VMware vSphere Foundation Administrator Preparation Details
The VMware vSphere Foundation Administrator (2V0-16.25) exam validates your ability to deploy, configure, and manage a VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) environment. This VCP-VVF Administrator study guide walks through every domain, task, and objective from the official exam guide.
You will find official Broadcom documentation links for virtualization fundamentals, compute, storage, and networking, plus VVF deployment, management, and operations topics. You can also explore more VMware certification study guides on the VMware Certification category to keep building your skills.
VMware vSphere Foundation Administrator Materials
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Section 2 – VMware vSphere Foundation Fundamentals
Objective 2.1 – Virtualization Fundamentals
Describe the principles of Virtualization
Identify the use cases for Virtualization
Getting Started with vSphere Foundation
Identify the value proposition for Virtualization
Getting Started with vSphere Foundation
Objective 2.2 – VMware Compute Fundamentals
Given a scenario, deploy and configure VVF compute components (vCenter and ESX)
Given a scenario, configure a vSphere Cluster
Configure a Stretched Compute Cluster
Given a scenario, deploy and configure virtual machines
Deploy a Virtual Machine from a VM Template in a Content Library
Given a scenario, manage a virtual machine through vCenter
Deploy a Virtual Machine from a VM Template in a Content Library
Given a scenario, perform Day 2 Operations within VMware vCenter.
Given a scenario, configure Content Libraries to manage resources.
Deploy a Virtual Machine from a VM Template in a Content Library
Virtual Machine Encryption Interoperability
Given a scenario, secure workloads and infrastructure using encryption.
Virtual Machine Encryption Best Practices
Objective 2.3 – VMware Storage Fundamentals
Given a scenario, configure vSphere storage
Given a scenario, describe the use cases for VMware vSAN ESA or VMware vSAN OSA
Selecting the Best RAID Configuration for a vSAN Storage Cluster
Given a scenario, deploy a vSAN cluster
Configure a Stretched Compute Cluster
Given a scenario, configure vSAN storage policies
Selecting the Best RAID Configuration for a vSAN Storage Cluster
Given a scenario, identify the options for Resilience and Data Availability in VMware vSAN
Selecting the Best RAID Configuration for a vSAN Storage Cluster
Given a scenario, describe the purpose of vSAN Space Efficiency
Selecting the Best RAID Configuration for a vSAN Storage Cluster
Objective 2.4 – VMware Network Fundamentals
Given a scenario, differentiate between VVF networking components
Create and Configure a vSphere Distributed Switch
Configuring a vSphere Distributed Switch
Prepare a vSphere Distributed Switch for NSX
Section 4 – Deploy, Configure, and Operate VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF)
Objective 4.1 – VVF: Deploy and Configure (ready to write)
Identify the components of a VVF Deployment
Getting Started with vSphere Foundation
Given a scenario, describe the deployment of a VMware vSphere Foundation-based environment
Getting Started with vSphere Foundation
Deploy VCF Management Components on a Dedicated Management Network
Given a scenario, configure Supervisor within a Cluster
Configuring and Managing a Supervisor
Objective 4.2 – VVF: Manage
Given a scenario, configure Identity Management and Role-based Access Control (RBAC) in VMware vSphere Foundation
Access Control in VCF Operations
Configure vCenter Server for Identity and Access Management
Given a scenario, configure license management within VMware vSphere Foundation
Given a scenario, configure certificate management within VMware vSphere Foundation
Managing Certificates in VMware Cloud Foundation
Given a scenario, manage the lifecycle of VMware vSphere Foundation
Objective 4.3 – VVF: Operate
Given a scenario, identify the use case for VCF Operations and VCF Operations for Logs
Given a scenario, describe the cluster components and deployment options of VCF Operations
Given a scenario, describe the cluster components and deployment options of VCF Operations for logs
Given a scenario, differentiate between metrics, properties ,and logs
Given a scenario, create custom Views and Reports in VCF Operations
Using Predefined Dashboards for Quick Insights
Given a scenario, create and share dashboards in VCF Operations
Using Predefined Dashboards for Quick Insights
Given a scenario, configure Alerting in VCF Operations
Understanding Alerts in VCF Operations
Given a scenario, monitor log events in VCF Operations
Understanding Alerts in VCF Operations
Given a scenario, create and share dashboards in VCF Operations for logs
Given a scenario, use the Explore Logs feature to analyse the logs
Given a scenario, configure costing and pricing in VCF Operations
Given a scenario, configure integration with VCF Operations
Given a scenario, monitor vSAN storage using VCF Storage Operations
Given a scenario, configure VCF Operations policies
Understanding Alerts in VCF Operations
Given a scenario, monitor the application using VCF Operations
Workload Monitoring and Observability
Given a scenario, configure Service Discovery in VCF Operations
Workload Monitoring and Observability
Given a scenario, monitor security hardening and compliance using VCF Operations
Viewing and Configuring Compliance
Given a scenario, describe the cluster components and deployment options of VCF Operations for Logs
Given a scenario, configure the integration with VVF components
Objective 4.4 – VVF: Consume and Automate
Given a scenario, describe the deployment of Supervisor-based Services in VMware vSphere Foundation
Configuring and Managing a Supervisor
Deploy Virtual Machines using the VM Service
Provision and Manage Virtual Machines
Deploying and Managing Virtual Machines in vSphere Supervisor
Deploy Kubernetes workloads using VMware Kubernetes Services
vSphere Kubernetes Service Architecture and Components
Deploy vSphere Pods and other services
Given a scenario, describe the use case for VCF Operations Orchestrator
Managing VMware Cloud Foundation Operations Orchestrator
Wrapping Up VMware vSphere Foundation Administrator
This VMware vSphere Foundation Administrator (2V0-16.25) study guide covered every testable objective across virtualization fundamentals, compute, storage, networking, and VVF deployment and operations. Working through each linked resource will build the practical knowledge the exam expects.
Take your time with the vSAN and VCF Operations sections since they carry the most objectives. You can also explore more VMware certification study guides on the VMware Certification category to keep building your skills. Have a question or tip? Leave a comment below.
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