There is a new offer from VMware which promotes new training format for passing VCP certification. As you know, to pass VCP you need to attend a class and then only you are able to pass the certification exam to finaly earn the VCP title. There is another way to attend a VMware class – On Demand Classroom. It avoids you the travel expenses to the training center and it fully meets the VCP requirements.
You can test the first two modules of the whole On Demand Classroom for free. The full class has 24 labs. It's a cloud-based lab environment which includes all of the labs from the vSphere: Install, Manage, Configure [5.1] course. This self-paced environment is available for 30 days or 30 hours of active time, whichever expires first. The environment consists of 24 labs detailed below.
Lab 1: Installing VMware vSphere Graphical User Interfaces Lab
Lab 2: Configuring VMware ESXi
Lab 3: Working with Virtual Machines
Lab 4: Configuring the vCenter Server Appliance
Lab 5: Standard Virtual Switches
Lab 6: Accessing ISCI Storage
Lab 7: Accessing IP Storage
Lab 8: Managing VMware vSphere VMFS
Lab 9: Using Templates and Clones
Lab 10: Modifying a Virtual Machine
Lab 11: Migrating Virtual Machines
Lab 12: Managing Virtual Machines
Lab 13: Managing vApps
Lab 14: Access Control
Lab 15: User Permissions
Lab 16: Resource Pools
Lab 17: Monitoring Virtual Machine Performance
Lab 18: Using Alarms
Lab 19: Using vSphere High Availability
Lab 20: Designing a Network Configuration
Lab 21: Configuring VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance
Lab 22: vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler
Lab 23: VMware vSphere Update Manager
Lab 24:Installing VMware vCenter Server
If you passed already that point (you attended a VMware class) and (or) looking for some good learning materials towards VCP and VCAP-DCA, I can recommend some FREE e-Books. There are two of them available through this link.
Otherwise you can check out my WordPress Books page where is a large selection of paid books
Source: VMware Education Blog
To clarify though – while the first 2 modules are free, you’d have to pay for and take all 24 to meet the course requirements for the VCP exam to get you the VCP-DCV, yes?
Imho, yes. That’s how It looks like…
I took the On-Demand course. It has been available since Aug 2013. It is not free, the cost is US$3495. It is all of the same material as the standard online or in person class, the only difference is it is delivered on-demand. Also, the class is available for 90 days unless they changed it since I finished it.
Thanks for sharing Tony. In fact, they offer 2 labs for Free (“one-time look at the first two On Demand Classroom modules”), and then you have to buy the whole package if you like it. That’s how I understand this offer.
$3495, ouch.