Hi All
I am working as a System Engineer from last 7+ years and now looking forward to get VCP Certification. I don't have much experience in Virtualization but have started doing self-study to learn more about this exciting technology. I am doing below at the moment:
1. Just started studying Course material (Pdf) as mentioned in VCP5-DCV Exam Blueprints.
2. As I like reading more from books, also studying "Official VCP5 Certification Study Guide by Bill Ferguson".
3. Setting up my home Lab (Still long way to go), Running Vmware Workstation on my old Laptop running Windows 7 - 64 bit with intel i5 & 8 GB of RAM with 500G HDD.
Appreciate if you Guru's can guide me for my below queries:
1. What all hardware (with Spec please) required to setup Home Lab for preparing VCP5 Certification?
2. I am planning to buy New Macbook Pro (i7 Quad Core, SSD, 16GB RAM) but reading all forums bit confused now that either i should go for Macbook Pro (with Fusion5) or build my desktop PC with high end configuration to run complete Home Lab Setup. Also when i compared the price difference between Macbook Pro & high end PC, difference is not huge. Also Lab portability is one of my other concern due to travelling job. So please guide me if it's a good idea to buy Latest Macbook Pro to run VCP5 Lab or should i go for other laptop or Desktop?? If Yes, Any recommendations?
3. As recommended, I am looking forward to do a 5 days Classroom in New Delhi/India (as travelling there in Oct-Nov 2013). I came across few places using " VMware Training - Find a Class" but not sure which one is better. If anyone has done same training from New Delhi, Can you please advise which Training Partner is the best?
Thanks in Advance.
Cheers
Yogi