Veritas Certified Specialist (VCS)

The first step to validate technical knowledge and competency is to become a Veritas Certified Specialist (VCS) based on your specific area of product expertise with a Veritas product. To achieve this level of certification, candidates must pass one proctored VCS exam based on a combination of Veritas training material, commonly referenced product documentation, and real-world job tasks.

Backup Exec

• Exam VCS-325: Adminstration of Veritas Backup Exec 20.1

eDiscovery

• Exam VCS-413: Administration of Veritas eDiscovery Platform 8.2 for Administrators

Veritas Certified Professional (VCP)

The second step to proving technical knowledge and competency is to become a Veritas Certified Professional (VCP) based on a specific area of solution expertise with multiple Veritas products. The VCP program validates skills and technical competencies necessary for Veritas professionals to design, architect, and implement multiple solutions in Archiving and eDiscovery, Data Protection, and Storage Management and High Availability for UNIX environments. To achieve this level of certification, candidates must pass two or more VCS exams.

Archiving and eDiscovery

To earn this credential, you must pass one exam in each of the following products:

Enterprise Vault (pass one)

• VCS-324: Administration of Veritas Enterprise Vault 12.3
• VCS-322: Administration of Veritas Enterprise Vault 12.x

eDiscovery (pass one)

• VCS-413: Administration of Veritas eDiscovery Platform 8.2 for Administrators

Data Protection

To earn this credential, you must pass one exam in each of the following products:

NetBackup (pass one)

• VCS-279: Administration of Veritas NetBackup 8.1.2 and NetBackup Appliances 3.1.2
• VCS-278: Administration of Veritas NetBackup 8.1.2
• VCS-277: Administration of Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and NetBackup Appliances 3.0
• VCS-276: Administration of Veritas NetBackup 8.0

Backup Exec (pass one)

• VCS-325: Administration of Veritas Backup Exec 20.1