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Question about VCAP-DCA exam

EssendonEssendon Member Posts: 4,546 ■■■■■■■■■■
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Quick question about this test folks. Do they specifically ask you to configure something using the vMA/vCLI/PowerCLI? Now I know being a command line junkie is cool and all, but I'd like to focus my time and energy to learning the product to the extent needed for the exam. Surely clicking around a few times is going to be quicker than hashing out a command, I hear time management is key on the exam.

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    dave330idave330i Member Posts: 2,091 ■■■■■■■■■■
    I believe you're allowed to use any tool you want, but due to time constraint you're forced to use CLI.
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    scott28ttscott28tt Member Posts: 686 ■■■■■□□□□□
    You are scored on the result not the method, but many of the tasks can only be completed using the vMA or an SSH session to the hosts.
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    EssendonEssendon Member Posts: 4,546 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Thanks once again gents.
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    jibbajabbajibbajabba Member Posts: 4,317 ■■■■■■■■□□
    I believe you even got access to the official documentation - but yea - you really don't have any time to search for anything substantial
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    EssendonEssendon Member Posts: 4,546 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Yupp you are right jibba, I have read blogs of a few folks that have written this test and the docos are there. Maybe useful when you want to see the correct order of doing something, that's about it really.
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    dave330idave330i Member Posts: 2,091 ■■■■■■■■■■
    When you're practicing, make sure you practice with the software versions they're testing with. Not sure if 5.0 & 5.1 have any syntax difference, but 4.1 & 5.0 definitely does. Also there might be difference between SSH vs. vMA. I ran into this in 4.1 regarding jumbo frames.
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