I am new to VMWARE and Will be looking to sit the exam soon.
Just trying to get some study and exposure to this product ESX v3.0

If anyone has some information or tips would be great,

Thanks

Hi there.

I'm not sure if you've already done the course or not ... but it's a requirement to sit the VI3 Install and Configure course before you can get certified.

You can check out where / when the courses are available here (pricing is in US$)
http://mylearn1.vmware.com/mgrreg/courses.cfm?ui=www

It's quite expensive for a 4 day course, but from my 2.x course that i went on, and feedback from people who have sat it, it's one of the better run courses that i've ever done.

If you were already certified in 2.x you don't HAVE to sit the course. I was, but am doing the course next week anyway.

I haven't looked into the exam too much as yet.

As for other study, the official documentation and whitepapers are one of the best sources for study material
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vi_pubs.html

Good luck

hi there, welcome to the site!

As you can see on the front page, there is some information on the current ESX 2.x exam, but I myself have not done the ESX 3 exam either. I do know of two people who took the ESX 3 exam and passed it at VMworld.

They mentioned a few things for study reference which I hope to compile and place on the site.

Thanks for that Guys! Yeah, I recently completed the ESX 3.0 Course by VMWARE - 4 days was a lot to cover with no exposure to the ESX apart from the labs. I felt some bits were too light and other too heavy on subject matter.

I am currently reading through their entire PDF Library on ESX Server on their website to get a handle on things.

Cheers - will have a look through.

Once i've done the course, my plan will be to:

- finish my VI3 rollout at work (the best study I'll ever do)
- use the course guide
- use the official documentation
- do searches on the vmware forums for key topics, or areas where I'm a bit hazy to get some different opinions.

One thing to keep in mind is that the course (and exam) are probably _base_d on 3.0 only (i.e. not 3.01 etc)

O sweet! A little bed time reading .. lol.