VCP5 exam/course

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My current job has me becoming more involved with our VMware setup. At the minute I'm having to learn things as and when but i have decided i need to be a little more pro active.

Can anyone recommend a good text book?
I would also be interested in any courses/providers


Thanks

BeerBaron

 

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Mastering VMWare vSphere 4/5 is a good book to start with.. Also, how familiar are you with virtualization in general?

 

I have ESXi installed on a Dell 2950 at home to mess about with other than what I do at work. Not really spent much time on this since I moved house though. I have a fairly good understanding of virtualization in general. I'm looking to make my life easier in the event something happens in the future.

Thanks for the recommendations.

 

Beerbaron, I used Scott Lowe's VSpehere 5 book and the course from QA to pass my VCP 5. The Scott Lowe stuff is very good.

 

A few old text books to trade in with Amazon and then I'll hopefully pick this textbook up.

I will be looking to do this course; VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.0 with the exam included. How much did your courses cost roughly?

 

My employer paid for it, but I think it was in the 1.5K -2K region. If you use Vmware alot however you may get more out of the fast track course, which goes into more depth and is a day shorter I believe.

 

I don't use it a lot as its only a small part of my job but is essential that I get a better understanding of it.

 

You only need the course if you want to sit the exam, all of it and more is covered in the Simon Lowe books.

 

I would also recommend that you read blogs on virtualization. It will help you a lot with future projects and keep you updated with the virtualization industries.

 

i want to sit the exam

 

I love the Trainsignal troubleshooting video training, not sure if it will help you with a VCP but if your going to be fixing anything you'll find the info invaluable, tis more for the VCAP-DCA lvl

 

Definitely read the Blueprint and whitepapers as well, I would also suggest Duncan Epping and Frank Denneman's book on Clustering.

There are a few things over on my blog that can help (including links to whitepapers etc).

Getting hands on experience ever if only via workstation will only help more.

 

I'm currently getting hands on experience but want the theory to go with it

 

I trained jk2447 when I was working as a VCI for Global Knowledge ;-)

They have a VCP5 bundle which includes the Install Configure Manage course, an exam prep workshop day (which I wrote!) and the VCP5 exam voucher - and the list price for the bundle is less than the list price of the course on it's own... Look under the "special offers" area on their site: Cisco Training, Microsoft Training, ITIL Training, VMware Training, Citrix Training, PRINCE2 Training

I also run a blog which you'll find useful for VCP5 and other VMware certifications: VMware Training and Certification

 

Thanks scott28tt, I didn't notice is was cheaper as a bundle. Do Global Knowledge let you take the test after the prep course or do you have to go to another test centre to do it?

 

The exam prep workshop is a full day of content, mostly practice questions, so the actual exam is taken on a separate day. I would advise you take the real exam a week or two later, use the workshop as a real-life mock exam and a chance to talk to your peers and a VCI/VCP.

You can do the exam at the same location, Global Knowledge run Vue exams in London, Leeds, and Wokingham. They also deliver the exam prep workshop via Webex sometimes too...

 

just ordered this Mastering VMware VSphere 5: Amazon.co.uk: Scott Lowe: Books

 

Thats a great book, I use it myself!

 

I have read about 1/4 of the book so far and have to say its a fairly easy read. I would definitely recommend it.