Scenario:
Original machine with WS 2008 and SQL 2012 => Cloned Cloned Patched => WS 2012R2 and SQL 2014
is it possible to run the WS 2008 and SQL 2012 for some time and just use xcopy for the user databases to the WS 2012R2 and SQL 2014 enviroment. Start the Sql 2014 and up and running?