trouble executing SSH remote ash script on ESXI Host - bash

Question

I have two servers: Linux shell (192.168.1.11) and ESXI host ash shell (192.168.1.12).
Desired outcome:
Local testsuspend.sh scp uploads suspendvm.sh to remote ESXI server and executes on ESXI. When finished testsuspend.sh continues and exits.
Script testsuspend.sh on .11 uploads an ash script (suspendvm.sh) to ESXi host .12, should execute it and wait until it's finished,then finish testsuspend.sh.
On Linux I want to remote execute a script suspendvm.sh from another script testsuspend.sh to suspend all VMs and put ESXI host in maintenance mode.
When I execute the testsuspend.sh on Linux it stops on executing suspendvm.sh via SSH. If I execute the suspend script sustendvm.sh on the ESXI host directly it works.
File after copy on ESXI:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1260 Apr 16 07:06 suspendvm.sh
Would you have an idea on what I need to do here to get the ssh remote script to execute properly on the ESXi host and the local script to wait until remote is finished?
... So I found that if I run this in the testsuspend.sh it works:
cat suspendVM.sh | ssh -T $user#$host
Why does this work but not the copy and execute?
Local script 192.168.1.11, testsuspend.sh should execute suspenvm.sh remotely:
#!/bin/sh
user="root"
host="192.168.1.120"
scp suspendvm.sh $user#$host:/tmp
echo "copy suspend script"
ssh $user#$host 'sh -s /tmp/suspendvm.sh' &
exit
Remote script 192.168.1.12, suspendvm.sh works when I execute on ESXI host .12):
#!/bin/sh
RUNNING=0
VMS=`vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | grep -v Vmid | awk '{print $1}'`
for VM in $VMS ; do
# echo "Probing VM with id: $VM."
PWR=`vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate $VM | grep -v "Retrieved runtime info"`
name=`vim-cmd vmsvc/get.config $VM | grep -i "name =" | awk '{print $3}' | head -1 | awk -F'"' '{print $2}'
echo "VM with id $VM has power state $PWR (name = $name)."
if [ "$PWR" == "Powered on" ] ; then
RUNNING=1
echo "Powered on VM with id $VM and name: $name"
echo "Suspending VM with id $VM and name: $name"
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.suspend $VM > /dev/null &
fi
done
while true ; do
if [ $RUNNING -eq 0 ] ; then
echo "Gone..."
break
echo "Powered on VM with id $VM and name: $name"
echo "Suspending VM with id $VM and name: $name"
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.suspend $VM > /dev/null &
fi
done
while true ; do
if [ $RUNNING -eq 0 ] ; then
echo "Gone..."
break
fi
RUNNING=0
for VM in $VMS ; do
PWR=`vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate $VM | grep -v "Retrieved runtime info"`
if [ "$PWR" == "Powered on" ] ; then
name=`vim-cmd vmsvc/get.config $VM | grep -i "name =" | awk '{print $3}' | head -1 | awk -F'"' '{$
echo "Waiting for id $VM and name: $name..."
RUNNING=1
fi
done
sleep 1
esxcli system maintenanceMode set --enable true
done
Remote script #2 that should do the same via esxicli, it also works when I execute it on .12 but not via ssh from .11:
#! /bin/ash
#test2
rm -f listid
touch listid
######## Listing the running vms################
esxcli vm process list |grep -v "^\s.*"| grep -v "^$" > list
######## If you want to reuse list for later use #######
####### put the file in a datastore, else it ##########
#######gonna be erease on next reboot ##########
####### Command look like this: ###############
## esxcli vm process list |grep -v "^\s.*"| grep -v "^$" > /vmfs/volumes/tmp/list
########## cleaning the id.s file by keeping only the id
for name in `cat list`;do
########## Dont forget to change the path if #######
########## you choose to put it in a datastore #####
####### put the file in a datastore, else it ##########
#######gonna be erease on next reboot ##########
####### Command look like this: ###############
## esxcli vm process list |grep -v "^\s.*"| grep -v "^$" > /vmfs/volumes/tmp/list
########## cleaning the id.s file by keeping only the id
for name in `cat list`;do
########## Dont forget to change the path if #######
########## you choose to put it in a datastore #####
## Example: for name in `cat /vmfs/volumes/yourDatastore/list`;do
vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | grep $name | grep vmx | grep -v "^$" | awk '{print $1}'>> listid
done
for id in `cat listid`;do
###### suspending vms##########
echo "Suspending the running machines"
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.suspend $id
## Example: for name in `cat /vmfs/volumes/yourDatastore/list`;do
vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | grep $name | grep vmx | grep -v "^$" | awk '{print $1}'>> listid
done
for id in `cat listid`;do
###### suspending vms##########
echo "Suspending the running machines"
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.suspend $id
done
echo "done."
echo "shutting down the host now.."
#/bin/poweroff
vim-cmd hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter
#excli system maintenanceMode set --enable true
#done