Running Host Management
Commands in the
ESXi Shell
ESXi Shell
Usually, installing ESXCLI and running
commands from a remote system, with one or more hosts as targets, is recommended. However, for
maintenance and troubleshooting tasks you might prefer to run ESXCLI commands in the
ESXi Shell
or connect to the ESXi Shell
with SSH. To run commands, you must first
establish access to the
ESXi Shell
.