ESXCLI vs LOCALCLI

esxcli command is popular command among vsphere administrator which can be used to manage esxi host configuration through ESXi Shell or remotely like vCLI or PowerCLI but there is one more command available for managing the esxi when hostd is unavailable. Here is comparison of esxcli and localcli

Here is the example of localcli. You can use it in the same manner like esxcli but remember localcli is unsupported.