Yellow Bricks

by Duncan Epping

Archives for 2009

VCDX Enterprise Exam prep material

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Lately I’ve been receiving so many emails/dm’s/pm’s about how to prepare for the Enterprise Exam(VCDX) that I decided to actually write an article as I did not have one yet.

As a start I would like to recommend the Deploy, Secure and Analyze course. The course covers 99% of the exam. If you don’t have the budget you could also use the following material to prepare:

Besides these links my tip would be: Just do it!

ps: if someone has additional docs/links they would like to have added, leave a comment and I will add them to the list.

VMTN Podcast, join in on the fun

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As many of you hopefully know there’s a weekly VMTN Community Podcast. VMware’s John Troyer runs the show and usually most of the active VMTN Members join in on the fun. The best shows so far, in my opinion, are the deep technical ones and especially around storage. This evening(for us Europeans at least, wednesday 21:00 GMT +1 !!) Chad Sakac will join to discuss vSphere and iSCSI. For those who don’t know Chad, read this post on VI3.5 and iSCSI and you probably know why you should join in on this podcast. You can dial in, or just listen and have fun in the chatroom. You can ask your questions in the chatroom and one of the panel members will ask them during the call.

Just be there!!!

HA deepdive

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I just refreshed my HA Deepdive page. I had it on my “to do” list for a long time but never got to it. Well it took me a couple of evenings but it’s finally done and I’m happy about it. I just hope you guys find the refresh useful and enjoy it. I also flushed all the comments on the page, if you’ve got any question don’t hesitate to ask them. I might even add a FAQ one day… who knows 🙂

Want to become a VCDX before the end of year?

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Yesterday I posted an article that the required exams for the VCDX certification would be available at VMworld at discounted prices. Today Rick broke the news that VCDX Defense panels are also scheduled for VMworld.

This reminded me that I still haven’t heard from VMware on the results of my VCDX Design Exam beta.  I was really hoping that I would receive my passing grade (hopeful huh?) and schedule the defense during VMworld.

Well, I called Tina (she’s so famous now!) at VMware and chatted about this.  She sounded hopeful that the results would be sent out by end of business tomorrow (Friday 7/24).  She also informed me that in addition to VCP and VCDX exams being available at VMworld, that VMware will also be scheduling VCDX Defense sessions during the week.  Great news!

I didn’t know we were allowed to talk about it but now that the word is out… Like Rick said, design exam results will be sent really soon. VCDX Defense Panels will be scheduled before and directly after VMworld, not during as far as I know. Those who passed the exam better start preparing, good luck and maybe we will meet at one of the sessions as I will be part of the panel. For the European candidates who are not attending VMworld, panels will also be scheduled in Europe. Dates and location are still to be confirmed though.

VCDX Enterprise Administration and Design Exams available at VMworld 2009!

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Jon Hall posted this info on the VMTN Communities which I wanted to share with you guys.

VMware will be providing onsite testing services at VMworld 2009. A great deal is available on the VCP exam (see my post at http://communities.vmware.com/thread/222191?tstart=0 ), but more importantly, the VCDX Enterprise Administration and Design Exams will be offered! You must be pre-authorized to take these exams, so if you are already in process to take the Enterprise Administration Exam, contact certification@vmware.com to inquire about the availability of the exam at VMworld. You can register at Pearson VUE for the Design Exam, but again you must already be in process and have authorization from VMware to take the exam. The link for registering with Pearson for the Design Exam is http://pearsonvue.com/vmware/vmworld/ . For the Enterprise Administration Exam only, you must contact us directly.

For those who want to do the Enterprise Exam check the mock exam that has also has just been released: Enterprise Administration Mock Exam.

Dave Convery also posted about discounts for these exams, which might be a nice incentive to get you guys studying!