VMware Certified Professional

[GroundZero3]

Well I was interested in getting his certification, but from the looks of it you have to take a course on it. What kind of BS is that?! Right now im gathering some study material for this cert.

VMware Education Services

Becoming a VMware Certified Professional is a straightforward, three-step process:

1. Participate in a VMware authorized course that is instructor-led to learn best practices and gain hands-on experience. The accepted courses are: "Install and Configure"; "Deploy, Secure and Analyze"; and "Fast Track". If you are a current VCP, there are no course prerequisites.
2. Gain hands-on experience with VMware. Individuals who do not have the hands on experience find it very difficult to pass the exam.
3. Enroll and pass the certification exam. To register to take the VMware Certified Professional examination please contact Pearson VUE, a third-party testing center at VMware Testing with Pearson VUE

We have purchased three licenses of vmware ESXI with vmotion (some new blade servers are coming too!) . So i need to down and start hashing this stuff out. I wont study for it hardcore like my CCNP, just yet. Gonna just dabble in it, maybe my work will pay for the course. Got the CBTnuggets for it, just need a book now. Of course the next couple of months could be interesting for me and could affect me getting this cert.

[RobRich]

Required course for a cert on virtualization? That is somewhat ridiculous IMO. For a person like you with a CCNP network cert or similar, what is supposedly any more demanding about a VMware cert?

I kind of doubt VUE cares how many times you take the test as long as you are paying. VMware shouldn't care either, IMO of course. Hmmm.

[nemowolf]

Required course for a cert on virtualization? That is somewhat ridiculous IMO. For a person like you with a CCNP network cert or similar, what is supposedly any more demanding about a VMware cert?

I kind of doubt VUE cares how many times you take the test as long as you are paying. VMware shouldn't care either, IMO of course. Hmmm.

On the other hand ... VMWare could be doing that to stop exactly what your suggesting ... People with enough free time to memorize questions and answers without any way to verify they actually know their material.

PS, CCNP doesnt really translate to VMWare as VMWare covers both OS and Framework setup (VMs and Infrastructure)

[RobRich]

Different technologies invovled? O RLY? ;p

What I was getting at is if someone can devote effort to study and pass CCNP, he is probably not going to have much of a problem devoting effort to studying and passing a VMware cert.

I am actually pretty well versed in hardware virtualization, but more along the lines of the underyling technologies involved. I have little interest in real-world implementation.

[nemowolf]

Different technologies invovled? O RLY? ;p

What I was getting at is if someone can devote effort to study and pass CCNP, he is probably not going to have much of a problem devoting effort to studying and passing a VMware cert.

I am actually pretty well versed in hardware virtualization, but more along the lines of the underyling technologies involved. I have little interest in real-world implementation.

Totally didnt get that view sorry. But if you look at it from the view point that it forces people to have REAL experience with the system, it means that certified professionals are always going to have some level of experience instead of the paper IT warriors out there with nothing but the Certs they managed to memorize and pass. (Higher Caliber of professional with the cert)

[GroundZero3]

FYI it seems you can now run ESXi inside vmware station 6 (for those who have it). This is great because it allows you to get the hands on when it comes to learning ESXI if you dont have a server you can install it on. (make sure you have a hefty machine and a certain cpu!!!)

The guy who does the CBTnuggets for vmware has some sloppy hand writing, but at least I can understand him.