Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 - VIRTUALIZATION GUIDE Manual page 110

Chapter 7. Guest operating system installation procedures
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Image files and SELinux
For ISO image files and guest storage images the recommended to use the /
var/lib/libvirt/images/ directory. Any other location may require additional
configuration for SELinux, refer to
details.
Storage setup
8.
Assign a physical storage device (Block device) or a file-based image (File). File-based images
must be stored in the /var/lib/libvirt/images/ directory. Assign sufficient space for your
virtualized guest and any applications the guest requires.
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