After the launch of vSphere 5 on July 12th, also the new VCP5 has been launched!
The VMware Certification portal has already been updated with the VCP5 exam blueprint and even a VCP5 mock exam, and there is a substantial amount of information about the training requirements on the VCP5 homepage.
The final exam will be available to take after August 29th 2011, but there was also be the usual beta period until Jul 24.
For the upgrade path, if yoy already are a VCP4, then there is no course requirement until February 29, 2012.
For more information see also: