Troubleshooting your Linux Installation
If you encounter problems after installing vCLI on Linux, visit VMware Communities for some troubleshooting advice. You can also consider the following:
If you encounter a message SOAP request error - possibly a protocol issue, update the libwww-perl library using this command:
cpan GAAS/libwww-perl-6.03.tar.gz
export PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME=0
Use Net::SSL;