Tag Archives: VCAP5-DCA

Building a VCAP live exam lab environment (pt3) :: DCA550 environment

Posted on September 3, 2014 by josh@sostechblog.com

Previous posts: Live Lab pt1 Live Lab pt2 This post is intended to help those building labs to study for the DCA550 exam. Note that each question lists the components required to complete that item. The DCA550 exam is based … Continue reading →

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Test Track: Now with scoring

Posted on March 3, 2014 by josh@sostechblog.com

I’ve added five scoring scripts so far to the VCAP Test Track VCAP5-DCA prep lab, including all the ones needed for the Set 1 questions.  Hopefully I’ll have the rest available shortly. After you have completed an item, and a … Continue reading →

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VCAP5-DCA links

Posted on February 10, 2014 by josh@sostechblog.com

To go along with my Test Track posts, here’s a collection of VCAP5-DCA links.  Let me know if I missed any. Official Page Study guide Official Simulation Sean Crookston Jason Langer and Josh Coen MWPreston Blueprint breakdowns: http://thefoglite.com/vcap-dca5-objective/ http://wahlnetwork.com/2012/07/02/the-vcap5-dca-study-sheet/ http://www.vexperienced.co.uk/vcap5-dca/ … Continue reading →

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VCAP Test Track (lab on a lap)

Posted on February 7, 2014 by josh@sostechblog.com

A couple of weeks before VMworld 2012 I built a portable VCAP5-DCA replica on my Lenovo W510 laptop that included all of the major components of the DCA environment.  It matched the IP scheme, naming convention, password pattern, available utilities … Continue reading →

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Building a VCAP live exam lab environment (pt2)

Posted on January 30, 2014 by josh@sostechblog.com

I posted about building a lab environment the other day for the VCAP admin exams with some generalities around the exam environment and someone asked about kit specifics: DCA: 2 Physical hosts, one virtual machine (student desktop a.k.a. controlcenter) 18 … Continue reading →

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Building a VCAP live exam lab environment

Posted on January 14, 2014 by josh@sostechblog.com

Sections: Opening, Live exam environment summary, Live exam docs list, Scripts To prepare for one of the three VMware live lab exams (VCAP5-DCA, VCAP-DTA, VCAP-CIA) you may want to build your own test environment.  This accomplishes a variety of goals; … Continue reading →

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VCAP5-DCA sample questions posted on the VMware forums

Posted on November 6, 2013 by josh@sostechblog.com

Three here: https://communities.vmware.com/message/2296321#2296321 Five here: https://communities.vmware.com/message/2308975#2308975  

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VCAP Test Track – VMworld live mock exam for VCAP5-DCA (Updated)

Posted on August 20, 2012 by josh@sostechblog.com

Latest word from VMworld is there will be a live-lab contest built to reproduce the VCAP5-DCA experience with a twist – contestants will be timed and prizes awarded.

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