As I have found this forum and community in general to be a great use while studying and troubleshooting, I wanted to contribute as best as I could with my first meaningful post.
Today I took and passed the VCP, a great first time pass and not by much. I got a little full of myself after taking the advanced troubleshooting class, and registered for the exam. With the blueprint and official VCP book from Pearson VUE, I set out this morning just a bit nervous. Quite honestly, the book and practice exams made me confident, but were nowhere near the material on the test. I was hammered repeatedly with VMFS 3 upgrade questions, and ESX 3.5 upgrade questions. If I hadn't been paying attention to my instructor 3 years ago in my ESX4.0 class, I surely would not have passed.
Moral of the story: stay confident, not cocky. Master 5.0, but use your labs to practice your mixed environment scenarios and multiple storage protocol scenarios. Don't get stuck on practice tests...
