Motivation

SDDC solutions are becoming increasingly more popular, and although I’m probably a little biased, I would say that NSX is leading the software defined networking front. Following on from my previous post about my nested NSX homelab I sat and (thankfully passed) the VCP6-NV exam.

Study Materials

The official cert guide – https://www.amazon.co.uk/VCP6-NV-Official-2V0-641-Vmware-Certification/dp/0789754800/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493819639&sr=8-1&keywords=vcp6-NV

Practice (non exam) questions – http://www.elasticsky.co.uk/practice-questions/

Blueprint – https://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/plan.cfm?plan=95141&ui=www_cert

Pluralsight NSX videos

Homelab

Lots of time

Experience

This was a particularly tough exam. As I would describe myself as somewhat inexperienced in NSX compared to vSphere, I found the exam challenging. I’ve noticed that VMware have recently revised the exam reducing the number of questions down to 77 from 85, which is nice.