OraInventories in r12 shared application tier

Hi,
I have some doubts regarding oraInventories in r12.0.4 shared application tier
1)$ORACLE_home/inventory-->is local inventory located in evey oracle home RIGHT.
2)/r12/GOLD/inst/apps/GOLD_fbiprddb/admin/oraInventory-->it is global inventory which lists 10.1.2 and 10.1.3 homes only

Hi,
1)$ORACLE_home/inventory-->is local inventory located in evey oracle home RIGHT?Already answered this above.
2)/r12/GOLD/inst/apps/GOLD_fbiprddb/admin/oraInventory-->it is global inventory which lists 10.1.2 and 10.1.3 homes only and is located on primary application node only.so when i apply patches to these homes using opatch and oui i should apply on primary application node RIGHT?Correct (except for the global inventory which is explained in my previous reply).
3)there is another global inventory on database tier which is primary application node also path-->/r12/GOLD/db/tech_st/10.2.0/admin/oui/GOLD_fbiprddb/oraInventory which lists only RDBMS_ORACLE_HOME.So when apllying patch to RDBMS i should show this path of oraInventory RIGHT?I believe there is only one global oraInventory directory, which can be found in oraInst.loc file. For other directories, those are local inventories.
Regards,
Hussein

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