Hi Prakhar,
One reason that we don't the system copy and then upgrade it is because one of our systems come from old 701, and the upgrade to 7.1 give us to much problems from the amount of data in old smsy(701) that we don't on flesh installations.
So our current situation is:
- Upgrade and old solman 700 -> 701 -> 7.1 to last SP dragging data inconsistencies.
- Export / import setup and customer data to the new Solution Manager.
I will try to update our progression on that forum.
BR,
Lluis