License compatibility documentation is incomplete

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    • Severity 3 - Minor

      Issue Summary

      https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver084/license-compatibility-979404319.html references an error "The license could not be installed" when attempting to upgrade a license to DC; The suggested steps there only advice customer to use JIRA Eval license as an intermediate step before upgrade the license to DC version

      This doesn't work in all scenarios. For example, if JIRA Service Desk and JIRA Software Apps are present, customers will run into this issue with the same error:
      https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/incompatible-message-when-applying-dc-evaluation-license-keys-1018765662.html

      They may also run into this error as well:
      https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/jira-throws-error-when-pasting-a-different-license-type-from-the-current-license-type-935373427.html

      Steps to Reproduce

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      Expected Results

      If the documentation is referencing an error, then it should suggest all potential known causes and solutions

      Actual Results

      It only suggests one solution, which is not applicable to all cases

      Workaround

      Customers need to contact support to resolve this rather trivial issue

            Assignee:
            Jacek Krawczyk (Inactive)
            Reporter:
            Sergey (Inactive)
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