You can upload an ISO image file to a datastore from your local computer. You can do this when a virtual machine, host, or cluster does not have access to a datastore or to a shared datastore that has the guest operating system installation media that you require.
Prerequisites
Verify that the Client Integration Plug-In is installed. See Install the Client Integration Plug-In. The installation process requires you to close any open browsers.
Required privileges:
on the datastore.
on the datastore.
Procedure
What to do next
After you upload the ISO image installation media, you can configure the virtual machine CD-ROM drive to access the file.