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The Official VCP5 Certification Guide (Vmware Press Certification) [Hardcover]

Bill Ferguson
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Book Description

16 Aug 2012 0789749319 978-0789749314 1

Trust the bestselling Official Cert Guide series from VMware Press to help you learn, prepare, and practice for VCP5 exam success. They are the only VMware authorized self-study books and are built with the objective of providing assessment, review, and practice to help ensure you are fully prepared for your certification exam.

 

 **Note to readers**  In March 2013 VMware renamed the VCP5 (VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5) to VCP5-DCV (VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5 - Data Center Virtualization).

 

The Official VCP5 Certification Guide presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. “Do I Know This Already?” quizzes open each chapter and enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly.

  • Master VMware VCP510 exam topics
  • Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes
  • Review key concepts with exam preparation tasks
  • Practice with realistic exam questions on the DVD

The Official VCP5 Certification Guide focuses specifically on the objectives for the VCP510 VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5. VMware Certified Instructor (VCI) Bill Ferguson shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics.


The companion DVD contains a powerful Pearson IT Certification Practice Test engine that enables you to focus on individual topic areas or take a complete, timed exam. The assessment engine also tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, laying out a complete assessment of your knowledge to help you focus your study where it is needed most.


Well-regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, comprehensive design scenarios, and challenging review questions and exercises, this official study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time.


The official study guide helps you master all the topics on the VCP510 exam, including:

  • Understanding how virtualization can best be integrated into today's real-world IT environments
  • Recognizing what to change, and what to leave alone
  • Planning, installing, configuring, and upgrading vCenter Server and VMware ESXi Planning and configuring vSphere networking and storage
  • Deploying and Administering Virtual Machines and vApps
  • Establishing and Maintaining Service Levels
  • Performing basic troubleshooting
  • Monitoring vSphere implementations
  • Managing vCenter Server alarms
  • Preparing for the future of VMware virtualization

 

The Official VCP5 Certification Guide is part of a recommended learning path from VMware that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized VMware instructors and self-study products from VMware Press. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered worldwide, please visit www.vmware.com/training.

 

Pearson IT Certification Practice Test minimum system requirements:

Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista (SP2), or Windows 7;

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Client;

Microsoft SQL Server Compact 4.0;

Pentium class 1GHz processor (or equivalent);

512 MB RAM;

650 MB disc space plus 50 MB for each downloaded practice exam

 

Also available from VMware Press for VCP5 study is The Official VCP5 Certification Guide Premium Edition eBook and Practice Test available exclusively from pearsonITcertification.com. This digital-only certification preparation product combines an eBook with enhanced Pearson IT Certification Practice Test.


This integrated learning package:

  • Allows you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams
  • Includes direct links from each question to detailed tutorials to help you understand the concepts behind the questions
  • Provides unique sets of exam-realistic practice questions
  • Tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, laying out a complete assessment of your knowledge to help you focus your study where it is needed most

 


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Product details

  • Hardcover: 624 pages
  • Publisher: VMware Press; 1 edition (16 Aug 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0789749319
  • ISBN-13: 978-0789749314
  • Product Dimensions: 18.4 x 4.1 x 22.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 215,644 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The official study guide helps you master all the topics on the VCP510 exam, including

 

  • Understanding how virtualization can best be integrated into today’s real-world IT environments
  • Recognizing what to change, and what to leave alone
  • Planning, installing, configuring, and upgrading vCenter Server and VMware ESXi Planning and configuring vSphere networking and storage
  • Deploying and administering Virtual Machines and vApps
  • Establishing and maintaining Service Levels
  • Performing basic troubleshooting
  • Monitoring vSphere implementations
  • Managing vCenter Server alarms
  • Preparing for the future of VMware virtualization

 

 

The DVD contains a complete practice exam and three hours of VCP5 video training from TrainSignal.

 

The Official VCP5 Certification Guide presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. “Do I Know This Already?” quizzes open each chapter and enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly.

 

  • Master VMware VCP510 exam topics
  • Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes
  • Review key concepts with exam preparation tasks
  • Practice with realistic exam questions on the DVD

 

The Official VCP5 Certification Guide focuses specifically on the objectives for the VCP510 VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5. VMware Certified Instructor (VCI) Bill Ferguson shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material follows the blueprint, and is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics.

The companion DVD contains a powerful Pearson IT Certification Practice Test engine that enables you to focus on individual topic areas or take a complete, timed exam. The assessment engine also tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, laying out a complete assessment of your knowledge to help you focus your study where it is needed most.

 

Well-regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, comprehensive design scenarios, and challenging review questions and exercises, this official study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time.

The Official VCP5 Certification Guide is part of a recommended learning path from VMware that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized VMware instructors and self-study products from VMware Press. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered worldwide, please visit www.vmware.com/training.

 

About the Author

Bill Ferguson, VCI5, VCP5, CCSI, and MCT has been in the computer industry for more than 20 years. Originally in technical sales and IT consulting with Sprint, he made his transition to Certified Technical Trainer in 1997 with ExecuTrain. He now runs his own company, Parallel Connections, as an independent contractor and consultant based in Birmingham, Alabama, working worldwide for most of the national training companies and some regional training companies. In addition, he has written and produced many technical training videos and books. Bill’s aspiration is as follows: “My job is to understand the material so well that I can make it easier for others to learn than it was for me to learn. Toward that end, I strive to provide an effective learning environment whether in person, in print, or online.”


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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Do not use this for exam preparation 21 Nov 2012
By fr0sty
Format:Hardcover
This book will not prepare you for the exam in any way. If you don't know the stuff that's in this book then you probably shouldn't even be thinking of taking the exam. There is no in depth detail at all, and based on the exam that I sat, a large number of topics aren't covered.

I sat the practice exams that come with the premium edition of this book and scored 480/500 on my first attempt, without reading the book precisely because they are not detailed, in-depth questions. Topics such as VAAI, MPP's, stretched HA clusters are hardly mentioned or not mentioned at all but are covered on the exam A much better book would be Mastering VMware vSphere 5 by Scott Lowe.

The mock exam questions on the VMware website are more useful than the book and these aren't the most detailed either.

Think of this as VMware for Dummies.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Reddy
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book for my VCP exam. It only explains the basic concepts but exam covers lot more in depth scenarios, which is what is missing in this book. This book tell what each means and how you can do basic tasks, which you can get from documentation. but the exam is testing real time scenarios. I wish they could have done a better job covering a bit more in depth content/exhibits type questions at the end of each chapter.I passed my VCP, but i can honestly say Just reading this book will not make you pass.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Want to take the exam ? Get a different book ! 11 Jan 2013
By M.D.
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
What a waste of time and m oney this book is !

You would think that buying the Official Guide would get you to the right level, especially as the author worked from the oficial exam guidance - but no.

The only think working from the guidance does is introduce topics out of step with reality - so you are being told about some advanced features before you have the basics ! How on earth are you supposed to learn that way ? It's like saying "I want to be a doctor" and then doing brain surgery before any training !

As to the practice exams - forget them, they bear no semblence to the actual ones. I don't just mean in the content (these ones are very simplistic !) but also in complexity. It took me no time at all to get full marks on them - and a poor mark in the real exam, that these practice exams told me I was ready for !

Look around, and buy something better - they are out there !
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