Customer Reviews

VMware Certified Professional Test Prep

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As a newly certified VCP I have read this book, Mastering VMware Infrastructure 3 (Mastering) and all of the VMware documentation. I believe this book to be the least helpful of the three.

The book follows a typical certification book format, but I just don't feel that's appropriate for the VCP. First, everyone who is considering taking the exam should have already taken the mandatory VMware class. Given that, there's simply no need for a book to recover the same information, and for page after page of fairly basic screenshots.

I strongly believe that every exam candidate should have read all of the official documentation. It is better written than the books and if you read and understand it, you will be prepared for the exam. I would have preferred to read a shorter, summary style book prior to the exam. As of today, VMware Certified Professional (VCP Exam Cram) (Exam Cram) has not been released but could fill that niche shortly.

As titled, the book is closer to a 2-star rating. Had they called it something like "learning virtual infrastruture" it might be closer to 4.

good and practical way of studying for the exam as well as a learning tool for your vmware day to day work.
there are quite a few and some critical typos in the book though.

This is a great book on Virtualization and preparing for the VMware Certified Professional exam. The book is very complete, unlike some of the other VMware test prep books out there. This book is 880 pages! Most other books for this subject are only about half that. I would highly recommend this book. It is very well put together and very thorough. This is the one you want to purchase!

VMware Certified Professional Test Prep by the brothers Ilgenfritz has proven to be an excellent preparation for the VMware Certified Professional exam. I found the whole of the book very organized. The inclusion of screen shots that flowed through a given process were consistent throughout and made analysis of functionality very clear for the most part. One of the few drawbacks was several formatting and editing errors through the question and answer sections of the practice test questions at the end of each chapter. Whoever managed the editing skipped through the test questions portion and this contrasted greatly with the clear and excellent editing in the main text of the chapters. I would think this would be the first repair in a new edition. Also, I would have preferred a greater cross-section in the index, but I think my wish is based mostly on how well the rest of the book raised expectations by its satisfying layout and thoroughly readable and comprehesive content. I haven't taken the exam yet - it's scheduled in two weeks - but I am fully comfortable with what I have learned from using this book. I look forward to more from these two and their approach to training in VMware. I found it excellent and highly recommend it to anyone looking for the right book to prepare for the VCP exam.