Another VCP!

[Chris_S_UK]

I just passed first time with 78% :smileyshocked:)

Now onto v3 with a view to doing that exam asap too!

Thanks to these forums for the informative and thought provoking posts...

Chris

[Ken_Cline]

Anyone looking to take the exam should be sure to look at the Certification Blueprint[/url]. This document shows you what areas are covered on the exam and gives you the information you need to focus your studies.

[TCronin]

When the education guys find a study guide available, or a braindump they rewrite the test immediately. The best advice for preparing for the test is to study the material available, pay attention and ask a lot of questions in the training....and work with the products, work with the products and then work with the products.

I passed my VCP on VI3 infrastructure at VMworld this year, and my VCP on ESX 2 in December of 2004. Both exams are passable if you have experience, and that keeps the certification relevant.

[eharvill]

I took the test today and passed as well! It was a measly 70, but counts nonetheless. I only have a couple months of "soft" ESX 3.0x experience (and some 2.5x), but a fairly good understanding systems, networking, linux and SANs, which I think really helped me. I learn best by doing and have a tough time just sitting and reading tons of documentation so I fully expected to fail the test on my first go round. I was pleasantly surprised to say the least. The wording of many questions were pretty tricky. I really wish it gave a summation at the end of what areas I need to work on. I would honestly be scared to take the test again because I think I would second guess a lot of questions that I "know" are correct.

[Paul_B1]

Finally got my welcome kit today. Took the exam at the end of October. VCP #7122

[badazws6]

I passed the Test Friday with a 77. Overall I thought the test was much easier then the 2.5 test, but I'm not a command line guy. I took the "What's new" class and other then that I just did 2 real world installs...

[mdippold]

I took the test also on Friday, together with a colleague. He passed with 90, I with 91. We are both working with ESX for years, attended the "what's new" course in september and did some test installs of VI3.

[neihn]

Passed the test about 6 weeks ago, and got the welcome kit 2 weeks ago. However, it did not have any information regarding the free VMWare workstation (download URL or key). I sent vmware several emails to certification@vmware.com and ask about it, but got no reply. Hmm, I hope that it is not VMware's standard business operation.

BTW, did you folk get the free VMWare Workstation?

Thanks, Hien.

[Ken_Cline]

See this thread[/url]

[Hoverand]

Hi all,

I took my VCP310 test yesterday afternoon and passed with 86 at first attempt...WOW!

Some questions looked a bit ambiguous, but 4 weeks of fulltime reading and re-reading ALL course materials, notes and pdfs, are enough to get rid of a lot of "nonsense" wrong answers... :smileygrin:

No "hands-on" experience, in my case -except for regular course labs.... I found, anyway, that many "real scenario" questions were simple rewording of "best practices" and "troubleshooting" examples in the manuals...

[alexgeorge26]

Hi friend,

Iam planning to write vcp-310 exam, can u tell me where can i get study guide for vcp-310 ,pls help me in getting the studyguide its request

alex

[alexgeorge26]

Hi friend

Thats great u cleared the exam,hope u cleared vcp-310, can u help me in getting study guide for vcp-310 as iam planned for appering the exam. i need ur help and suggestionin preparing the exam

Regards

ALEX

[geico]

Completed the VCP 310 with 85%.

This was the most difficult exam i have taken for long time, (i have completed 7 Cisco exams and 1 Microsoft exam).As others have rightly pointed out this % does not reflect the number of correct answers.I had 70 Questions to be completed in 95 Minutes.

I would say 95% of the subject is from the course material and rest from the manuals.There were lot of ambiguous questions and so were the ones multiple correct answers.

No upgrade topics and esxcfg-* commands were tested.You got to have good memory of all the options in storage/networking screens. Also you have to know Host/VM/VC/LS HW/SW specifications by hart.I wish it would be more simulation based rather than having to cram all these features and numbers.

I feel there should be a another exam for advanced users like the guys who puts lot of effort in this forum.Plus although i managed to pass the exam i feel there are lot of stuff i still got to learn about the VI3.

I have only about 2 months production level experience in VI3 and took my class 3 months back.I am glad i made it as my VI3 class was a mess.Couple of gurus hijacked the class and i was not able to get much out of it as a total newbie but thats another story.

Any questions about the exam are welcome except for the actual exam questions.

[Datto]

Took and passed my VCP 2 test today.

Now doing the James Brown endzone dance.

Datto

PS: Get Up (I feel like booting a) Virtual Machine.

[mmenne]

Passed my test on Friday. I thought alot of the questions were poorly worded. Some of the questions could have been a bit clearer.

I hate "best answer" questions. I know they make you think, but they still get me.

Oh well, still passed.

Real world experience helped. Also having a more than surface level understanding of multiple areas (networking, SAN) also helped.

[hp_Bladefanatic]

Hey Guys!

I did the VP310 Test yesterday and passed too (yeah )

To pass this test experience with Storage Technologies, Access Control Rights, Resource Pool Scenarios etc will help

I did not like the boot-from-SAN questions (I had 4 questions regarding that) , because I did not know anyone who is doing that in reality . . . .

regards

Michael

[RobMokkink]

passed today with a 90.

Exam was easier then the 2.x. one.

I practiced a lot, had some vi3 projects and i have been reading the pdf's all december long.

And i asked a lot of questions on the vmtn forum.

[Resnovich]

I passed on the 28th of Dec with a 91. IT was easier than I had thought since I have very little real work experience with VMware beyond a basic install. Alot of the questions I was asked seemed to be in the student material and some in my class notes. It helps to have a good instructor; Thanks John Tuffin!

I do have plans on installing VI3 on Dell blade servers using Silkworm 4100s and an EMC CX500 once i get the gear in the lab. I suppose this is the one instance when you would really use boot-from-san; because you are forced to.

I guess the welcome kit will be here when I get back from Okinawa in Feb.

[moondevil]

Hello all, just completed my VP310 exam and passed. Upgrade from original VCP.

I agree with the previous posters in all respects except one. I liked the Boot-from-SAN questions. I must be the only person putting Bladecenters out into production environments with boot-from-SAN VI3 ;).

Definately need knowledge of all the Virtualcenter screens, roles and permissions etc.

[hp_Bladefanatic]

I think you "have to" boot from SAN, with no other choices \~smiles~

[Mork]

Well I'm happy to add to this thread that I also passed yesterday afternoon with a 90

Makes me a very happy chappy indeed!

Now I just have to wait for my welcome kit...