Road to VCP6-DCV Blog

urstuffplz1

Hi everyone,

I've decided to write about my path to obtaining the VCP6-DCV vendor certification. I've managed to get myself onto the final running of the Stanly CC ICM course before VMware changes and the prices hike. Also, I now work in a job where we have a very large vSphere setup, and now is the time to truly learn and understand the product and technologies.

My plan of tackle is to the read 'Mastering VMware vSphere 6' book cover-to-cover, whilst building my own labs on the technologies as I go through the book. Also, I plan to write comprehensive notes into OneNote going through this book of the key information that I need to know. Once my ICM course starts on the 31st of May I will also go through the relevant labs they provide at the point of study I am at - I am hoping the combination of self-built and guided labs will give me enough exposure and coverage to learn and understand the technologies. In addition to this, I plan to review my OneNote notes on a daily basis, as well as building Anki cards on the key facts/information to further reinforce the knowledge. I am hoping to take the foundation exam as soon as I receive my voucher from the Stanly CC course, but I will see where I am at close to that time towards the end of July.

I have only started today, but I have covered 2/3 of Chapter 1 of the Mastering VMware vSphere 6 book - plenty of new technologies, terminology and acronyms to remember, but it's certainly a step moving forward. I plan to finish the other 1/3 of the chapter tomorrow and have chapter 2 (ESXi installation) and chapter 3 (vCenter installation) covered by the end of the weekend so that I can setup my lab correctly and practice what is covered in those chapters.

duta74

I built my nested lab using Autolab:
AutoLab Download | LabGuides.com
guided with this course:
https://www.lynda.com/VMware-tutorials/Up-Running-VMware-vSphere-6/412380-2.html