Passed VCP-310 - New VCP

bwcarty

I've completed the VMware I&C class, and I ended up with an 87 on my exam tonight.

Bring on the free VMware Workstation license

astorrs

Congrats! And since 6.5 is out now you will get a license for that.

jibbajabba

bwcarty wrote:

I've completed the VMware I&C class, and I ended up with an 87 on my exam tonight.

Bring on the free VMware Workstation license

VERY nice score .. congrats .. Funny enough, it feels better to pass a hard exam such as VCP than any MCTS to be honest .. thats just me though

You'll get the license together with your certificate .. and not like Microsoft - you don't have to order it .. it just arrives within 6 weeks (mine arrived within three weeks actually)

bertieb

Congrats, nice one on getting the VCP

Mishra

Great!

Would be nice if I could take this.

dynamik

I wish they had a few other "prizes" than just a Workstation license. I already have one

Congratulations on the pass!

jetfan

congrats on the pass, i am looking to do this after my MS track is complete

stupidboy

Nice score.

I have too recently completed the I&C. Did you read the additional material too, or I&C with hands on? How did you find the questioning?

Thanks.

jibbajabba

stupidboy wrote:

Nice score.

I have too recently completed the I&C. Did you read the additional material too, or I&C with hands on? How did you find the questioning?

Thanks.

Personally : hard .... simply because they are hardly any (legal) study materials out there.

BUT (without breach the NDA) - "all" you have to do in order to pass the exam : I&C course material and PDFs..

I'd say if you know the course book from cover to cover - you'd JUST pass .. or miss it by an inch .. in order to secure your pass you need to know most of the PDFs ....

The best advise "I" can give you : Try to read each "major" PDF from cover to cover .. I don't mean like HCL lists etc... therefore "major" .... also VERY helpful : If you are not able to get real handson at the moment .. get vmware workstation 6.5 .. with a few tweaks (can be found in the forums) you can install ESX 3.5 on it .. install it and go through EVERY setting / dialog ... vmware says you need experience in order to pass the exam .. they are not lying

bwcarty

stupidboy wrote:

Nice score.

I have too recently completed the I&C. Did you read the additional material too, or I&C with hands on? How did you find the questioning?

Thanks.

The coursebook from the I&C class covers the vast majority of what you need to know, but as others have said, the PDFs on the VMware site are valuable, too. Know the maximum and minimum configurations for all Virtual Infrastructure components, everything about virtual switch and port group settings, the differences in when using all types of storage (FC, iSCSI, NFS, and local), DRS, HA, VMotion, performance monitoring, etc.

stupidboy

Thanks for your input, I have all the PDFs that are recommended reading so I'll give these a print and read.

I did the I&C course last week so I will review the courseware and install ESX again. I think this install might have to be in a VM as the spare server is in use at the moment.

Thanks again.

shednik

Congrats on the pass!!

njcowboy

the 4 day install and config is golden.
With a good teacher, good notes and some hands on, you will pass.

Forget the PDF's on the net. It is plan and simple cheating

dynamik

njcowboy wrote:

Forget the PDF's on the net. It is plan and simple cheating

These PDFs: http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vi_pages/vi_pubs_35u2.html

njcowboy

bw,
sorry. I will get off my high horse now.
Yes, those PDF's are good.

I have taken several tests, CNA, CNE, CCNA, Linux +, VCP

I despise the thought of people cheating there way through the exams. This is why I am a fan of a large pool of questions with an adaptive test. Novell used to do this, not sure if they still do.

blargoe

I'm taking the course next month. I'm getting pumped now. I already have some hands on so hopefully I'll have the cert completed by the end of the year

liven

You guys are lucky that you have companies that will pay for this!

I guess I am lucky that I have gotten to use it heavily at 3 jobs now, but I would really like to have this certification...

homerj742

liven wrote:

You guys are lucky that you have companies that will pay for this!

I guess I am lucky that I have gotten to use it heavily at 3 jobs now, but I would really like to have this certification...

Same here, however my company cannot justify sending me to the class as I'm not the "main vmware guy".

I hope to save up enough to get it on my own.

dynamik

liven wrote:

You guys are lucky that you have companies that will pay for this!

I guess I am lucky that I have gotten to use it heavily at 3 jobs now, but I would really like to have this certification...

Yea well, you probably make 2-3 times what I do, so don't try to make me feel guilty about getting a free course

Andretii

dynamik wrote:

njcowboy wrote:

Forget the PDF's on the net. It is plan and simple cheating

These PDFs: http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vi_pages/vi_pubs_35u2.html

Thanks for the link. My head is about to asplode with so much information.

srcurrie

Congrats on the pass! I hope to get VCP too.
I am fortunate in that I run a real ESX 3.5 installation. I hit those PDFs as stated above. We'll see...