How to change the keyboard schema (keymap) of KVM guests?

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Issue

  • The default keyboard settings in Virtual Machine Manager is shown as "en-us". How do I change the keyboard layout to schema for Switzerland - Swiss German or other supported layouts in KVM?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • KVM

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