Question regarding blueprint

[vis01]

I have sat the course and am now studying for the exam which I will take at the end of the month.  I have seen a few posts that speak about not over reading the documentation.  Most say to follow the blueprint and that will help with other book resources and lab.  To what degree should one read the links within the Blueprint?  Should you know it all very well for the exam or just pick out the parts that align to the objectives of that section?  I am trying to avoid working on areas outside of the exam for now and will circle back once the exam is over/passed.

Thanks,

-VIS

[scott28tt]

I would focus on the blueprint objectives, use the documentation as the main "paper" resource, but the one thing you must do is play with the software - do the things in the blueprint - as many of them as you can...

[vis01]

Thanks for the helpful response Scott.  One additional question, do you feel that the objectives and exercises in The Official VCP5 Certification Guide and VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5 Study Guide by Atkinson are sufficient with going to official documentation when further explanation is needed?

[AndreTheGiant]

Consider the link also as an official reference. Answers at the exam questions are somewhere in the official documentation... or could be obtained from there.

[scott28tt]

I can't comment on those books as I haven't read them. Personally I don't believe they are necessary.

[AndreTheGiant]

About Brian's book here a review:

Book review: VCP5 VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5 Study Guide | vInfrastructure Blog

Anyway you can study a pass the VCP exam also without any book, only using the official docs (linked in the blueprint) and doing some lab.

[scott28tt]

Ultimately the exam items are validated against the documentation - with that being the case I know what resources I would place my trust in when preparing for the exam