Last Friday I took the VCP4 beta exam. This exam contains 270 questions and lasted four hours and 45 minutes. I ‘m not a native English speaker so I got some extra time. What can I say about it. Since I’m bound by the NDA, I won’t share any questions. After 270 questions you don’t remember that much questions anyway. I agree with Rick Scherer, 35% of the questions is vSphere 4 related. The other 65% can be divided in two parts. The really hard questions and the low hanging fruit. If you want to pass this exam, you won’t get away with studying some PDFs and attending the vSphere ICM course. I’ve delivered the vSphere what’s new a few times now, and prior to my exam I’ve delivered my first vSphere Install Configure and Manage course. Besides that I’m already playing with the beta for the past months. Even with his experience, the hard questions really astounded me. When these questions will stay in the VCP4 exam, becoming a VCP4 will be tough. Some study tips at last, don’t limit your view to ESX, take a look at the ESXi version to. You also have to know what other products from VMware can do with virtual machines.
Simon Long over at the Slog has created a VCP vSphere Practice Exam
vSphere 4 Documentation Notes from vReference
