What is and how to change the UUID of a KVM Virtual Machine?

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Issue

  • What is a Virtual Machine UUID in RHEL KVM?
  • Is it OK to have 2 Virtual Machines with the same UUID?
  • How to change the UUID of a Virtual Machine?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8, 9
  • KVM Virtualization

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