The complete answer for hub replacement == Hub Protect?

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config reloads on different hardware is not supported

I don’t believe this is correct. I manually migrated from my C-5 to my C-7 about six months ago by loading a C-5 database backup to the C-7 and using this procedure:

Migrating a Z-Wave Network

Some people are going to find reasons to migrate a Z-Wave network by hand from one Hubitat Elevation hub to another one. There are steps you can take that will make this a little bit easier than just starting over. In particular, one wants to preserve automations that use Z-Wave devices, and not have to redo them. This would useful for migrating from a C-4 to a C-7. For C-5 to C-7, one can use the Hub Protection Service and avoid all of this work. First of all, familiarize yourself with thi…

In a slight modification, I first bought a bunch of Ring Alarm Extender Gen 2 repeaters and built a new mesh for the C-7. That way, the C-5 stayed up, running things as I migrated.