In file /space/avamarclient/vddkconfig.ini the option that is responsible for SSL checks is disabled. Why does it fail anyway? 
tmpDirectory="/usr/local/avamarclient/var/vmware/temp"
#transport.LogLevel ( 0 = quiet, 6 = most)
vixDiskLib.transport.LogLevel=2
vixDiskLib.disklib.EnableCache=1
#network file copy options
#nfc.LogLevel (0 = none, 1 = Error, 2 = Warning, 3 = Info, 4 = Debug)
vixDiskLib.nfc.LogLevel=2
#xxxTimeoutMS of 0 is no timeout
vixDiskLib.nfc.AcceptTimeoutMs=0
vixDiskLib.nfc.RequestTimeoutMs=0
vixDiskLib.nfc.ReadTimeoutsMs=0
vixDiskLib.nfc.WriteTimeoutsMs=0
vixDiskLib.nfcFssrvr.TimeoutMs=0
#turn off the the SSL certificat verification
vixDiskLib.linuxSSL.verifyCertificates=0