Stop the Service Console and shell scripts

Now that VMware announced ESX 4.1 is their last hypervisor with a service console, I was wondering-

What are the options to make what is now a large number of Linux shell scripts perform the same functions on ESXi - i.e. PowerCLI, Host Profiles, etc. and how long we have until officially support chips for the ESX service console?

Thank you

PowerCLI does not rely on a service console. However, you must have paid the ESXi version for them to work.  With respect to the profiles of the host, which is a characteristic of vCenter and has more no dependencies on the COS.  You can start watching to convert all of your shell scripts PowerCLI and use scripts.

What about when VMware will stop support for ESX, I do not anticipate happening any time soon.

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