Hurry-up for the VCP5-DCV Delta Exam

VMware has released a new delta exam to recertify current VCP5-DCV holders. This delta exam focusses on material between vSphere 5.0/5.1 and vSphere 5.5 exams. This exam must be done before the end of the month!

Here are some details of the exam:

  • Based on new material between the vSphere 5.0/5.1 and vSphere 5.5 exams
  • The VCP5-DCV Exam consists of 65 questions and a short pre-exam survey consisting of 8 questions
  • In the VMware Education portal check when the VCP5-DCV certification expires:

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  • The passing score is 300 (scale from 100-500)
  • The exam is available in English and Japanese
  • Exam time limit is 75 minutes and 15 minutes for the survey questions. (30 minutes additional time for countries where English is not a primary language)
  • Available online and you can take it from any location
  • The cost of the VCP5-DCV delta exam is:  €90,00
  • The exam must be completed within 2 days of your registration with PearsonVUE
  • If a candidate fails an exam on the first attempt, he or she must wait seven calendar days from their Original appointment time before he or she can register to retake the exam
  • The exam will only be offered until November 30, 2014. Update: VMware extending the period to take the exam, it  will be available through March 10, 2015.
  • The blueprint can be found here, link
  • The exam code is: VCP550D
  • A free 1-hr online eLearning  “VMware vSphere: What’s New Fundamentals of V5.5”  is available. This self-paced online training covers many new enhancements. This eLearning course does not fulfill certification requirements necessary for VCP5-DCV.   The eLearning can be found here, link
  • The VCP5-DCV Recertification website can be found here, link

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Let me know your experience with the VCP5-DCV Delta (VCP550D) Recertification Exam.

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

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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

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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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VMware vSphere 5 what’s new

VMware  announced vSphere 5 yesterday. This is the next generation of their Cloud  Infrastructure Suite.

 

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Here’s a list of white papers and technical documents about the new products, features and licensing of VMware vSphere 5:

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

 

Also the new VMware Certified Professional (VCP 5) exam details are available:

VMware Certified Professional 5 (VCP 5) information

VMware VCP5 exam blueprint

 

More information on VMware vSphere 5 are covered in future blog post!