VCP550 Exam: A Must For Data Center Visualizers

The IT sector has opened its door to various sub-units where anyone with a specific skill can have the piece of pie. One of the important areas called ‘Data Center Visualization’ has also opened up several doors of opportunities for the professionals. The basic understanding and practical knowledge you possess on this topic can be validated by the ‘VCP550 VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Visualization’ certification. It will keep you ahead of the un-certified professionals and will give you edge over colleagues when it come to advanced training or even promotion. This VCP550 Exam Certification will be the proof of your proved-excellence in this field.

About the Exam

In order to acquire the VCP-DCV Certification, you need to be familiar with VMware components and you must have completed relevant authorized training.

On the basis of your background, you need to follow one of the 2 paths discussed below:

A Beginner/newbie in field of Data Center Visualization

Qualify one of the following courses of VMware vSphere:

VCP5-DCV Preparation Kit

Installing, Configuring and Managing

Fast Track

Optimizing and scaling

Troubleshooting Workshop

VMware vSphere with Operations Management: Fast Track

Gain Practical experience with VMware vSphere

Pass VCP-DCV exam

Completed VCP4-DCV qualifying course, but not certified

Attend VMware vSphere: What’s New (mandatory)

Pass VCP-DCV exam

The new exam (VCP550) is based on vSphere v5.5, which is the upgraded version of vSphere 5.0/5.1 (VCP510 was based on it).

Topics to focus

To get the VCP-DCV certification, you need to be well prepared and confident. For that, you need to make sure that you have covered the following topics during your VCP550 Preparation, which forms the basis of this exam:

Having ideas about how virtualization can be used effectively in today’s IT environment.

Having knowledge about the basics and realizing what improvement can be done.

Planning, installation, configuration, and upgrading of vCenter Server and VMware ESXi.

Configuring vSphere storage and networking servers.

Deployment and administration of Virtual Machines and vApps

Establishing and Managing Service Levels

Basic troubleshootings in VMware.

Monitoring vSphere implementations

Management of vCenter Server alarms

Preparing for the near future of VMware virtualization technology and be ready for the rapid advances.

How to Prepare?

VMware’s official library consist several resources from where one can learn everything about VMware technology and get the practical knowledge and experience of virtualization. Several experienced official instructors’ guides and tips are available in their gallery from where you can take VCP550 Training.

The Official VCP5 Certification Guide can help you out to prepare very well as it deals with step by step sequence of training. The VCP550 PDF Guide consists of:

Exam topics, sure to appear regarding mastering of VMware

Chapter-wise quizzes, which will sharpen your basics.

Review Key Notes, related directly to exam related curriculum.

Mock Test papers, available to practice.

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