I took the CVE (Certified Virtualization Expert) exam today, I was very confident in the material and broke my personal fastest exam time record. Â I finished the exam in under 13 minutes. Â Thats not to say it wasn’t a challenging exam though–this exam I really worked hard on, and taking the exam was a joy being so confident in the material. Â I should go get my VCP right away but since the requirements for being a VCP isn’t just passing the exam, you also have to attend a required VMware training course I am discouraged from obtaining my VCP.
None the less, the CVE exam was more challenging then what I read from the VCP Exam Blueprint, you have to know alot of command-line stuff for CVE.  VCP on the other hand doesn’t really require a lot of command-line knowledge.  I really enjoyed the training course I attended this past week that helped prepare me for the CVE.  Plus I had one of the best instructors ever Shawn MacArthur.  He wasn’t a death by PowerPoint kind of guy, kept it very fun and engaging and put up with my shenanigans for a week.
November 13th, 2011 at 8:48 am
Just passed my CVE as well. I see you’ve been busy updating your skillset ever since. Have you taken the VCP and how did it compare? Any recommendations?
November 14th, 2011 at 2:40 pm
Just brush up on the 4.1/5.0 maximums (depending on which test you are going to take) the lab stuff you went over in class will help immensely. An awesome reference to study off of is @ http://www.vreference.com/ — although I’m not sure if the owner has updated for 5.0 yet.