For those of us out there who are seeking an advanced VMware exam like a VCAP-DCD or VCAP-DCA at VMware Partner Exchange or PEX or for any other reason. You may have discovered its not quite as easy as it once was.
After talking with folks at both VMware (Partner, Education, and Certification) and Pearson VUE. I think I’ve figured out the secret to scheduling an advanced exam…
If you sign in to your Pearson VUE account http://www.pearsonvue.com/vmware under the Advanced Level Exams section you will notice that you don’t have any exams listed. Even though your myLearn mylearn.vmware.com/myGettingStarted.cfm getting started screen shows you have exam authorizations for the advanced exam you want to take and your candidate ID is the same for both professional level exams (VCP) and the advanced (vCAP) ones.
After several emails this is what I received back from Pearson VUE that finally did the trick:
” […] VMware testing accounts can no longer be combined with any other Pearson VUE account for a different testing program and require a unique username for access. In our system, you will have twp separate testing accounts for VMware Inc. and VMware Advanced (even [though] both of your VMware Candidate ID number[s] are the same) because both will associated to different authorized exams which [are] approved by VMware. As [such these …] two testing programs are considered different clients in our database. ”
What this means is you need to create two Pearson VUE testing accounts one for your professional level exams and one for your advanced level exams. You can use the same authorization number to create them (provided you have received an exam authorization for the advanced cert).
Once you create the new account you will then see your advanced level certs that you can register for.
I hope this helps folks and save you some time as you progress in your VMware certifications.
Cheers,
Tony
