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DavidTownsend
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‎10-01-2021 02:42 AM

CCNP qualified so do I have to take the VCTA?

Hi All,

Just got a quick question.  I am CCNP ENCOR and soon to be ENARSI (Advanced Routing) qualified from Cisco.  I read a while ago if you have CCNA that you don't have to take the VCTA. Is this true?  Is it still worthwhile taking the VCTA as surely there'll be aspects covered which aren't in Cisco's CCNA and CCNP studies?


Thanks,


David Townsend

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TimVCI
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Enthusiast
‎10-01-2021 03:03 AM

If you hold a qualifying Cisco cert, you do not need to attend a qualifying course in order to become a VCP-NV. 

The VCTA is a new foundation level certification which does not require a qualifying  course in order to obtain, neither is it a requirement for higher level VMware certifications. 

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scott28tt
VMware Employee
VMware Employee
‎10-01-2021 04:48 AM

There is no "link" of any kind between Cisco certifications and any of the VCTAs.

 

CCNA/CCNP/CCIE have a training exemption for VCP-NV.

CCIE has a training exemption for the 2 VCAP-NV certifications (Deploy and Design)

 

Look at the various NV certifications from this page for details: https://www.vmware.com/education-services/certification.html

 


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