VCP 5

UPDATED: VCP5 Study Guide and Resources
Recently heard some things around the rumor mill that the VMware test has recently been changed/updated in December.  I am still getting a lot of feedback that it covers a lot of the things that haven’t changed between vSphere 4 and 5 while at the same time addressing some of the newer features.  The previous one seemed to have more to do with vSphere 4.1.  Again this is just what I hear on random threads and so forth.  I have also updated my resources page and will be working on an offline guide here soon.

So in response to all these opinions I think I have found a solid list to help.  I am also working on a documentation source that could be available offline for others to study as we don’t always have internet access.  These are a bunch of PDF’s from both websites and VMware alike.  If this is a problem I could remove it later. (Click here to get what I have for now)

vSphere 5 Helpful Study Links:
http://vcp5.wordpress.com/
http://cosonok.blogspot.com/search/label/vSphere5
http://vinfrastructure.it/en/certifications-on-virtualization/vcp/vcp5/
http://damiankarlson.com/category/vcp-5/
http://damiankarlson.com/2011/11/01/vmware-vcp-5-resources/
http://virtuallanger.com/vcp5/
http://blog.mwpreston.net/vcp-5/

Blueprint related for VCP5
http://damiankarlson.com/2011/07/13/vcp5-vs-vcp4-comparing-exam-blueprints/
VMware Blue Print Download 

Test Quizzes:
http://www.kalenarndt.com/vcp-510-quiz/
http://www.simonlong.co.uk/blog/vcp5-practice-exams/

vSphere 5 Links for Everything:
http://vsphere-land.com/vsphere-links/vsphere-5-links.html

VCP5 Videos:
http://www.trainsignal.com/VMware-vSphere-5-Training.aspx
http://cbtnuggets.com/it-training-videos/series/vmwr_vcp5
http://professionalvmware.com/brownbags/

Networking:
vsphere-5-new-networking-features-enhanced-nioc
vSphere 5 New Networking Features – Introduction
vSphere 5 New Networking Features – NetFlow
vSphere 5 New Networking Features – Port Mirroring

Storage Related Studying:
vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 1 – VMFS-5
vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 2 – Storage vMotion
vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 3 – VAAI
vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 4 – Storage DRS – Initial Placement
vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 5 – Storage DRS – Balance On Space Usage
vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 6 – Storage DRS – Balance On I/O Metrics
vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 7 – VMFS-5 & GPT
vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 8 – Handling the All Paths Down (APD) condition
vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 9 – Snapshot Consolidate
vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 10 – VASA – vSphere Storage APIs – Storage AwarenessvSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 11 – Profile Driven Storage
vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 12 – iSCSI Multipathing Enhancements

What’s New Documentation
What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Platform
What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Storage
What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Performance
What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Networking
What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Availability

If you want the complete documentation for vSphere 5 resources to keep offline you can download it from here.
If you want to check out my resource page for downloading other files check it out here.