Finally passed my VCP5 Exam

Discussion in 'VMware Certifications' started by TechTock, Jun 21, 2012.

  1. TechTock

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    Finally after 8 months hard work and one failure I passed. Still don't know how I got 420 as I thought I passed but not that well. Think I might of slipped in a few lucky answers :biggrin
     
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    WIP: Having a rest :-)
  2. JK2447
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    Congrats mate, another beast slain :)

    What resources did you use to get you through? How long have you worked on VMware products? I need to do the VCP5 at some point.
    Cheers
    Jim
     
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    Congrats
     
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  4. Denver Maxwell

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    Good one!
     
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  5. craigie

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    Well done that man!
     
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    Congrats on the pass, welcome to the club!
     
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    Congratulations and well done :)
     
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    Congrats on passing.
     
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  9. TechTock

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    Jim, I bought 3 servers and set one up with Openfiler SAN to test all the bells and whistles with VSphere. It took me roughly 8 months to do and I used official documents, Mastering VCP 4-5 books and HA/DRS Deep Dive as well as the VMware forums and other websites. I failed the first time with 290 but ran out of time and had around 12 questions that I didn't answer so was a little cheesed off with myself. I personally didn't like the exam as I felt some questions weren't clear enough or worded in such a way that I struggled to pick the correct answer. I was convinced with at least 3 questions that 3 answers were correct when it asked for 2. I've used VMware products as well for around 1 year but in no great depth and still struggle with certain areas mainly on the networking parts of ESXi.

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    Cheers all for the replies. Really happy to get this one off my back. Haven't felt so nervous doing an exam since 70-291 (That exam still makes me shiver lol).
     
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    WIP: Having a rest :-)
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    Well done on the pass. Congratz. :respct
     
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    Congrats mate, well done :)
     
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