Category: VCP Certification

VCAP5-DCA BETA exam details

16 April 2012 by mbroeken

Last week I was invited to participate in the beta VDCA511 exam at no cost! thanks for that Randy! The exam consists of approximately 26 live lab activities and consists of multiple tasks, where each task is scored. This is down from 36 questions in the VCAP4-DCA exam which I think is much better as … Read more

VCP4 Exam Blueprint Study Notes

20 November 2009 by mbroeken

Section 1 – Plan, Install and Upgrade VMware ESX/ESXi

Objective 1.1 — Install VMware ESX/ESXi on local storage
Knowledge

Identify minimum hardware requirements – Extra Links #1
Download, prepare and validate installation media
Determine appropriate ESX/ESXi configuration in a given situation
– Obtain required information for environment
– Verify hardware against the VMware Hardware Compatibility Guide – Extra Links #1
Perform a custom installation
– Customize storage layout for given situations – Extra Links #1
Configure ESXi from the direct console
Configure ESX/ESXi NTP
Manage ESX/ESXi licensing
– Compare/Contrast VMware vSphere editions
– Manage license keys

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VCP4 Study Guides

14 October 2009 by mbroeken

Blog from scottVessey’s vmware training: http://vmwaretraining.blogspot.com/2009/09/studying-for-vcp-on-vsphere-4.html

Now that the VCP on vSphere 4 exam is finally live, VMware have released a number of official resources to help those who want to obtain what will quickly become the new “industry standard” virtualization certification.

The road to VCP 4 certification

15 September 2009 by mbroeken

source: http://www.vmguru.nl/wordpress/2009/09/the-road-to-vcp-4-certification/Can I take the VCP410 exam without further training?I attended the VI3, Install & configure course but didn’t take the exam yet. Can I take the VCP exam instead? Maureen Lonergan wrote a very neat article on this, ‘Ahead of the learning curve’In this article Maureen talks about the various road which lead to VCP4 certification. In … Read more