How can I change the UUID of a filesystem in RHEL 7, 8, 9 and 10?

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Issue

  • How can I change the UUID attribute of a filesystem in RHEL 7, 8 and 9 ?
  • How can I change UUID of /boot filesystem?
  • How can I change UUID of root filesystem(/)?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • EXT and XFS Filesystem.

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