{"id":740,"date":"2006-12-22T14:44:25","date_gmt":"2006-12-22T14:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2006\/12\/passed-the-vmware-certified-professional-exam.htm"},"modified":"2007-05-26T19:32:22","modified_gmt":"2007-05-26T18:32:22","slug":"passed-the-vmware-certified-professional-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2006\/12\/passed-the-vmware-certified-professional-exam.htm","title":{"rendered":"Passed the VMware Certified Professional exam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/vcp.gif?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"VMware Certified Professional\" \/>This morning I passed the <a href=\"http:\/\/mylearn1.vmware.com\/portals\/certification\/\">VMware Certified Professional<\/a> on VI3 exam.<\/p>\n<p>VMware&#8217;s non-disclosure agreement prevents me from saying anything about the exam itself but I can say that it involved a lot of preparation and this was my strategy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most importantly, get some experience of working with VMware products (I have been working on a project to implement VI3 since July and also use VMware Server every day).<\/li>\n<li>Attend the mandatory <a href=\"http:\/\/mylearn1.vmware.com\/descriptions\/EDU%20DATASHEET%20VI3IC.pdf\">VMware Infrastructure 3 Install and Configure course<\/a> (I don&#8217;t believe that making a \u00c2\u00a32200 course mandatory is a good thing &#8211; people with suitable experience should be allowed to take the test without having to either shell out that sort of cash themselves or persuade their employer to do it &#8211; often locking them into an agreement to stay with the company&#8230;).<\/li>\n<li>Book the exam (oh yes, the \u00c2\u00a32200 doesn&#8217;t include exam fees &#8211; that&#8217;s another \u00c2\u00a3100).<\/li>\n<li>Use the week before Christmas, when most of my colleagues were on holiday, to lock myself away and cram like crazy, reading the course notes through again as well as the product documentation. I find that writing notes helps me to taking information on board and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/data\/vcpcram.pdf\">I&#8217;ve published my revision notes here<\/a> (note that these were written prior to taking the exam and, to avoid breaking the terms of the exam NDA, the content has not been edited to reflect what I experienced in the exam &#8211; the only changes from the originals relate to formatting and grammar).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I passed the VMware Certified Professional on VI3 exam. 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