ovftool - deploy vshield manager 5.1.2 to esxi 5.1 error

[sflanders]

I am trying to deploy OVAs using ovftool 3.0.1 to an ESXi 5.1 host. When deploying VCSA 5.1.0b it works as expected with the following command:

"/Applications/VMware OVF Tool/ovftool" --acceptAllEulas --skipManifestCheck --name=vsm -dm=thin -ds=datastore1 "--net:Network 1=VM Network" --powerOn ~/Downloads/VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5.1.0.5300-947940_OVF10.ova vi://root:password@esx01.local

If I try with vShield Manager I get the following error:

"/Applications/VMware OVF Tool/ovftool" --acceptAllEulas --skipManifestCheck --name=vsm -dm=thin -ds=datastore1 "--net:VSMgmt=VM Network" --powerOn ~/Downloads/VMware-vShield-Manager-5.1.2-943471.ova vi://root:password@esx01.local

Opening OVA source: ~/Downloads/VMware-vShield-Manager-5.1.2-943471.ova

The manifest does not validate

Opening VI target: vi://root@esx01.local:443/

Error:

Unexpected exception reading HTTP response body: N7Vmacore3Ssl12SSLExceptionE(SSL Exception: error:260B6084:engine routines:DYNAMIC_LOAD:dso not found)

while parsing serialized value of type string

at line 7, column 4586

while parsing property "eula" of static type ArrayOfString

while parsing serialized DataObject of type vim.vApp.VmConfigSpec

at line 7, column 4213

while parsing property "vAppConfig" of static type VmConfigSpec

while parsing serialized DataObject of type vim.vm.ConfigSpec

at line 7, column 146

while parsing property "configSpec" of static type VirtualMachineConfigSpec

while parsing serialized DataObject of type vim.vm.VmImportSpec

at line 7, column 55

while parsing property "importSpec" of static type ImportSpec

while parsing serialized DataObject of type vim.OvfManager.CreateImportSpecResult

at line 7, column 44

while parsing return value of type vim.OvfManager.CreateImportSpecResult, version vim.version.version8

at line 7, column 0

while parsing SOAP body

at line 6, column 0

while parsing SOAP envelope

at line 2, column 0

while parsing HTTP response for method createImportSpec

on object of type vim.OvfManager

at line 1, column 0

Completed with errors

I have confirmed that I can deploy the OVA manually. I have also confirmed the MD5SUM and tried the --disableVerification flag on ovftool. Any idea what I am missing?

[sflanders]

Confirmed same issue with VMware-vShield-Manager-5.1.1-848085.ova. Any ideas?

[sflanders]

OK, so after much testing here is my findings:

* Does not matter what flags are used

* VCSA OVA deployment fails if destination is a vCenter Server instance

* Issue does not appear on version 3.0.1 of ovftool for Linux

* Issue does not appear on version 2.1.0 of ovftool for Mac

As such, I have opened a bug with support.