While studying for my VCP 5 certification (which I now have :)) I have compiled a ton of notes and thought what better way to help everyone else out with their studies then to share all my notes. Below I have done just that.

Follow the links below to see my study notes on each objective or if you fancy yourself an offline version you can download it all in a PDF.

***NEW*** Incase you didn't notice all the massive buttons, I have compiled around 80 or so VCP 5 practice questions. You can go to each individual section, or if you wanted to go through all 80 of them you can from this page. I'll try to update with more as I get the time. 🙂

My VCP5 Study Notes (organized by objective)

Section 1 – Plan, Install, Configure and Upgrade vCenter Server and VMware ESXi

Objective 1.1 — Install and Configure vCenter Server

Objective 1.2 – Install and Configure VMware ESXi

Objective 1.3 – Plan and Perform Upgrades of vCenter Server and VMware ESXi

Objective 1.4 –Secure vCenter Server and ESXi

Objective 1.5 – Identify vSphere Architecture and Solutions

Section 2 – Plan and Configure vSphere Networking

Objective 2.1 – Configure vNetwork Standard Switches

Objective 2.2 – Configure vNetwork Distributed Switches

Objective 2.3 – Configure vSS and vDS Policies

Section 3 – Plan and Configure vSphere Storage

Objective 3.1 – Configure Shared Storage for vSphere

Objective 3.2 – Configure the Storage Virtual Appliance for vSphere

Objective 3.3 – Create and Configure VMFS and NFS Datastores

Section 4 – Deploy and Administer Virtual Machines and vApps

Objective 4.1 – Create and Deploy Virtual Machines

Objective 4.2 – Create and Deploy vApps

Objective 4.3 – Manage Virtual Machine Clones and Templates

Objective 4.4 – Administer Virtual Machines and vApps

Section 5 – Establish and Maintain Service Levels

Objective 5.1 – Create and Configure VMware Clusters

Objective 5.2 – Plan and Implement VMware Fault Tolerance

Objective 5.3 – Create and Administer Resource Pools

Objective 5.4 – Migrate Virtual Machines

Objective 5.5 – Backup and Restore Virtual Machines

Objective 5.6 – Patch and Update ESXi and Virtual Machines

Section 6 – Perform Basic Troubleshooting

Objective 6.1 – Perform Basic Troubleshooting for ESXi Hosts

Objective 6.2 – Perform Basic vSphere Network Troubleshooting

Objective 6.3 – Perform Basic vSphere Storage Troubleshooting

Objective 6.4 – Perform Basic Troubleshooting for HA/DRS Clusters and Maps

Section 7 – Monitor a vSphere Implementation and Manage vCenter Server Alarms

Objective 7.1 – Monitor ESXi, vCenter Server and Virtual Machines

Objective 7.2 – Create and Administer vCenter Server Alarms

VCP5 Resources