
  31113348 SUCCESS         DATABASE PATCH SET UPDATE 12.1.0.2.200714

By the way, the Grid infrastructure PSU includes Oracle home PSU at the same patch level. That's why you see p31113348 in the result. In other words, you don't have to patch Oracle home at a later time.

2. Recompiling All Invalid Objects

However convenient opatchauto is, we should recompile all invalid objects to make sure the final scope of impact to the database.

SQL> @?/rdbms/admin/utlrp.sql

Since OPatch evolves as time goes by, the procedure to apply patch may vary from one to another, so you should read the README document of the patch carefully before doing it.

Next, you should do the above procedure all over again on other nodes.