Passed VCP today...thoughts, etc.

[vmNewb35]

I passed my VCP today....woo hoo....

First of all I need to throw out some 'big ups' as the young crowd says today.

Eric (esiebert7625) a.k.a. T2, a.k.a. the borg, a.k.a. the machine....he has all the answers and his website is the best study portal on the web. If he suggests reading it...then read it. Check out his website here: http://www.vmware-land.com[/b] If you are serious about this test then go here and just start reading...sometimes a little RTFM time goes a LONG WAY.

Chris Huss for the dialogue and encouragement.

Rob Schmidt's study questions...these are great for flashcards and to ensure you understand base concepts.

If I were to give any advice on how to tackle this exam I would say:

1. Re-read your class material...lot of useful stuff there

2. Read the whitepapers...of particular help to me was the SAN Configuration Guide and the Resource Management Guide. This may seem korny to some, but I wanted to get a 30,000 feet view for some perspective so I read the Introduction to VMWare whitepaper again last night and I am glad I did...some of the questions come from this seemingly simple document. All of these are linked from Eric's site.

3. Use this forum and the people here as a sounding board and a resource. These folks are awesome and can help elucidate all of the nuances that the test encompasses.

4. Even old geezers like me can pass this with the right amount of effort and focus.

Now I can concentrate on Liverpool's run at the Premiership Title!!!!

Cheers, Chad

[r_engel]

Hi Tom,

Just bought this..

Dell PowerEdge 2650 -[/b]

2 x Intel Xeon 3.06GHz CPU's installed

4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR PC2100 ECC RAM

3 x 36GB 10K Ultra320 hot-swap SCSI HDD's (1 Spare)

4 x 73GB 10K Ultra320 hot-swap SCSI HDD's (1 Spare)

Perc 3/Di Raid Controller w/ 128MB cache (supports Raid 0, 1, 0+1, 5)

Adaptec 39160 SCSI Controller

3Com 3C985B Fibre Channel HBA

2 x redundant power supplies

2 x Gigabit ethernet ports

1 x Remote Access Controller (DRAC)

3 x USB ports (2 x rear, 1 x front)

CD-ROM / floppy drives

$1400 AUD.

Can't wait!!!!

[TomHowarth]

not a bad price, how jealous am I

[vmNewb35]

I can make it so that 'one falls off the back of a truck' for ya Tom...the only price is that you declare loyalty to Liverpool.

//VMWare fact: there is only ONE license file.

[r_engel]

Are you being serious or sarcastic, Tom ?

[TomHowarth]

your price is too high I could never turn to the Red side I might admit to supporting them in Europe though

[TomHowarth]

serious, I ve just done a conversion into sterling and its aroug £550 thats a lot of bang per buck so to speak.

so yes, I'm well jealous

[r_engel]

Server arrives next Wednesday... even comes with a HBA Card..

hmm.... storage arrays... hhm.... ???

i wonder where I can pick up a cheap couple of TB's...

[TomHowarth]

When in doubt, remember the mantra Ebay is your friend :smileygrin: