Review of VCAP-DCA exam

scott28tt

Here's my review of the VCAP-DCA exam:
VMware Training and Certification: VCAP-DCA exam review

I can't wait to get my result!

Scott.

QHalo

Thanks for the write-up Scott. I've found that through my studies for VCP that I sometimes take the topics deeper than I probably should but I think overall it might help me in the long run as I plan to sit for this exam eventually. I've heard it and it's brother are beasts of tests. There's a reason why there's less than 300 so far. Good luck with your results, I'm sure you did fine.

jibbajabba

QHalo wrote: »

I sometimes take the topics deeper than I probably should

No such thing, you can never study too hard

Crucio666

Congrats. I'm looking at the VCAP-DCA and wondering if it's worth the time and effort, did your employer pay for any of the training courses or did you do most of your training in a lab?

Zaits

QHalo wrote: »

There's a reason why there's less than 300 so far

Does VMware publish this information? I'm curious how many VCP's there are as well.

Thanks,

meadIT

Zaits wrote: »

Does VMware publish this information? I'm curious how many VCP's there are as well.

Thanks,

They don't publicly post it. Scott has a post on his blog from Feb 2010 and there were 53k certified individuals and 15k VCP4's at that time.

The last VCAP-DCD number I've seen is low 300's and I believe the VCAP-DCA's are a bit below that.

blargoe

Thanks for the writeup Scott. Once I get my current exam workload finished up I'm planning to circle back around and work on DCA.

QHalo

jibbajabba wrote: »

No such thing, you can never study too hard

Yeah I agree. I want to be over-prepared as much as possible really. Besides who wants just cursory knowledge anyway

QHalo

Zaits wrote: »

Does VMware publish this information? I'm curious how many VCP's there are as well.

Thanks,

The number I got was from an AndreTheGiant post on the VMware forums. This was back in April though and the number was around 250. Probably more than that now I would think.

scott28tt

I passed!

VMware Training and Certification: I'm a VCAP4-DCA

Scott.

Crucio666

congrats, that's awesome!

SteveO86

Congrats man great accomplishment!