I am a VCP 3 / 5 and wish to get a VCP 4. Can I?

[mosah01]

Hello All,

This is my first post @ VMware VCP community.

I am a VCP 3 / 5 and wish to write VCP 4, The reason being i want to do my VCAP-DCA 4.

1. Do i write the exam directly without any Pre-req?

2. If there is any Pre-Req what are they?

3. I already have VMware 4 - What's New in my learning plan which should be completed before 31 May 2012. Will this work?

Thank You

Ahmed Moseb

[scott28tt · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the community.

How did you qualify for VCP5 in terms of training? Which vSphere 5 course did you attend?

The only way you personally can qualify for VCP4 is to attend a vSphere 4 course, the shortest/cheapest course would be What's New - but it has to be an instructor-led version of the course, and there are no dates scheduled anywhere in the world now, here's the proof: http://mylearn.vmware.com/portals/www/search/results.cfm?ui=www_edu&menu=search-results&searchtype=s...

Here's the VCP4 page which confirms the requirements: http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/plan.cfm?plan=22519&ui=www_cert

I think you might be better waiting for VCAP5-DCA to become available, It is about to go through a beta process and should be available by the end of June (that's a guess rather than hard fact though as the date has not been announced yet.)

You could use the VCAP4-DCA blueprint as a guide to start your preparations for VCAP5-DCA, you'll find it on this page: http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/plan.cfm?plan=16657&ui=www_cert