Boot process hangs with kernel panic after renaming or removing LVM swap space

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • System hangs at reboot after renaming swap space

  • Receive error during startup:

    dracut: One or more specified logical volume(s) not found.
    
  • Kernel panic at boot after removing LVM swap space

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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