What Happens in ADOP apply Phase

Apply Phase is executed in PATCH Filesystem
During Apply phase of an ADOP cycle, adop execute patch drivers to update Patch Edition
We can have multiple apply phases in an adop cycle, Multiple patches including customizations can be installed in this phase.

The production application is online and accessible to users. RUN filesystem is not affected by the changes.
Patches are applied to the copy (Patch Edition)
 Changes are made in the isolation of an Edition 
The running application is unaffected by these changes


workers 
specifies number of parallel workers, automatically calculated if not specified  
abandon 
abandons a patching session (if set to "yes") and must have an opposite specification to that of parameter "restart".
restart
 restarts a patching session (if set to "yes") and must have an opposite specification to that of parameter "abandon".

Example: $ adop phase=apply workers=4 abandon=yes restart=no patches=1234567,8909228



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