The GuestStore feature provides a simple and flexible mechanism to distribute VMware specific or custom content from a GuestStore repository to multiple guests simultaneously.

To use GuestStore feature, virtual machines must meet the following requirements:
  • Virtual machines with Windows guest operating systems must be running on vSphere 7.0 U2 and later versions plus VMware Tools 11.2.5 and later.
  • Virtual machines with Linux guest operating systems must be running on vSphere 7.0 U3 and later versions plus open-vm-tools 11.3.0 and later.
  • The file that is distributed through GuestStore must be 512 MB or smaller.

For more information about configuring ESXi hosts for GuestStore feature, see Distributing Content with GuestStore section in vSphere Virtual Machine Administration documentation.