Like other Oracle products, the binaries of GoldenGate include the OPatch utility. In earlier versions, the GoldenGate home had to be overwritten with the new binaries. For GoldenGate 12c, the OPatch utility checks the prerequisites, applies the patch, updates the Oracle inventory, and relinks binaries (if necessary). It is also possible to list the contents of the inventory to verify patch levels, as shown in the following code. Note that you must set the ORACLE_HOME environment variable so that it points to the GoldenGate home to list the correct OPatch inventory:

[oracle@db12server01 ~]$ cd $OGG_HOME/OPatch/
[oracle@db12server01 OPatch]$ export ORACLE_HOME=$OGG_HOME
[oracle@db12server01 OPatch]$ ./opatch lsinventory
Invoking OPatch 11.2.0.1.7

Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 11.2.0.1.7
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Oracle Home       : /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.2/ogg_src
Central Inventory : /u01/app/oraInventory
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