After passing my VAP-DCD Exam this week, I thought it might be good to write some tips on what to expect. These are very high level, so as not to give away any in depth clues.
The exam generally has a nice feel to it, with a mixture of multiple choice single answer and multiple answer questions, drag and drop questions and some diagram creation. One thing I would recommend is make sure you allow enough time to complete the diagrams. It is a long exam, but you will need all the time. Each diagram can take around 30 minutes depending on its scenario.
Diagram creation – You need to understand the principals behind how to create diagrams. These are all part of every day design documents, and is critical you are able to create these on the fly.
Consolidation Ratios – You need to be able to understand consolidation ratios and how they fit into virtual environments
Change Management – An understanding of Change Management principals and how they relate to virtualised environments
Disaster Recovery Principals – You need to understand the principals around Disaster Recovery and how they integrate with virtual environments
Network and Storage Design – You need to understand what is required to put together Storage and Network designs, and the key requirements involved in creating those designs.
Once again the key point is to make sure you have enough time to finish the exam. There are a lot of questions, some are relatively quick to answer, others take quite a while to read through.
Below is some links that will help you prepare for the exam:
VMware VCAP-DCD Certification Page
VMware VCAP-DCD video
VMware VCAP-DCD Blueprint
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