Three questions on patching using opatch

Version: 10gR2, 11g
OS : AIX 6.1
1. In a Non-RAC environment,when using the opatch utility, Should i shutdown the instance running from the ORACLE_HOME which is being patched?
2. We have an 11g oracle instance running for a test OLTP environment. The datawarehousing guys wanted an 11g instance in this machine. So i used DBCA to create another database from the same ORACLE_HOME of the OLTP database. The inti.ora parameters for DSS and OLTP were different , this is why i had to create a separate instance. So, when i use the opatch to apply a patch, the changes will be reflected on both our DSS and OLTP databases. Right?
3.
On Re: Opatch vs upgradation patch set
Rober geir says
For rollups opatch is used (e.g 10.2.0.4.0 to 10.2.0.4.1)
For upgrades (e.g 10.1 to 10.2) then OUI is used (not opatch)
What does the term rollup mean?

1. Yes, you should shutdown instances running on that home. The readme.txt should confirm this, and when you run opatch it will ask if you have shutdown.
2. opatch only patches the ORACLE_HOME, which is used by both databases. Check the patch readme.txt if there are any database steps (which will need to be run on both databases)
3. small bugs are fixed by small patches. To avoid having to apply many small patches Oracle groups them into larger patches which include multiple small patches. Often you will need to use the "napply" parameter for opatch when you apply these patches.
Always read the patch documentation before you apply it to be sure you understand what it does.
Always run the patch on a test environment before you run on PROD.

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