
CLI and Scriptingīefore we go any further with the command-line tools and scripting, I want to be sure that you are aware of the various security concerns and implications. The tools are based on the VMware Infrastructure (VI) Perl Toolkit, which relies on Perl and a few other libraries. The Remote CLIs support a long list of commands for managing ESX Server hosts. ? Remote CLI installable package for installation on Windows or Linuxīoth tools can be downloaded from the VMware website.

However, for those environments with many servers whose administrators refuse to perform tasks repeatedly through the VI Client, VMware now provides a remote command-line interface for host management. With no console operating system to connect to, ESXi would seem to be limited in its management capability.
