VMWare Certified Professional.

[BoomAM]

Hi.
Has anyone taken this exam, and what are their views on it?
Im tempted to take it tbh, as im quite into my virtualisation and reading the supposid content of the course, i already know 90% of it anyway...

Thoughts?

 

[BoomAM]

So i cant just self train?
Does that mean the course/s have the exam bundled in with it?

 

[BoomAM]

And there was me thinking i'd self teach!
Cheapest ive found the course for is £2500!

 

[BoomAM]

So basically its £2500+ to take the course, then however much for the exam!?

Well i really want to do it, so im gonna have to find a way to get the money.

Whose good for courses in the NW, & for taking the exams?

 

[BoomAM]

Is it worth doing from a jobs perspective though?

Ive been faffing with ESXi 3 for about 6 months now, and about 2 weeks ago, ESXi 4.

 

[BoomAM]

I want to get into virtualization as it fasinates me.
But im wondering if its worth doing a course that expensive if it doesnt significantely help me get a job in the field...?


Who runs the courses and where can i do the exams at?

 

[BoomAM]

And if you do go down that route you need to know SAN/NAS/DAS well too

Any questions just ask

To what extent do i need to know?
I know the theory behind the lot of it and have extensive knowlegde of the hardware behind SANs & NASs because of the hardware we have at work (MSA shelves & blades for example), which i setup, but im not too familier with DAS's beyond the theory.

I just sent a colleague on it for £1500 so its do-able cheaper.

How did you get it that cheap?

Cheaper the better, as im gonna have to fund this myself.

 

[BoomAM]

DAS is pretty much plug and play really!

I phoned the place and negotiated with them - they needed to fill a space up for a course starting the following week so knocked 1k off the price.

Never pay full prices for course, when I did my CCA course it cost £600!

What place?

 

[BoomAM]

For the CCA or the VCP? Cant remember the name of the VMware one - it was one of the smaller chains, was done in Manchester... Can check for you tomorrow if you like

If you wouldnt mind please.
A £1000 discount would make a big difference tbh. lol.

 

[BoomAM]

I dont know of any other training places, thats the problem! lol.
(i keep asking in this thread )

 

[BoomAM]

http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrreg/co...erby=0&id_subject=3036&country=United Kingdom

Thanks.

Its the ' VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure V3.5' i need to get the code to do the VCP exam isnt it?

Anyone heard of any plans about v4 exams....?

And wheres the etc website? lol.