The book that carried me through deployment was "Mastering VMware Infrastructure 3" by Chris McCain. I did pick up Scott Lowe's book "VMware vSphere 4 Administration Instant Reference" which is a bit smaller; I'm hoping to rely more on VMware's docs which are fairly good so I can better prepare for the exam at the same time. I think you're definitely right though...hands-on is the best way to get a handle on it.
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Ekhoff, Andrew <aekh...@sags.k12.il.us>wrote: > VCP4 exam isn't bad. It's very similar to the VCP3 test. The main > differences are maximums of ESX4 vs ESX3, memory, vswitches, etc.. The VCP4 > test includes some of the newer vmware products too. When I took the test I > was still consulting so I was knee deep in it everyday. I used Test Kings > to supplement my hands on experience. The next iteration of the VCP I'm > probably going to have to explore some other study methods. One book I have > found helpful, not for the test but general design and administration, is > VMware Infrastructure 3: Advanced Technical Design Guide and Advanced > Operations Guide. I was hoping they would have a new one for vSphere 4 but > I haven't seen it yet. There are a lot of study materials on VMWare's > website also. > > Good luck with the upgrade to vSphere, I've done a few of those too. > ________________________________________ > From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] > On Behalf Of BRIAN DICHTER [brian.dich...@d214.org] > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 11:37 AM > To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List > Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] ESXi "Expert" needed > > Hey Andrew, I think I'll call you for advice! I'm going to schedule it > after I finish our upgrade to vSphere. How was the VCP4 exam for you? > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Ekhoff, Andrew <aekh...@sags.k12.il.us > <mailto:aekh...@sags.k12.il.us>> wrote: > Feel free to contact me also. My experience with VMware is: > > 3 years with a consulting firm, heavy vmware work. > Started with ESX2 up till current. > I've configured HA clusters, DRS, Vmotion. > iSCSI, NFS, replication configurations on NetApp and EMC sans. > I currently hold VCP3 and VCP4 certs > > In the last 3 years I have over 30 ESX configurations anywhere from single > ESXi servers to 5+ ESX hosts with SAN storage. > > _______________________________ > > -- > Brian Dichter > District Technology Systems Supervisor > Township High School District 214 > 2121 Goebbert Road > Arlington Heights, IL 60005 > brian.dich...@d214.org<mailto:brian.dich...@d214.org><mailto: > brian.dich...@d214.org<mailto:brian.dich...@d214.org>> > 847.718.6565 office > 224.688.1863 mobile > 847.718.7673 fax > > "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." > -- Carl Sagan > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > > -- > Brian Dichter > District Technology Systems Supervisor > Township High School District 214 > 2121 Goebbert Road > Arlington Heights, IL 60005 > brian.dich...@d214.org<mailto:brian.dich...@d214.org> > 847.718.6565 office > 224.688.1863 mobile > 847.718.7673 fax > > "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." > -- Carl Sagan > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > -- Brian Dichter District Technology Systems Supervisor Township High School District 214 2121 Goebbert Road Arlington Heights, IL 60005 brian.dich...@d214.org 847.718.6565 office 224.688.1863 mobile 847.718.7673 fax "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." -- Carl Sagan
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