After installation, you can run vCLI commands and vSphere SDK for Perl utility applications from the operating system command line. Each time you run a command, you specify the target server connection options directly or indirectly. You can also write scripts and manage your vSphere environment using those scripts.
vMA supports noninteractive login. If you establish an ESXi host as a target server, you can run vCLI and vSphere SDK for Perl commands against that server without additional authentication. If you establish a vCenter Server system as a target server, you can run most vCLI commands against all ESXi systems that server manages without additional authentication. See
Deploying vMA.