2V0-17.25 Sample Questions & Answers
VCF's components, architecture, and compute and storage fundamentals carry the most weight, next to basic IT architecture ideas, planning workload domains and aligning with requirements, and deploying the platform with identity management and lifecycle operations.
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- Question 1Intermediate
VMware Cloud Foundation Fundamentals · Storage Fundamentals
A customer is planning to deploy VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 using vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA).
What is a mandatory hardware requirement for the vSAN ESA storage devices in the ReadyNodes?
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Correct answer: B
vSAN ESA requires NVMe drives for all storage devices. It moves away from the disk groups concept (cache/capacity tiers) to a single tier architecture that leverages the high performance of NVMe.
- Question 2Intermediate
Plan and Design the VMware by Broadcom Solution · Workload Domain Design
During the design of a VCF 9.0 environment, an architect must determine the correct placement of the NSX Edge Nodes.
Which cluster type is the recommended location for deploying NSX Edge Nodes to support North-South traffic for the Workload Domains?
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Correct answer: C
While Edges can be placed in the Management Domain (shared), the recommended best practice for performance, isolation, and scalability in VCF 9.0, especially for high-traffic environments, is to deploy them in a dedicated Edge Cluster (or Shared Edge/Compute cluster) within the Workload Domain they serve.
- Question 3Advanced
Deploy, Configure, and Operate VMware Cloud Foundation · VCF Deployment
An administrator is preparing to deploy a new Workload Domain in VCF 9.0. The requirement is to use a pre-existing external NFS storage array as the principal storage for the new domain's cluster.
Which action must be taken to support this configuration?
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Correct answer: B
VCF supports NFS, vSAN, and vVols as principal storage for Workload Domains. The administrator must select 'NFS' in the wizard and provide the necessary mount details. The NFS storage must be accessible by all hosts prior to commissioning.
- Question 4IntermediateSelect 2
Deploy, Configure, and Operate VMware Cloud Foundation · Lifecycle Management
A VCF administrator needs to patch the ESXi hosts in a specific Workload Domain to a newer version using SDDC Manager. The environment uses vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) images.
Which two components are typically included in the vLCM image definition used by SDDC Manager for this update? (Select TWO)
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Correct answers: A, B
The ESXi Base Image is the foundational component of a vLCM image, defining the core hypervisor version.
Vendor Add-ons contain drivers and software specific to the hardware vendor (e.g., Dell, HPE), which are combined with the base image in vLCM to ensure hardware compatibility.
- Question 5Advanced
Plan and Design the VMware by Broadcom Solution · Solution Requirements Alignment
In a VCF 9.0 design, an architect decides to use Application Virtual Networks (AVNs).
What is the primary benefit of enabling AVNs in the Management Domain?
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Correct answer: D
AVNs (Application Virtual Networks) allow management components like VCF Operations and Automation to sit on NSX overlay networks. This provides mobility, simplified disaster recovery (IP preservation during failover), and independence from the physical VLANs.
- Question 6Advanced
Plan and Design the VMware by Broadcom Solution · Design Considerations
Case Study:
A financial institution is deploying VCF 9.0 across two geographically separated data centers (Site A and Site B). They require a disaster recovery solution that provides a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of zero for their critical database workloads running on vSAN.
Which VCF storage configuration should the architect recommend to meet this requirement?
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Correct answer: C
A vSAN Stretched Cluster synchronously replicates data between two sites. This ensures that if one site fails, the data is already available at the second site with zero data loss (RPO=0), satisfying the critical requirement.
- Question 7Beginner
VMware Cloud Foundation Fundamentals · VCF Components and Architecture
What is the primary function of the 'SDDC Manager' in a VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 environment?
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Correct answer: B
SDDC Manager is the control plane of VCF. It automates the entire system lifecycle (bring-up, configuration, provisioning, upgrades/patching) of the SDDC stack (vSphere, vSAN, NSX).
- Question 8Intermediate
Deploy, Configure, and Operate VMware Cloud Foundation · VCF Deployment
When deploying the VCF 9.0 Management Domain using the VCF Installer, which information is required in the deployment parameter workbook?
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Correct answer: C
The deployment parameter workbook (or JSON) requires all infrastructure details including static IPs for management components (vCenter, SDDC Manager, NSX Manager), DNS, NTP, and host details to successfully bring up the Management Domain.
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