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How to write a certification exam question
On piece of advice I always give about studying for certification exams is to write your own questions for any exam you are studying for. It’s a great exercise to put yourself in the mindset of the SMEs writing the … Continue reading
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Virtual Machines 2 (TestTrack Unplugged)
I’ll assume you read the first post in the series or saw the list of all of the scenarios. Virtual Machines 2 Things to note: “Ensure RAM can be added to the App virtual machine without downtime.” = Hot Plug. … Continue reading
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Virtual Machines 1 (TestTrack Unplugged)
I’ll assume you read the first post in the series. Virtual Machines 1 Things to note: “Another administrator has already started by creating the VM” = Don’t make a new one and don’t delete the existing one. “using any means … Continue reading
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Networking 3 (TestTrack Unplugged Series)
I’ll assume you read the first post in the series. Networking 3 Things to notice: “Storage and vSphere management traffic will co-exist for the test.” = Enable Management traffic. This question was written before VSAN, that traffic type is not … Continue reading
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Networking 2 (TestTrack Unplugged Series)
I’ll assume you read the first post in the series. Networking 2 Things to note: “network administrator is in the process of setting the physical network” = This will likely not work if tested between hosts. In actuality it will … Continue reading
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Storage 3 (TestTrack unplugged series)
I’ll assume you read the first post in the series. Storage 3 Things to note: “created on the array in the future” = Don’t change PSP on any current LUN, just change the default for the array so new ones … Continue reading
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Storage 2 (TestTrack Unplugged series)
I’ll assume you read the first post in the series. Storage 2 The initial note to delete Payroll is only seen on TestTrack – you won’t want to undo anything on the real exam as no scoring is done until … Continue reading
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TestTrack Unplugged (Storage 1)
Back in 2012 I created TestTrack as a practice tool for the DCA510 (VCAP5-DCA on vSphere 5.0) exam. When the updated DCA550 exam launched I updated TT to match. With the decommissioning of the VCAP5-DCA exams the current TestTrack is … Continue reading
Posted in Certification, Cloud, Computing, PowerShell, Scripting, Virtualization, VMware Tagged certification, vcap, VCAP-DCA, VCAP5-DCA, VCAP6-DCV, VCIX 2 Comments
VCAP5-DCA Practice environment – Test Track v.550 – Lab on a Laptop II
Test Track has finally been updated to cover DCA550. I’ve been dragging my feet a little because the DCA510 exam has until recently been more popular, and the existing Test Track environment isn’t radically different from the DCA550. That said, … Continue reading
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VCAP5-DCA (DCA550) environment
It’s late on Jan 31, the DCA510 exam is now dead – long live VCAP5-DCA! In celebration (because, trust me if you are interested in becoming VCAP5-DCA certified you are much better off taking DCA550) I’m posting some DCA550 goodness. … Continue reading
Posted in Certification, Computing, Virtualization, VMware Tagged certification, DCA, VCAP5-DCA, vmware, vSphere 18 Comments