Today we speak of VMA.
What is it?
According to vmware is this:
The VMware vSphere Management Assistant (VMA) is a prepackaged Linux virtual machine administrators can deploy in Which scripts and select third-party agents to manage ESX and ESXi systems. Software included in VMA includes vSphere CLI, an authentication Component That Supports non-interactive login, and log-collection component.
BUT in practice is a great help to manage all aspects of the remote management of ESXi.
I recommend it to shut down the VM and then the same ESX / ESXi when the power goes off and the UPS is running out.
Or to run scripts of any kind.
