Study for the VCP ? VTSP might help you.
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I just finished the VSP (vmware sales professional) and VTSP (vmware technical sales professional) and whereas VSP bored the hell out of me, the VTSP is VERY interesting if you pursuing the VCP.
The Technical Sales online course is a VERY good start and WILL help you to study for the VCP. For example, this course went into the details I was missing on courses such as the Trainsignal one : Distributed Switches and Update Manager, vApps and other. Each modul has also a small test and some questions are quite related to the VCP ones (don't even ask for details).
In order to sign up for these courses you must be signed up as a partner
VMware Partner Central Sign-In
If your company is not a partner yet, ask your manager to sign up for the access. This is free anyway (unless you pursue the partnership and signup for certain plans). You can sign up for yourself and "attach" your account to any other company I think as well .. Have a read .. the free VTSP course is well worth it in my opinnion (about 7 - 10 hours online) ...
The Technical Sales online course is a VERY good start and WILL help you to study for the VCP. For example, this course went into the details I was missing on courses such as the Trainsignal one : Distributed Switches and Update Manager, vApps and other. Each modul has also a small test and some questions are quite related to the VCP ones (don't even ask for details).
In order to sign up for these courses you must be signed up as a partner
VMware Partner Central Sign-In
If your company is not a partner yet, ask your manager to sign up for the access. This is free anyway (unless you pursue the partnership and signup for certain plans). You can sign up for yourself and "attach" your account to any other company I think as well .. Have a read .. the free VTSP course is well worth it in my opinnion (about 7 - 10 hours online) ...
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I think their timing is quite wrong for the courses. VSP said 4 hours (full rather than upgrade) and it was at least 7 I think ... I don't exactly know how long the VTSP really is because I skipped most modules and went straight for the module exams but the ones I touched were really good.
Does the VMware require management level personnel to sign up for the account ? Do you have any suggestion on study materials and hardware setups for VCP cert?
Mastering VMware vSphere by Scott Lowe
Amazon.com: Mastering VMware vSphere 4 (Computer/Tech) (9780470481387): Scott Lowe: Books
VMware vSphere Training from TrainSignal
VMware vSphere Training, VMware ESX 4.0 Training | Train Signal
What's New in VMware vSphere 4.0
What's New in VMware vSphere 4.0
Practice Exam
VCP vSphere 4 Practice Exams - The SLOG – SimonLong/Blog
Configuration Maximums
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_40_config_max.pdf
Resource Management VCP 4.0 Blueprint
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_40_resource_mgmt.pdf
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I too am studying for the VCP410 exam at the moment and have tryed reading the Scott Lowe book, however, Xmas has really been too crazy to get stuck in.
I attended the VMware vSphere What New [V4] course before Xmas but it seemed like a waste of my time, it was supposed to be for VCPs and people that know what they are talking about. The course was VERY slow going and the labs .... ah the labs got me in to a crazed frenzy (just tell me what you want me to achieve then I will do it, there is no need to write out all the steps like I am some kind of noob ....RRRRRAAAAAAARRRR).
How do you rate the TrainSignal videos? CBT Nuggets have nothing out yet so I might have to see if I can get these to aid my study.
I am very impressed and learned quite a bit from them. They are not all you would need to study for the VCP but it is nice seeing what the new features are and the differences between esxi and esx. I am very familiar with VMware but I need to brush up on the minimums and maximums of configuration etc. That being said like CBT Nuggets they are nice because you can watch them over and repeat things you did not quite grasp the first time.if you have VM experience you will benefit more from the 2nd DVD which covers more advanced topics where the first DVD is more for people with less experience in my opinion.
The more knowledge one obtains the more there is too accumulate.....
I just watched the sample video from TrainSignal http://www.trainsignal.com/demos/vmware_vsphere_demo.html and have a question for you. Does he scream like that the whole training duration or just for that segment ?
The more knowledge one obtains the more there is too accumulate.....
MCSA 2003, LFCS, LFCE (expired), VCP6-DCV
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It has links to all the official documentation as well.
I strongly recommend doing all the extra, free training online that VMware gives you after attending the class.
Read all the official .PDF's and keep up with the Mastering VMware series of books. Use the Mock Exam because I have yet to see any other practice tests with correct answers other than the link above.
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Working on VCP4
Anything with a number in it for configuration or settings you need to know. No single class offered prepares you for the VCP you really need a lot of preparation reading to earn it.
BTW I failed my first time getting my VCP 3 and discovered where my weaknesses were. I scheduled the next test two weeks after the failure and spent 6 hours a day after work studying for the test especially in my weak areas.
Best of luck to you.
M.S. Information Security and Assurance
B.S. Computer Science - Summa Cum Laude
A.A.S. Electronic Systems Technology