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VCAP-DCA v2 MindMap Available for Download
So after a good few late nights work, here is the updated VCAP-DCA mindmap with lots of added content. The content is taken from the Sean Crookston Study Guide (Now in the hands of Damian Karlson).
I hope you find it useful for your studies.
Here is the zipped file - VCAP-DCA.
The contents include an .xmind file for use with XMind Mindmapping software.
Have good week.
VCAP-DCA MindMap Update
This is for those interested in the VCAP-DCA MindMap I put up last month.
I have been furiously working on an updated version including much more detail from the Sean Crookston Study Guide. As soon as I’m happy with version 2.0 I will post it up.
VMWare VCAP-DCA Study Guide MindMap
I’m currently studying for my next VMWare certification, the VCAP-DCA. Sean Crookston over at www.seancrookston.com created a fantastic study guide (amongst other great resource items) and so I decided to create a MindMap of the study guide.
It was created in XMind (A freeware application for Windows/Linux/MacOS) and is also compatible with the excellent Thinking Space app for Android.
Here is the XMind file VCAP-DCA in a zip.
VMWare VCP Exam Passed
Today, after countless hours and weeks of revision I have passed the VMware VCP 410 exam.
I completed the required course (I chose to do the VCP FastTrack – 5 day) about 3 weeks ago and have been revising for about 2 weeks or so whilst using vSphere as part of my day job.
Like most, prior to taking the exam I had been looking around for mock exams. Mainly because I wanted a feel for the level of understanding that was required from the exam. VMware have a mock exam on their site which, to be honest, doesn’t give a very accurate representation of the actual exam. One or two questions maybe, but mostly nothing like what you’ll see on the day.
I had also been using Simon Long’s site for VCP practise exams and this was pretty close. And I urge any potential VCP’ers to go check out his site.
Of all the reading I had to do I found the following documents/sites to be most useful;
- VMware vSphere Book Bundle – A 14mb zip file containing 13 highly detailed documents covering almost all areas of vSphere
- VMware vSphere library (Online) – Great for quick searches across the whole document library
- vReference PDF reference cards – Fantastic cards chock full of useful information (plenty of configuration maximums on these in a well laid out context)
- VMware KB Digest
- B3RG vSphere Learning Guide (PDF) – Fantastic guide that breaks out the VMware ESX blueprint and fills in the details.
I will add some more soon…
Good luck to any visitors considering or revising for a VCP, I wish you all the best.