Sorry I have been missing for a few weeks. I know many were quite worried why I hadn’t blogged for a couple weeks (not really).
Back in February I sat for the Enterprise Administration Exam at PEX in Las Vegas. It was scheduled the day after the Super Bowl, what a bunch of distractions. Thankfully I passed and I want to give my experience so as to not violate any rules or anything I agreed to. This was a technical test. A lot of settings and configurations and information like that. Still multiple choice so at least you know the right answer is on the screen (hopefully, I did have one I thought none of these are right). The lab section was actually as fun as test taking could be. I wish there was more lab practical type things when it comes to these kinds of tests. Overall there is more intricate settings and config questions then you will find on the VCP exam.
At the end of April I took the Design Exam. This was a much different experience. I had a extremely hard time finding a study list of things that would help. Know the Exam Blueprint is all I would say. Also, this I think is where VMware can start finding out who does Architecture work and who may be an Administrator. I could say you could read every PDF on VMware.com and still not know how to pass this test unless you work with the solutions multiple times. The design drawing was a challenge, I wasted too much time reading the requirements document and ran of time, but I feel I was able to get a good portion of what I needed up on the page. Technically the interface was kind of quirky.
I felt both exams were challenging and but were fair to the Exam Blueprints. Nothing on there made me scream, “they didn’t say they would test on THAT!” The design exam needs some technical improvement (matching questions were buggy).
Now begins the harder and more involved process. The Design submission and hopefully an invitation to a defense.