{"id":2340,"date":"2013-06-14T16:08:43","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T23:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/?p=2340"},"modified":"2013-06-26T19:52:54","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T02:52:54","slug":"vmware-view-desktop-fast-track-v5-1-course-online-june-10-14-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/?p=2340","title":{"rendered":"VMware View: Desktop Fast Track [V5.1] Course – Online June 10-14, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently had the pleasure of attending\u00a0VMware View: Desktop Fast Track [V5.1]<\/a> online.\u00a0 We bought this directly from VMware, which gives you the (BONUS!) free voucher for the VMware Certified Professional 5 – Desktop examination<\/a>.\u00a0 The Fast Track class is actually a 5 day version of 2 standard classes (boot camp style) – it combines View 5.1 Install, Manage, Configure (4 days) with View 5.1 Design (3 days) into one fun filled 5 day week.\u00a0 VMware says:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This fast-paced, extended-hours training course includes the content of the following courses:
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0VMware View: Install, Configure, Manage
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0VMware View: Design Best Practices
\nThis hands-on training course builds your skills in the VMware\u00ae View\u2122 suite: VMware\u00ae View Manager\u2122, VMware\u00ae View Composer\u2122, and VMware\u00ae ThinApp\u00ae. The course provides applications-oriented administrators with the knowledge and skills to virtualize Windows applications with ThinApp and to choose the best deployment and updating processes for their environment. The course also presents a methodology for analyzing and designing a View solution for the VMware\u00ae vSphere\u00ae infrastructure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Jesse Hauf<\/p><\/div>\n

VMware used a training vendor, vSandbox<\/a>, to provide the instructor for this class.\u00a0 Jesse Hauf<\/a>, from vSandbox, was my instructor and he did a great job.\u00a0 He has a lot of experience doing View deployments in real life, so he was able to bring the material to life with real world examples.<\/p>\n

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WebEx<\/p><\/div>\n

The class was a typical online experience.\u00a0 VMware uses WebEx to deliver the classroom.\u00a0 You basically go to VMware, go to Training, log in, and then go to MyEnrollments and click on the class link, which starts the class WebEx.<\/p>\n

The course is basically audio, with the instructor talking and showing slides and whiteboards.\u00a0 Students can ask questions by audio (phone) or in chat.\u00a0 Instructors keep students awake with interaction, asking questions, asking them to “raise” their hands.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Books for VMware online classes are protected with DRM. VMware is currently using Locklizard PDF reader, which is a bit annoying at times, but all in all works ok.\u00a0 Jesse said that VMware may change to another viewer soon.<\/p>\n

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White Board<\/p><\/div>\n

Since this class is “boot camp style” and is covering seven 8 hour days in five 10 hour days, there’s a lot of material to cover, and you have to stick with the class and just nug it out.\u00a0 Breaks and lunches are short.\u00a0\u00a0 You often will have to complete labs or do homework after the 10 hour day completes.\u00a0 Don’t expect you could do this class at your desk at work, you don’t have time to deal with distractions, answer email or the phone.\u00a0 If you do have to do this at work, find someplace quiet to hide during class sessions.\u00a0 As usual, the VMware course outines are spot on, so what they say they are going to cover is what they cover, topic for topic.\u00a0 (Thankfully, that also lines up pretty well with what the certification examinations cover as well…)<\/p>\n

There’s a lot of hands on labs, using a full vSphere infrastructure accessed by RDP online, so you don’t just talk about it, you do it, especially in the Install, Configure, Manage portion of the class.<\/p>\n

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Lab Environment<\/p><\/div>\n

Jesse is a VCP, and VCP-DT (and has a lot of other certifications) so he had some very handy pointers for those of us working on our certifications.\u00a0 He is one of the authors for Proven Exams<\/a> (see alternate writeup here<\/a>), which is working with VMware to publish actual VMware approved practice exams for VCP and VCP-DT.\u00a0 These exams are in closed beta right now, but any day now will start offering VCP, and later VCP-DT practice exams approved by VMware.\u00a0 (VMware practice tests basically don’t exist.\u00a0 VMware has a not-so-great mock exam on their web site.\u00a0 Some books come with a CD of questions, but I have yet to be able to find good VCP practice exams that are anything like the real questions.)<\/p>\n

Jesse particularly likes the book VMware View 5 Desktop Virtualization Solutions<\/a> to study for VCP-DT.<\/p>\n

All in all, I still prefer to attend class in person, but this is the second VMware online class I have taken, and it’s a good experience.\u00a0 Just expect to be *VERY* busy in these classes, especially in a Fast Track, you won’t have time to multitask at work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently had the pleasure of attending\u00a0VMware View: Desktop Fast Track [V5.1] online.\u00a0 We bought this directly from VMware, which gives you the (BONUS!) free voucher for the VMware Certified Professional 5 – Desktop examination.\u00a0 The Fast Track class is… Continue Reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-content"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2340"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2383,"href":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340\/revisions\/2383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}