VMware vSphere Foundation Support (2V0-18.25) Preparation Details
The VMware vSphere Foundation Support (2V0-18.25) exam validates your ability to troubleshoot deployment, licensing, compute, storage, network, and VCF Operations issues in a VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) 9.0 environment. This guide maps every objective from the official exam guide to current Broadcom documentation. Use it to build a structured, scenario-based study plan for the VCP-VVF Support certification. You can also explore more VMware certification study guides on the VMware Certification category to keep building your skills.
VMware vSphere Foundation Support Materials
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Section 5 – Troubleshoot and Optimize the VMware by Broadcom Solution
Objective 5.1 – Troubleshooting the Deployment of VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) Solution
Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with the initial VVF deployment process
Troubleshooting VMware Cloud Foundation or vSphere Foundation Deployments
Deploy the VMware Cloud Foundation Installer Appliance
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Release Notes
Objective 5.2 – Troubleshooting the Deployment of VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) – VVF Upgrade
Given a scenario, troubleshoot a vSphere to VVF 9.0 Conversion (double-check terminology closer to release date)
Converging a vCenter Instance and ESX Hosts
Converge a vCenter Instance and ESX Hosts to vSphere Foundation Platform
Supported Components and Scenarios to Converge to VCF
Import an Existing vCenter to Create a Workload Domain
Objective 5.3 – Troubleshooting a VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) – Clusters
Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues when creating VVF Workload Clusters
Create a New Workload Domain Using VCF Operations
Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues when scaling a VVF deployment by adding / removing clusters
Create a New Workload Domain Using VCF Operations
Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues when scaling a Cluster by adding / removing ESX hosts
Given a scenario, troubleshoot the Import of an existing vSphere environment as a cluster
Import an Existing vCenter to Create a Workload Domain
Converging a vCenter Instance and ESX Hosts
Supported Components and Scenarios to Converge to VCF
Objective 5.4 – Troubleshooting a VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) Deployment – License Management
Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues when assigning licenses to the components of VVF
Add and Register an Additional License Server
View License Usage Per Product in VCF Operations
Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with the entitlements of a VVF license
Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues when VVF licenses expire
View License Usage Per Product in VCF Operations
License Management for Cloud Services Providers and Hyperscalers
Section 5 – Troubleshoot and Optimize the VMware by Broadcom Solution
Objective 5.5 – Troubleshooting a VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) Deployment – Compute
Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with ESX hosts
Troubleshooting an ESXi host in a Not-Responding or Disconnected state
Guidelines for Troubleshooting Your Implementation of vSphere
Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with vCenter
Troubleshooting with vCenter Logs
Guidelines for Troubleshooting Your Implementation of vSphere
Troubleshooting vCenter and ESX Host Certificates
Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with Virtual Machines
Troubleshooting Virtual Machines
Guidelines for Troubleshooting Your Implementation of vSphere
Troubleshooting with vCenter Logs
Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with vSphere Cluster configurations
Troubleshooting vSphere HA Host States
Troubleshoot vSphere Networking
Guidelines for Troubleshooting Your Implementation of vSphere
Objective 5.6 – Troubleshooting a VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) Deployment – Storage
Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with VMware vSAN
vSAN Cluster Configuration Issues
Storage Pool Device Is Not Accessible in vSAN ESA Cluster
Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with vSAN Stretched Clusters
What Are vSAN Stretched Clusters
vSAN Stretched Cluster Design Considerations
vSAN Stretched Cluster Site Fails or Loses Network Connection
Stretching vSAN Clusters in VMware Cloud Foundation
Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with VVF supported storage configurations/technologies (iSCSI, NFS, FC)
Supporting all Principal Storage Options in VMware Cloud Foundation 9
Set Up NFS Storage Environment with ESXi
Fibre Channel Storage with VMware Cloud Foundation
Objective 5.7 – Troubleshooting a VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) Deployment – Networks
Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with vSphere Distributed Switches (VDS) and vSphere Standard Switches (VSS)
Troubleshoot vSphere Networking
How do I Set Up Networking with vSphere Distributed Switches
Hosts on a vSphere Distributed Switch Lose Connectivity to vCenter Server
Section 5 – Troubleshoot and Optimize the VMware by Broadcom Solution
Objective 5.8 – Troubleshooting a VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) – VCF Operations
Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with the configuration of VCF Operations (including VCF Operations for logs)
Troubleshooting Using Troubleshooting Workbench
Troubleshooting Log Analysis and Log Collection
Deploying VCF Operations for logs
Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with VVF using VCF Operations
See Known Issues in Your Environment and Apply Fixes with Diagnostics Findings
Troubleshooting Using Troubleshooting Workbench
Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues using VCF Operations for logs
Troubleshooting Log Analysis and Log Collection
Deploying VCF Operations for logs
Start a New VCF Operations for Logs Deployment
Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues using the Observability Workbench in VCF Operations.
Troubleshooting Using Troubleshooting Workbench
Using VCF Operations diagnostics
Given a scenario, generate a log bundle and upload via log assist.
Use Log Assist to Accelerate Your Support Cases
Attach Logs and Diagnostic Findings to Support Tickets with Log Assist
Create a VCF Operations Support Bundle
Given a scenario, create a dashboard/report/alert to troubleshoot an issue
Configuring Alerts and Using Actions
Deactivating Alerts in VCF Operations
Objective 5.9 – Troubleshooting a VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) – VCF Operations Orchestrator
Given a scenario, troubleshoot an issue with the configuration of VCF Operations Orchestrator
Managing VMware Cloud Foundation Operations Orchestrator
Troubleshooting in VCF Operations orchestrator
Configure a VCF Operations Orchestrator Cluster
Given a scenario, troubleshoot an issue with running workflows/actions in VCF Operations Orchestrator
Troubleshooting in VCF Operations orchestrator
Developing Workflows with VCF Operations orchestrator
Standard workflows in the VCF Operations orchestrator workflow library
Wrapping Up VMware vSphere Foundation Support (2V0-18.25)
This guide has walked through every troubleshooting objective in the 2V0-18.25 exam guide, from initial VVF deployment and licensing to compute, storage, networking, and VCF Operations diagnostics. Working through each linked resource will help you build the hands-on troubleshooting skills the VCP-VVF Support certification requires. 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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