1. HOW TO GET TO THE FIRST LEVEL VCP6
Kim Bottu

2. WHO AM I? Kim Bottu @kim_bottu
Virtualization Engineer EMEA, International Big Law Firm

3. SO WHY THE FIRST LEVEL Some posts that started me thinking:
Duncan Epping – Yellow bricks
Next level:
Invest time
You don’t get to the next level overnight

4. SO WHY THE FIRST LEVEL
Lots of people still have questions about getting started
Sometimes these people have experience as a Windows Admin but no experience with VMware products.
So where and how do you get started?
No experience
Experience

5. VCA - The obvious place VMware education www.mylearn.vmware.com
Official Training Courses Learning path advice
Promotions Certification advice

6. No experience at all – Learning Tools
VCA-DCV
Free
Self paced 3 hours
Books for beginners

7. No experience at all – learning tools
Hold your rockets!

8. No experience at all

9. No experience - Why VCA? Guided tour for beginners
Familiarization with VMware’s virtualization concepts
No need for a lab - concepts
Don’t take the certification to seriously
The value of VCA is familiarization
Certification is only a self-test

10. VCP - The obvious place
VMware education

11. VCP – Official Training
Schedule the right course for you
Ask around who offers the best training

12. VCP – BLOGS, community groups
center-virtualization-vcp6-dcv-track/

13. VCP Books White papers and official documentation Books Video training
Books
Ask advice before you buy
Community groups
Video training

14. VCP – LABS Build your own lab Check out AutoLab Build one in the cloud
Build one in the cloud
Dev Test environment at work?

15. VCP – LABS HOL

16. VCP – CERTIFICATION Do it because you want it yourself first
Ask for advice in the communities
Don’t ask for dumps
GOOD LUCK!