is there a way to use a local ISO with vpshere-iso

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Elhanan Maayan

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May 5, 2020, 5:52:26 AM5/5/20
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hi.. 
while trying to use vsphere-iso i get the following:

2020/05/05 12:43:24 packer.exe plugin: Leaving retrieve loop for ISO
==> vsphere-iso: Uploading e6d790e1cf0dcbca7fefef75468acbd2fe002304.iso to packer_cache/e6d790e1cf0dcbca7fefef75468acbd2fe002304.iso
==> vsphere-iso: ServerFaultCode: Permission to perform this operation was denied.
==> vsphere-iso: Step "StepRemoteUpload" failed, aborting...

i'm assuming it's because i don't have permissions to upload anything to the dataStore, and i doubt if i get one from IT,

but with manual install i can always specify an ISO file on my own machine via the cdrom options. 

is there a way to do that with the builder? 
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