How to reconfigure the machine-id?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • A system needs to be reconfigured with a different machine-id, for example because of hitting issue tracked by SECDATA-335

  • I cloned a system and want to have it use a different machine-id than original system

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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