ESXI

scp
Enable SSH client (CLI method). 

 Check if SSH client service is enabled. Will return 'False' if 'Disabled'. 

 esxcli network firewall ruleset list --ruleset-id sshClient 

 Then enable SSH client. 

 esxcli network firewall ruleset set --ruleset-id sshClient --enabled=true 

 

 scp -rp sourcedirectory user@dest:/path