topic Re: VCAP Design 6 in VCAP: VMware Certified Advanced Professional Discussions

VCAP Design 6

BibinBharathan — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 06:16:42 GMT

Hello,

I am currently a VCAP DCA 5.5 holder Planning to write DCD 6.0 , studied the below books .

1. VCAP5-DCD Official Cert Guide

2. TrainSignal.Designing.VMware.Infrastructure

3. Sybex.VMware.vSphere.Design.2nd.Edition.Mar.2013

Can somebody please share suggestion for my preparation.

Regards,

Bibin C Bharathan

bibin.c.bharathan@gmail.com

Re: VCAP Design 6

firestartah — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 11:14:56 GMT

Hi,

For the VCAP6-DCV Design exam I plan to use the following resources: http://thesaffageek.co.uk/vsphere-6-x-dcv-study-resources/vcap6-deploy-design/

Gregg

Re: VCAP Design 6

BibinBharathan — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 17:41:18 GMT

Thanks

Re: VCAP Design 6

jhague — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 19:00:14 GMT

Hi Bibin,

I'd recommend the following in addition to the blueprint (blueprint has a lot of links to other content).

Scoring for VCAP6 Design Exams – The Cloud JAR

VCAP6 Design Tips, Tricks and New Features – The Cloud JAR

Also my experience here.

VCAP6-DCV Design Experience | vCloudburst Blog

Re: VCAP Design 6

Dan_Johnson — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 14:51:12 GMT

Hey Bibin,

I guess it depends on your exposure to design.

If you're coming at the exam from an operational perspective, you may struggle with the "design" aspect of the exam, rather than the technical side of the exam.

For instance, differentiating between functional and non functional requirements. Determining Risks, Requirements, Constraints and Assumptions.

You don't want to spend too much time revising technical aspects and not concentrating on your approach to design.

To that end, i would recommend the VMware vSphere Design books by Scott Lowe as well as the pluralsight course "Designing VMware Infrastructure" or the vBrown Bag Podcast series for the VCAP5-DCD, while the tech has moved on the design methodology still applies.

Dont neglect vSAN or BCDR study either.

These all helped me pass the VCAP6-DCD