Back in June 2008 I passed the VCP 301 Exam. I thought it would be nice to share some of the resources I used to pass the VCP exam. Below is a list of resources that were used when studying for the exam.

 

  • Real World Experience
  • VMware Product Guides located here
  • VMware Courseware
  • VMware Blueprint located here
  • VMware Mock Exam located here
  • Study Guides from other VMware Community users located here.

 

The VMware Product guides are where you will find the bulk of the information you will need to study. There are a lot of guides, but you really need to study all of them. The courseware material from the Authorized VMware course will also help a lot, but just isn’t as in-depth as the product documentation. The mock exam will give you a good feel for the type of questions that will be presented to you on the real exam. Then the study guides from other users I found will help you create your own study guide to prepare you for the exam.

Overall the VCP exam isn’t really difficult, but you will need to know a lot of in-depth information. You will also need hands-on experience with the products there is NO substitute for this. Also you will need to invest a good amount of time into studying.

I wish anyone taking this test good luck and hope you find the experience valuable. If there are any questions you have please feel free to leave comments.