How to migrate root filesystem (/) from standard partition to LVM in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7?

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Issue

  • How to migrate root filesystem from standard partition to LVM in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
  • Currently root filesystem is on standard partition which can't resize, hence need to move it to lvm on same disk.
  • Is it possible to convert system from standard partitions to LVM2?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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