Spring 2013 Stanly CC vSphere 5 ICM Class Thread

Since I know there are several people here on TE that are taking one of the ICM classes through Stanly this spring I've decided to go ahead and open a thread for all of us. Here we can exchange ideas, questions, comments, and other contact info in case we want to study together outside TE.

My book is scheduled to arrive here at my work today and looks like the class starts 3/12. I'm pretty excited however a little nervous as well. I'm currently attending WGU and this probably wasn't the smartest thing to try and do while I'm still in school. It looks like it's going to be pretty difficult, especially with my very limited virtualization experience. Oh well....

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instant000

I didn't get notified, I guess I'll have to wait until August. When I go to their website, I only see two classes for May.

I had previously e-mailed the instructor, but I'm guessing the waiting list is really long at this point, considering their popularity.

Bloogen

Ya when they notified me they made asked me register by email/fax and the online registration was not offered as an option. They apparently opened three new sections.

kiki162

Haswell wrote: »

Don't waste your money on the book. You can easily finish the class without it. I really regret buying it.

Really that's good to know...I was waiting on the official word for the class. Anyone have any other good books that they recommend for the class. Heard that this book was a good one to use.
Mastering VMware vSphere 5: Scott Lowe: 9780470890806: Amazon.com: Books

Sounds Good

Bloogen wrote: »

Ya when they notified me they made asked me register by email/fax and the online registration was not offered as an option. They apparently opened three new sections.

When did they notify you?

I e-mailed nhunnycutt yesterday to be put on the waiting list. I have fairly low hopes though

Bloogen

I got an email on April 30th. It just so happened I had followed up by email the day before.

Mikdilly

The manual is the worst one I think I've ever read, countless typos, it's like they went to press with the rough draft. For 60 bucks you'd think they could at least proofread it. In the last module on installing ESXi it goes over the hardware prerequisites, the slide section says you can have up to 160 logical cores, the paragraph below says up to 128. So which one is right, or maybe it's neither.

cyberguypr

What's New in vSphere 5.0

"Support for larger systems. vSphere 5.0 supports systems with up to 160 logical CPUs and up to 2TB of RAM. "

Haswell

What's everyone ETA of taking the exam? I am looking to take the exam either in July or August.

Bloogen

I'm aiming to pass the exam by the end of July.

FireFire

Haswell wrote: »

Don't waste your money on the book. You can easily finish the class without it. I really regret buying it.

What about the lab? How can you do all the lab without books?

Haswell

FireFire wrote: »

What about the lab? How can you do all the lab without books?

You just follow the tasks on the lab sheet. It's really straight forward, if you ever need to look something up then you could just use google.

FireFire

That's great!Thank you for your feed back.

Haswell

Has anyone passed the exam yet?

I am looking to take mine in August or September.

brownwrap

I am signed up for the next course. I have my books. Speaking of the labs. Is there a lecture associated with the lab and if so, can you view the lecture and finish the labs at your own pace.

ITMonkey

You had a requirement to log-in by a certain date, but once you had done so, everything was at your own pace.

There are video lectures, links to the same material in your books, and labs. I downloaded all lab PDF's, to use as I prepare for the certification exam.

The labs and study material will be doled out gradually -- about 3 or 4 sections, for a total of about 20 sections. The labs are cumulative, so once you are finished with one, the lab environment is set up for the succeeding lab.

Enjoy your class.

brownwrap

@ITMonkey, thanks for your reply. I hope I have signed up for the correct class. I signed up because of all of the traffic here. I recently took a job that in going in the VMWare direction. I have really no experience with VMWare at all, so trying to come up to speed.

Haswell

I just passed the VCP exam! It's been a long 6 months. I wanted to pass it on the first try and be done with it.

Now time for some MUCH need rest before tackling VCAP5-DCA!

Sounds Good

Haswell wrote: »

I just passed the VCP exam! It's been a long 6 months. I wanted to pass it on the first try and be done with it.

Now time for some MUCH need rest before tackling VCAP5-DCA!

What materials did you use outside of the labs required and powerpoints?

emerald_octane

gratttzzz

that vcp5 test was a humdinger i tell ya what jack (lol)

Haswell

Sounds Good wrote: »

What materials did you use outside of the labs required and powerpoints?

I used the OMG VCP5 Study Guide

Sounds Good

Haswell wrote: »

I used the OMG VCP5 Study Guide

Wow NICE!

So you didn't use any books to study?

Haswell

Sounds Good wrote: »

Wow NICE!

So you didn't use any books to study?

That's correct; I just used this free study guide and it's more than enough to pass.