Adds the status upgrade check for the JSON to YAML migration
effort and updates the documentation where it seems appropriate
to move from "policy.json" to "policy.yaml"
Mostly shamelessly copied from https://review.opendev.org/#/c/748059/
however is in-line with ironic's configuration and patching methods.
Related Blueprint: policy-json-to-yaml
Change-Id: I1d5b3892451579ebfd4d75a0f7185e0ef3c984c8