Prepare for the VMware VCAP-DCA exam with vSphere Troubleshooting Training

I’m preparing for the VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Datacenter Administration exam. The exam covers 40 questions about real world stuff like installing, configuring and troubleshooting vSphere environments. So you need hand-on experience on installing, configuring and troubleshooting vSphere environments.

For the preparation I use the Trainsignal VMware vSphere Troubleshooting Training video course presented by David Davis.

The Trainsignal VMware vSphere Troubleshooting Training course covers mainly section 6 of the VCAP-DCA blueprint (Perform Advanced Troubleshooting). In 30 high quality video lessons troubleshooting is mainly done by CLI (Command Line Interfaces). Here are some topics that get covered during the course:

  • vMA installation and commands
  • Configure, viewing, searching and exporting vCenter and VMware ESX(i) log files
  • vNetwork Distributed vSwitch (vDS) refresher and private VLANS
  • ESXtop / RESXTOP
  • Troubleshooting Networks by CLI
  • Troubleshooting Storage by CLI (iSCSI and NFS)
  • Troubleshooting vCenter
  • Configure and troubleshoot ESX firewall
  • Troubleshooting VMotion and SVMotion
  • Troubleshoot HA and DRS
  • Troubleshooting VMs

The vSphere Troubleshooting Training is almost 14 hours, is available on 3 DVDs and online as streaming video (iPad compatible).  The complete course outline is available on the website listed on the end. A sample video is available here.

The videos are easy to follow.  I think the Trainsignal VMware vSphere Troubleshooting Training it’s a great way to prepare and get hands-on experience needed for the VCAP-DCA exam.

More information can be found here.