VCP-DCV Lab Setup Advice

thenoble06

Hello,

I've only ever done Microsoft certs in the past, but I've decided to branch out and get upto speed on VMware. I'll be starting my VCP5-DCV soon, but was wondering what/how to get a home lab set up. It was easy with Microsoft certs, I just used VirtualBox and away you go.

Is it as simple with VMware certs...?

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Essendon

Just as simple, use VMware Workstation and install your ESXi's VM's inside of it or you can install ESXi on your machine and nest ESXi inside of it. Either way works, I went with the latter method. There are plenty of threads with advice for lab setup, have a gander through them and ask if there are any specific questions. Good luck!

TheProf

I actually built a home lab.. a couple of white boxes, a switch (HP v1910G) and an N40L as my shared storage... works great! Building a lab on VMware workstation also works well, I've done that in the past, cost effective

thenoble06

Brilliant - thanks very much for the help...