VMware VCP5 resources

While preparing and studing for the VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 5 exam, I created an overview of resources that could help preparing the VCP5 exam. The VCP5 exam consist of:

– 85 questions

– Time limit is 90 minutes. For candidates in a country where English is not the primary language will have additional 30 minutes

– Passing score is 300 out of 500

– Scheduling and taking the exam through Pearson VUE

– The yellow highlighted paths are available until 29 February 2012

General

– VMware VCP5 page

– VCP5 blueprint

– vSphere 5 Maximums

– vSphere 5.0 CLI reference poster

– VCP5 documentation notes by Forbes Guthrie

– What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Platform

– What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Storage

– What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Performance

– What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Networking

– What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Availability

– What’s New in VMware vCloud Director 1.5 Technical Whitepaper

– What’s New in VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.0 Technical Whitepaper

– What’s New in VMware Data Recovery 2.0 Technical Whitepaper

– VMware vSphere Storage Appliance Technical Whitepaper

– VMware vSphere 5.0 Licensing, Pricing and Packaging

 

Forum

-VCP Community forum

Exam experience

– Eric Sloof

– vJason

Exam preparation

– VCP on vSphere 5 Mock Exam

– Simon Long practice exams

Books

– Mastering VMware vSphere 5 by Scott Lowe

– VMware vSphere 5 Clustering Technical Deepdive by Duncan Epping and Frank Denneman

CBT training

– Trainsignal vSphere 5 training

VMware courses available

– VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage 5.0

– VMware vSphere: What’s New 5.0

 

If you have additional resources let me know.

 

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