def main():

    args = get_args()
    vm_path = args.path_inside_vm
    try:
        service_instance = connect.SmartConnect(host=args.host,
                                                user=args.user,
                                                pwd=args.password,
                                                port=int(args.port))

        atexit.register(connect.Disconnect, service_instance)
        content = service_instance.RetrieveContent()

        vm = content.searchIndex.FindByUuid(None, args.vm_uuid, True)
        tools_status = vm.guest.toolsStatus
        if (tools_status == 'toolsNotInstalled' or
                tools_status == 'toolsNotRunning'):
            raise SystemExit(
                "VMwareTools is either not running or not installed. "
                "Rerun the script after verifying that VMWareTools "
                "is running")

        creds = vim.vm.guest.NamePasswordAuthentication(
            username=args.vm_user, password=args.vm_pwd)
        with open(args.upload_file, 'rb') as myfile:
            args = myfile.read()

        try:
            file_attribute = vim.vm.guest.FileManager.FileAttributes()
            url = content.guestOperationsManager.fileManager. \
                InitiateFileTransferToGuest(vm, creds, vm_path,
                                            file_attribute,
                                            len(args), True)
            resp = requests.put(url, data=args, verify=False)
            if not resp.status_code == 200:
                print "Error while uploading file"
            else:
                print "Successfully uploaded file"
        except IOError, e:
            print e
    except vmodl.MethodFault as error:
        print "Caught vmodl fault : " + error.msg
        return -1

    return 0

# Start program
Simple command-line program for Uploading a file from host to guest
dataset/ETHPy150Open vmware/pyvmomi-community-samples/samples/upload_file_to_vm.py/main