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3 things I am going to remember about VCDX process.

mas1 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:14:11 GMT

Almost everybody who has been involved in VCDX process can admit that the process goes very slowly. And always there is a pause/waiting/delay in the process. You wait for review, authorization, results, invitation to defense, email response etc. The worst thing is that nobody knows how long you have to wait. It seems to be quite random.

In my opinion the VCDX process is premature…

VMware is a great company with excellent solutions. But I feel they have not put enough resources and time on VCDX. This is not for criticizing VMware, but a call for improved and streamlined process.

If I one day get finished with my VCDX certification process, I am going to remember 3 things:

1. Waiting
2. Waiting
3. Waiting

M

Just passed the VCP- 410 with a 394

chansell — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:42:46 GMT

Now, does anyone know how to find out what questions you got wrong and how the questions are weighted to understand the scoring since it's not a direct percentage?

D-day

spraggab — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:24:11 GMT

Well, after 2 months of studying and re-scheduling the exam 3 times, I'm finally doing it tomorrow night.

I'll check in with my results.

Wish me luck!

Mock Exam VCP3 not working

ppapared — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:11:56 GMT

Hi All,

I've been studing for my VCP for the last month or so and have been using the Mock Exam for VCP3. In the last couple of days, when clicking on the link, it has been giving me an error:

*Error*! Your request cannot be processed. Please check the information before re-submitting.

I sent a few emails out but no one has gotten back to me on whether or not its just me or if its broken. I've been using the Mock Exam just to answer practice questions to get me set to hopefully take it in November. Has anyone else had this problem when accessing the Mock Exam for VCP3? It appears the exam for VCP4 works fine.

Thanks for the help.

VCI: what does that mean?

stephane13 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:19:09 GMT

When you are VCP on vSphere, with 350 pts, I have read that you are also VCI.

But what does that really mean?

-Do you receive a certificate for the VCI ?

-Does the VCI allow you to give course on vSphere4?

-This is an official certification?

question for VCP4 about storage

stephane13 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:20:04 GMT

hello,

in the new Config Max Guide(23/09/2009), The number of Path to a LUN has changed for FC storage. Now it is 32.

(But still 8 HBAs/host and 16 HBAs ports.)

For the VCP4 exam, what is the correct number to remember?

And do you yhink this is correct? 32 paths with 16 ports?

VMware Design Exam prep week

jose_maria_gonzalez — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:42:04 GMT

Hi team,

I am in the process of preparing VMware Design Exam. Any guidelance, links, documents, etc you could provide me to prepare the exam would be greatly appreciated.

Thanking you in advance,

Saludos,

Jose Maria Gonzalez,

See http://www.JmGVirtualConsulting.com for official Vi3 and vSphere consultancy
See http://www.josemariagonzalez.es for my blog on VMware training and tips
See http://www.twitter.com/jose_m_gonzalez for some twittering
VMware vExpert 2009
Autor del Libro VMware ESX y VMware VCP Hecho Fácil

If you find this or any other answer useful please consider awarding points by marking the answer helpful or correct.

VMWARE certification

lordashley — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:48:41 GMT

Hi, Im interested in learning Vmware. my back ground is storage. I have registered for the 4 day Vsphere class. I would like to know if i need to have any Prerequisites / stuff i should be aware of before i attend the class on vsphere. as per doc all it says is knowledge of windows and linux.

if anyone could advice me anything else or post a doc that i should go through would really help me

thanks for you help and advice.

cheers!

Passed My VCP- Does anybody know who the youngest VCP is?

stevebryen — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:16:28 GMT

Hi,

I passed my VCP exam yesterday with a score of 87. I am 20 years old and was wondering if anybody knew who the youngest VCP is? Am I far off? Don't think many other young people will have got offered the chance to attend the expensive vmware training course :-P :-D

As for the exam, I used:

The VCP-310 Blueprint
VCP-310 Exam Cram Book
The course material
Hands on Experience

Steve

VMware Infrastructure 3: Deploy,Secure and Analyze V3.5 Free???

sabbyman123 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:32:53 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I registered for the [VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage yesterday. Very excited. Really like dealing with the technology. Though, when i was browsing some other courses, i wanted to check out the price for the course above. I went through the registration processs. Then I came up on the last page which was that registration was complete. I didn't see anything dealing with payment. Do I have to pay??? Will it take the cost off my credit card from information i provided from the first course????

Please repsond quickly. Thanks

Web Console Access

Certificaton — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:43:11 GMT

What I have noticed that when we try to access the VMware WebConsole.For every user including administrator. The roles need to be assigned explicitly.

Shouldn't it grant permissions to administrator for each and every role or am I missing something.

Please help me.

Who's taking the VCP4 at VMWorld?

KellyOlivier — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:01:05 GMT

So I signed up to take the VCP410 exam at VMWorld on Sep 1st. That was the only block of time I didn't schedule any sessions. Anybody else? What are people studying to prepare for this exam?

Obtaining VI3 Binaries for study purposes

jonhall — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:14:23 GMT

Hi all,

I have had a few requests for access to the VI3 software for study purposes. As you are probably aware, you can evaluate our software for 60 days. However, if you go to the ESXi evaluation, your only option is to evaluate vSphere 4. If you need access to the VI3 software to study for the VCP on VI3 exam, evaluate VMware View. VMware View is still based on VI3 at this time, so you will be given access to the VI3 software as part of the evaluation process.

Hope this helps!

Jon C. Hall
Technical Certification Developer
VMware, Inc.

VCDX Design Exam re-take policy

mas1 — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:53:31 GMT

What is the re-take policy for VCDX Design Exam? And how many times you may take the exam if you do not pass first time?

Rgds

Enterprise Administration Mock Exam and Live Lab Activity Demonstration posted!!!

jonhall — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:29:28 GMT

Hi all,

Certification has posted the Enterprise Administration Mock Exam and a demonstration of a Live Lab Activity from the exam!! The mock exam is available from the certification website, and when you take the exam the live lab activity is available as a resource. Additionally, I have posted the live lab activity demonstration to the documents section of the forum. Keep in mind that the mock exam only contains multiple choice items, so the demonstration is the only way to see what the live lab portion looks like.

Regards,

Jon C. Hall
Technical Certification Developer
VMware, Inc.

Possible exam delivery/scoring errors?

mike.fry — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:34:58 GMT

Does anyone know if they experienced a problem with the delivery or scoring of the VCP exam? Reason I ask is that my last attempt failed and I was shocked because I felt I answered 90% of the questions correctly. Also the score report says I missed questions in areas that I didn't have questions on.

VMware vSphere 4.0 training book

azn2kew — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:24:56 GMT

Does anyone have a spare vSphere 4.0 training available? Anyways I can lend or exchange it with other books you like? I know its against VMware policies for resell. Borrow would work If not, where can I order it?

If you found this information useful, please consider awarding points for "Correct" or "Helpful". Thanks!!!

Regards,

Stefan Nguyen
VMware vExpert 2009
iGeek Systems Inc.
VMware, Citrix, Microsoft Consultant

Hurray..i cleared the VCP!

vDeepak — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:01:27 GMT

I cleared VCP..now feeling bit relaxed...it was a very very confusing paper...all answers seems to be almost same...Vmware is very clever to confuse us

But learning the Vmware pdf's helps lot..there was lots of questions from Vmware web console and VCB...there was lots of questions form ESX and especialy for files and there use.

Questions from Resource pool and DRS are very conufusing..there was Exhibit also for Resource pool..but i cope up to go through that.

VCP on VI3 Mock Exam Updated

jonhall — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:58:59 GMT

Hi all,

Just a quick note to let everyone know that I have done a technical accuracy check on the items added to the mock exam, and added explanations for items missing that information. Please let me know via private message if you encounter any further difficulties.

Sorry for the delay on this, I couldn't do the review until we completed the item bank for the VCP on vSphere 4 exam.

Thanks!

Jon C. Hall
Technical Certification Developer
VMware, Inc.

VCDX on vSphere

arthurdent78 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:01:15 GMT

Does anyone know when the VCDX will be updated from VI3 to vSphere?

Dont realy see to much point putting effort into the VCDX if they are updating it soon anyway.

Thanks

Always use the latest maximums doc ?

lenagh — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:44:16 GMT

Possibly a daft question but with regards the VCP and the changes in the product do the test venues keep right bang up to date with the latest maximums and the versions of the exams they are given, I was having a debate with a colleague who took his exam recently in which the max serial ports of a vm was discussed the revision books say 2 ports the latest maximums say 4. So we were wondering who would be right in an exam situation.

I would just like to have confidence that the correct numbers are being applied when I tick that box so thought to seek advice here about whether its the case that current maximums always apply and the current exam keeps pace with the product changes (in vi3) or is it also worth learning the differences between versions of the software.

So i finally got my welcome pack...

JamesSykes — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:42:44 GMT

Like 5 weeks after passing.... kinda thought after all this time it might be a big shiny box with tons of goodies... not it's just a printed sheet

Anyway I tried logging into the My VCP but I ust get taken to VMware Proffesional Services : http://www.vmware.com/services/vcp/

Is it working? I wanna get a logo.

VMware Certified Professional Exam Preparation Workshop

VCP2009 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:16:05 GMT

Has anyone taken this course after the Install and Config course to help with passing VCP? I'm looking for opinions from people that have actually sat in this course and how much it helped with the exam.

Thank You!

Passed VCP but had some horrible questions

06blade — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:18:15 GMT

Passed with 79% and like most people have said, not the easiest exam. Plenty of hands-on needed!!!!

Message was edited by: depping , remove the questions from your post. This is in violation with the VCP agreement you signed and the forum rules: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-4300

Companys looking for VCDX

JDLangdon — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:22:34 GMT

I just found a live one. It's not so surprising that someone is looking for a VCDX before the certification is achievable as it is that the company is in my backyard where there is only 2 or 3 VCP's, never mind a VCDX.

________________________________
Jason D. Langdon

VCP number

joben75 — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:36:31 GMT

Hi all,

Just recieved my VCP Welcome Kit.

I also had my VCP number and my personal license code for VMware Workstation...

But i don't know what to do with my VCP number.

I can't find the field to write it .

I tried My VCP Login, but still have the logo page, nothing else.

docs link doesn't work

NickBooth — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:09:16 GMT

http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vi_pubs.html

I am having real trouble with the above link, I just get an empty page every time I try it. I have tried using my laptop and PC and IE7 and also safari. has anyone else had issues as I really need to see some of the Docs on there.

Cheers

Nick

VCP’s Rock

esloof — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:35:56 GMT

VCP's Rock

!http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/uploads/Altec.jpg!VMware has launched a new campaign, when you are still a VCP on 2.5 you have the opportunity to be updated to VCP for VI3.5 and rock the world. If you're one of the first 100 to pass before February 28th. VMware will give you an Altec Lansing T612.

http://www.vcpsrock.com/

When you fill in the form, the link is broken 404.

MyVCP portal account

VirtualNick — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:34:55 GMT

Anybody knows hay can i obtain an user and password for access to the MyVCP Portal?

Tks

Que Exam Cram book?

bfriend — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:35:10 GMT

Has anyone here used the Exam Cram book in order to prepare for the 310 exam?

VCP Exam - anything on 3i?

imclaren — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:07:43 GMT

Hi,

I've been using VI3 for a couple of years now, and taken the course in it. I think it's about time I sat an exam!

I was wondering though - are there any exam questions on the installable (or integrated) version of ESX (ie 3i)?

Thanks,

Iain

VCP EXAM before VCP Clases

gboskin — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:59:19 GMT

I have a question to ask . I have 10 years VMware experience and want to be VCP certified . My company have refused to pay for my courses as tehy claim i mifght leave them if certified.

My question is i can affford to pay for the exam now and the class later .

Can I register , pay and take the exam now and then take the course later on in the year when i have enough money to pay for it ...????

How does this process work????

Dicas para certificação VCP - Tips to VCP in Portuguese-BR

mitvix — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:08:01 GMT

Colegas,
Disponibilizo em http://www.vmworld.com.br um conjunto de Dicas para Certificação VCP o qual quem tiver interesse pode seguir para obtenção da certificação no Brasil.

Comentem.

Att.

Alexander Manfrin
VCP - VMware Certified Professional
http://www.vmworld.com.br

VCP Confirmation

Allsopp — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:49:39 GMT

As and employer, how can I confirm that a potential employee is indeed certified?

Does paravirtualization helps to improve I/O performance?

Cooldude09 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:07:19 GMT

Hi All,

Does anyone know if paravirtualization improves in I/O performance? Does anyone has any technical paper for the same. What features paravirtualization improves?

Regards

Anil

Save the planet

SATA or SAS

Cooldude09 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:58:15 GMT

Hi All,

I want to buy ISCSI storage for my virtualization solution and very much keen to buy Dell Equallogic, Could anyone suggest if SATA or SAS drive which will perfoem better. Also Do we have any good competitors for Dell Equalogic?

Regards

Anil

Save the planet

VCP

mmcclurg — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:20:52 GMT

I'm planning on getting my VCP. Anyone else have theirs? If so, how was the exam? I've taken the Install and Configure class and will probably be taking the Deploy, Secure, and Analyze class in May.

-Mike

Does VC 2.5 U3 is supported

Cooldude09 — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:53:17 GMT

hi All,

Is VC 2.5 U3 supported on windows xp sp3. I have checked different dcos by vmware and found that it is supported for windows xp sp2, no where it is mentioned that it is supported for windows xp sp3.

Could anyone please assist me for the same.

Regards

Anil

Save the planet

Enterprise Exam Prep - Section 7 ESX Server Security - Study materials ?

vcpguy — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:26:05 GMT

Guys,

I am trying to study for the Enterprise Exam. I know, there is no one single source where we can get all the study materials, for this Section. I am suggesting that, we can have a Each thread for each of the 8 Modules , where people will know, how to study for that particular Module.

Can, someone please point out what are the guides/notes/presentation that one needs to refer to study Security Module of Eneterprise.

Section 7 – ESX Server Security

Objective 7.1 – Configure secure remote access.
Knowledge
· Explain how to prevent remote root login
· Describe the process to allow selected users remote access capabilities
· Understand authentication process and options
· Describe SSH implementation
· Understand how user access is tracked and logged
· Explain the use of TCP wrappers to restrict access from specific hosts/addresses

Skills and Abilities
· Enable/Disable root SSH login
· Modify the default settings to allow both incoming and outgoing SSH traffic
· Create ESX Server user accounts and assign group memberships
o Command Line
o VI client
· Configure SSH
o AllowUsers/DenyUsers
o Banner
· Define VI Client roles and user and group assignments
· Use Service Console commands to track user access
· Use esxcfg-auth to modify authentication settings
o Preferred authentication method
o Login attempts
o Password aging
· Configure TCP wrappers
o hosts.allow/hosts.deny

Tools
· CLI
o vmware-authd
o esxcfg-auth
o who
o w
o last
o fuser

Objective 7.2 – Delegate administrative privileges

Knowledge
· Explain how to restrict access to administrative functions
· Describe the process to restrict access to specific administrative commands
· Understand how attempts to use administrative functions can be logged

Skills and Abilities
· Switch from a standard user account to root
· Enable the use of the wheel group
· Configure sudo
o Users/Groups
o Hosts
o Commands
o Aliases

Tools
· CLI
o visudo
o su
o sudo
o which

Hosting No of VMs

vmmadhu — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:43:26 GMT

Hi,

I am having dell poweredge server, i would like to do capacity planing for this server , what parameters i have to check and which tools i should run on this so i can come to know this server is feasibility for virtulazation , already i have installed trialware esx server and hosted application for testing purpose. which parameter i should check for this server. cpu utilisation took 500 mhz and memeory utilisation 28mb for only single user operating and it has sql db.

Your valuable suggestion welcome.

Thanks

Will there be a cert for non-ESX products like ThinApp or VDI/View?

bspies — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:24:19 GMT

Will there be a cert for non-ESX products like ThinApp or VDI (aka View)? If so is there an ETA?

it possible to install VC on XP home edition

the dud — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:46:12 GMT

I have just realized that my XP copy Is home edition, although it is not recommended by VMware to install vc on XP home is it possible to install on home edition?

thnanks

What is VMware ID

SergeK — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:28:08 GMT

Hello community,

as one project start and to purchase license for VMware ESX server I need supply some "VMware ID" my question how to get it ? I have VCP certification

problem in official vmware documentation

achvn — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:53:50 GMT

Hi,

Studying for the VCP exam, I found out there are some mismatches in the offical Vmware documentation for exs 3.5 and VI 2.5 U2 ....

In the Virtual Infrastructure Web Access Administrator Guide, on page 14, for accessing Virtual Infrastructure Web Access the browser requirements are :
􀂄 Internet Explorer 6.0
􀂄 Mozilla Firefox 1.5 or higher for Microsoft Windows
􀂄 Mozilla Firefox 1.5 or higher for Linux

While in the ESX Server 3 Installation Guide, the browser requirements are :
􀂄 Windows – Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher, Netscape Navigator 7.0, Mozilla 1.X,
Firefox 1.0.7 and higher.
􀂄 Linux – Netscape Navigator 7.0 or later, Mozilla 1.x, Firefox 1.0.7 and higher.

this is quite confusing .....

any idea which is the right one ?

Thanks !

Enterprise Exam Cram Session

Matt Meyer — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:57:41 GMT

Would anyone that is about to take the Enterprise Exam as part of the VCDX cert be interested in a study session this Saturday, 16-Aug-2008? I can host a WebEx session for up to 14 participants. Since toll-free calling can get very expensive, I plan to use a toll conf bridge. I was thinking about a 2 to 3 hour session where we can go over the blueprint and bounce answers off each other. I have a small lab set up as well so if we need to dig into the COS commands, it will be easy enough. The lab consists of 2 ESXi servers and 1 ESX servers attached to an iSCSI SAN.

If anyone is interested, please PM me.

FINALLY

mrudloff — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:00:02 GMT

It was hard, harder then I thought, but 75 questions and 40 minutes later I passed it \o/

iSCSI auto-negotiate ?

mrudloff — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:34:50 GMT

I was talking to a friend of mine and the instructure in his IC course mentioned that iSCSI is only supported for 1Gb networks but also that iSCSI should not be set to auto-negotiate.

This confuses me a bit. Auto-negotiate is normally a must when it comes to GigaBit but which wouldn't make any sense to have 1Gb hardcoded for the iSCSI connection.

Or was his information rather 3.0 related ?

Any hints are appreciated as Ireally don't want to come across this question on Monday ...

thanks

I don't understand this answer from a question / mock exam

mrudloff — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:20:33 GMT

See attached ....

Don't get it, since when can you configure a Vi client for web access

VCP exam

rajup — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:52:10 GMT

Hi ,

My self Raju Pawar from India . I have been working on ESX for last three year . One year back I attained Vmware training from HP center . I got the certificate from HP . Now I am looking forward for VCP exam . I have question like can I know the VCP exam center available in India .

No Transcript Info

Intex — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:48:55 GMT

I took the Install & Config course about 9 months ago and I'm now thinking about taking the VCP exam. I've registered my account under the education services, but my transcript doesn't show that I've taken the course.

How do I get the course associated with my account?

TIA

VCP - Passed!

Deb0 — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:16:35 GMT

Today I passed the VCP Exam! Here are some thoughts on what I used for education and prep:

1. VCP - Install and Configure class. If you have hardly worked with VmWare, this class is a must. Otherwise, it's not worth the time and money. Unfortunately, they require you take the class in order to be certified. The class is in no way focused on acheiving certification.

2. Lab - Hands On. I've been working with Vmware for a year on a daily basis. The on hands experience is critical to real-world confidence and performance, but for the exam, you don't absolutely need it. If you are a good reader and student, then you can pass this exam without a lab. That being said, you can become a paper VCP, but doing so is far more dangerous to your career and clients as compared to being a paper MCSE.

3. Dumps and Test prep. Testking has a test prep, which is good for getting used to how questions are presented and identifying weakspots in your understanding, but DO NOT depend on the dumps. Use these tools to help you identify week areas and attack them. Do not use these tools to supplement understanding. You will fail the exam if you do.

4. Read the PDFs. Vmware's site should be your no.1 source for learning. The VI pdfs are pretty much all you need to test. Every question I received on the exam was from information in one or more of these pdfs. Read them, then read them again. Areas that don't catch on as quickly, read them again. Make sure you understand the technology.

5. Use the Vmware Community and blogs. No you won't find speficific testing questions and answers. But there are alot of bright people having insightful conversations on the product. I gained alot of real-world, ancilliary understanding from these communities.

VCP310: Once More With Feeling!

VampyreUK — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:18:53 GMT

I recently took my VCP310 exam and failed but I only failed by 4% so there's hope for me yet and I plan on getting straight back in with another exam, probably this coming week.

MS exams are, as far as I know, based on a random selection (of say 80 questions from a bigger pool of questions, say about 200) and I am curious to know if that's what the VMWare test is like. The test experience is fairly stressful (especially the run up to it ... for VMWare I start dreaming virtual PC's) and end, given that I have lived and breathed it for so long, disappointing.

What I want to know is:

Did you get many of the same questions you had on your first time through?

Did you feel they were in general much the same?

Were they harder, easier or just much the same?

And any further guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Kyuuketsuki
vampyreuk _AT gmail _DOT com