For a clone and upgrade scenario, many posts on the board say that if the source environment is 6.5, the destination environment must also initially be 6.5. Examples:
But this emc whitepaper seems to contradict this:
https://middle-east.emc.com/collateral/white-paper/h13028-wp-d65sp2-migration-d7x.pdf
Which is correct?
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"Cloning" is normally used in context of "copying" 6.5 instance from one machine/environment to another (e.g PROD to DEV). Going from 6.5 to 7.x is purely an upgrade procedure. Also, you can upgrade from 6.5 SP3 to 7.x directly and not have to upgrade to 6.7 first.
You will need to "clone" 6.5 SP3 to a different OS/machine before you execute the upgrade steps, since 7.1 requires different OS version then 6.5.
Does this clear up your confusion?
Yep this helps. After re-reading the PDF, it does seem to agree with this. Thanks Johnny!
