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VMware Odyssey | Online Challenge by Hands-on Labs (only today)

  • July 26, 2023
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regnor
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Just a quick info for the community, as the deadline is today at 08:00PM/20:00 PT.

VMware is doing a challenge on their Hands-On Lab Plattform via VMware Odyssey. There are 4 different labs which prepare participants for the VCP DCV (Datacenter Virtualization Professional) exam. In each lab one can collect points and the top 10 receive a price.

At the moment there are less then 10 people in the leaderboard, which means, if I get it right, chances are high to win a prize ๐Ÿ˜‰

VMware Hands-on Labs Request

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dips
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  • On the path to Greatness
  • July 26, 2023

Good Luck @regnorย 

Wish I had time to do these. Currently snowed underย 


regnor
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  • July 26, 2023

@dips We have an advantage with the timezone as itโ€™s 20:00 PT, which should be 04:00AM in UK? ๐Ÿ˜‰


coolsport00
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  • Veeam Legend
  • July 26, 2023

Yeah...same here; had time yesterday, but today?...not so much.


Chris.Childerhose
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Going to try this might help for my VCP-DCV v8.ย  Thanks for sharing ๐Ÿ‘


coolsport00
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  • Veeam Legend
  • July 26, 2023

Well, I tried at least 1 HoL Challenge & didnโ€™t do so well. The Lab UI is a bit clunky to get the full view; otherwise I wouldโ€™ve done wellโ€™ishย ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Š I knew what to do..pretty easy. Manipulating through the UI gave me fits is all.


dloseke
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  • Veeam Vanguard
  • July 26, 2023

Hmm...labs wonโ€™t open for me...just got to a loading screen and then back to the main page.ย  But I had an issue logging on initially so maybe I just need to try an incognito windowโ€ฆ.


regnor
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  • July 26, 2023

Well, I tried at least 1 HoL Challenge & didnโ€™t do so well. The Lab UI is a bit clunky to get the full view; otherwise I wouldโ€™ve done wellโ€™ishย ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Š I knew what to do..pretty easy. Manipulating through the UI gave me fits is all.

ย If you never did a HOL, then it doesnโ€™t hurt to do the practise lab or something different. Just to get used to the small details. On the other hand Iโ€™ve missed the US keyboard layout and got confused in the first task ๐Ÿคฃ

Hmm...labs wonโ€™t open for me...just got to a loading screen and then back to the main page.ย  But I had an issue logging on initially so maybe I just need to try an incognito windowโ€ฆ.

I had the same issue but after reloading the page it started to work again.


coolsport00
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  • Veeam Legend
  • July 26, 2023

Well...I took & passed the DCV already, so Iโ€™m good. I was looking to get a prize!ย ๐Ÿคฃ

Good luck to you all!


dloseke
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  • Veeam Vanguard
  • July 26, 2023

Wow...hard to beat Max.ย  Iโ€™m just happy I remember how to do anything with virtual distributed switches since I havenโ€™t touched them in over 6 years, and Iโ€™m pretty sure that was on 6.5 or 6.7.

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dloseke
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  • Veeam Vanguard
  • July 26, 2023

Well, I tried at least 1 HoL Challenge & didnโ€™t do so well. The Lab UI is a bit clunky to get the full view; otherwise I wouldโ€™ve done wellโ€™ishย ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Š I knew what to do..pretty easy. Manipulating through the UI gave me fits is all.

ย If you never did a HOL, then it doesnโ€™t hurt to do the practise lab or something different. Just to get used to the small details. On the other hand Iโ€™ve missed the US keyboard layout and got confused in the first task ๐Ÿคฃ

Hmm...labs wonโ€™t open for me...just got to a loading screen and then back to the main page.ย  But I had an issue logging on initially so maybe I just need to try an incognito windowโ€ฆ.

I had the same issue but after reloading the page it started to work again.

Yeah, maybe just reloading would have helped, but worked great in a new incognito window.


dloseke
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  • Veeam Vanguard
  • July 26, 2023

Well, I tried at least 1 HoL Challenge & didnโ€™t do so well. The Lab UI is a bit clunky to get the full view; otherwise I wouldโ€™ve done wellโ€™ishย ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Š I knew what to do..pretty easy. Manipulating through the UI gave me fits is all.

It is kind clunky but you get used to it.ย  The other issue is that some windows donโ€™t fit so I had to zoom Chrome out a bit to see buttons and the like.


regnor
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  • July 26, 2023

@dloseke Well, youโ€™re score is also great and not far behind of mine ๐Ÿ‘The vDS are also a weak topic for myself; especially after all those changes in the vSphere clients I canโ€™t find any settings anymore.


coolsport00
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  • Veeam Legend
  • July 31, 2023

I find it funny I got emailed today from VMW saying I won a prize for playing. I didnโ€™t even score well, nor did I do the other modules/HoLs.ย ๐Ÿค”


Iams3le
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  • Veeam Legend
  • August 1, 2023

I find it funny I got emailed today from VMW saying I won a prize for playing. I didnโ€™t even score well, nor did I do the other modules/HoLs.ย ๐Ÿค”

Congratulations! By the way, what was the prize you won?


coolsport00
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  • August 1, 2023

They didn't share which one I won ๐Ÿ˜•


regnor
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  • August 2, 2023

Congratulations @coolsport00, probably itโ€™s going to be a surprise gift? ๐Ÿ˜…

I was lucky and made it to the second place ๐Ÿ˜€


coolsport00
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  • August 2, 2023

Sweet! Well done Max!


dloseke
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  • Veeam Vanguard
  • August 2, 2023

Awesome job Max.ย  I too got an email about winning a prize with no information about what it was.ย  That said, they are using it a lot for social media because while they asked for an address to ship the prize, they also asked for social media accounts to take in, and requested that we take a picture with our prize and tag them on our social media as well so that they can use it for their marketing also.ย  I mean...I donโ€™t mind doing that for a free gift.ย ย ๐Ÿ˜


dloseke
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  • Veeam Vanguard
  • August 29, 2023

Prizes/Swag acquired!ย  Just arrived today...curious to see if everyone got the same thing or if prizes varied based on scoring!

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VMware Odyssey Online Challenge by Hands-on Labs Prizes

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Chris.Childerhose
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  • August 29, 2023

Very cool looking swag for sure. ๐Ÿ˜Ž


coolsport00
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  • Veeam Legend
  • August 29, 2023

Got mine today too.ย 


regnor
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  • August 31, 2023

Nice swag @dloseke! Mine got delayed by our customs, so I'm still waiting ๐Ÿ˜


Scott
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  • September 1, 2023

Aww sad I missed this

Nice swag guys!


regnor
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  • September 30, 2023

Finally FedEx was able to deliver the prize to me; here it is ๐Ÿ˜€

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dloseke
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  • Veeam Vanguard
  • October 17, 2023

Very cool!