Advanced VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Storage Preparation Details
The Advanced VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Storage (3V0-23.25) exam validates advanced skills in designing, deploying, and troubleshooting vSAN and non-vSAN storage within VMware Cloud Foundation environments. This guide maps every objective from the official exam datasheet to the current Broadcom TechDocs so you can study each topic against verified vendor documentation.
You will find coverage of vSAN OSA and ESA architecture, stretched and storage cluster designs, encryption, File Service, iSCSI Target Service, and Day 2 administration for both vSAN and traditional storage types. You can also explore more VMware certification study guides on the VMware Certification category to keep building your skills.
Advanced VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Storage Materials
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Section 1 – IT Architectures, Technologies, Standards
Objective 1.1 – Given a scenario, differentiate between types of Storage Architecture (HCI vs Traditional)
Objective 1.2 – Given a scenario, identify the use case for different storage architectures (HCI vs Traditional)
VMware Cloud Foundation 9: Now Ready For All Storage
Objective 1.3 – Differentiate between the use cases for supported storage types (iSCSI, vSAN, NFS, FC, NVMe)
Networking Considerations for iSCSI on vSAN
Section 2 – VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Products and Solutions
Objective 2.1 – Given a scenario, differentiate between vSAN OSA and vSAN ESA
Designing and Sizing vSAN Hosts
Objective 2.2 – Given a scenario, identify the components of a vSAN Architecture/Solution
Designing and Sizing vSAN Hosts
Objective 2.3 – Given a scenario, differentiate between Principal and Supplemental storage in a VCF Workload Domain cluster
Supporting all Principal Storage Options in VMware Cloud Foundation 9
VMware Cloud Foundation 9: Now Ready For All Storage
Objective 2.4 – Given a scenario, identify the use cases for advanced VMware vSAN features/services/capabilities
Using the vSAN iSCSI Target Service
Enable vSAN Encryption on Existing vSAN Cluster
Objective 2.5 – Given a scenario, identify the components of a supported storage solution (i.e. datastores, datastore clusters, etc)
Creating a Datastore Cluster in vSphere
Objective 2.6 – Given a scenario, identify the role of supported Storage within a VMware Supervisor-context.
Section 3 – Plan and Design the VMware Solution
Objective 3.1 – Given a scenario with requirements, design a vSAN Storage Solution for VCF
Designing and Sizing vSAN Hosts
Stretched Cluster Storage Models
Objective 3.2 – Given a scenario with requirements, appropriately size a storage solution based on VMware vSAN
Designing and Sizing vSAN Hosts
What are vSAN Default Storage Policies
Create and Assign a New Default Storage Policy for vSAN ESA Cluster
Objective 3.3 – Given a scenario with requirements, design a supported (non-vSAN) Storage Solution for VCF
Fibre Channel Storage with VMware Cloud Foundation
NFS Storage with VMware Cloud Foundation
vVols Storage with VMware Cloud Foundation
Section 4 – Install, Configure, Administrate the VMware Solution
Objective 4.1 – Given a scenario, deploy a vSAN Cluster within a VCF Workload Domain
Add an SDDC Cluster to a VCF Domain
Objective 4.2 – Given a scenario, deploy a vSAN Stretched Cluster within a VCF Workload Domain
Stretching vSAN Clusters in VMware Cloud Foundation
Stretch a vSAN ESA or OSA Cluster Using the SDDC Manager API
Stretched Cluster Storage Models
Objective 4.3 – Given a scenario, deploy a vSAN 2-Node Cluster
Stretching vSAN Clusters in VMware Cloud Foundation
Stretch a vSAN ESA or OSA Cluster Using the SDDC Manager API
Objective 4.4 – Given a scenario, deploy vSAN Data Protection
vSAN Data Protection in VMware Cloud Foundation
Objective 4.5 – Given a scenario, deploy a VCF Workload Domain cluster with supported (non-vSAN) Storage
Add an SDDC Cluster to a VCF Domain
Fibre Channel Storage with VMware Cloud Foundation
NFS Storage with VMware Cloud Foundation
Objective 4.6 – Given a scenario, configure vSAN Cross-Cluster Capacity Sharing and vSAN Storage Clusters
Sharing Remote vSAN Datastores
Objective 4.7 – Given a scenario, configure vSAN Encryption
Configure vSAN Data-At-Rest and Data-In-Transit Encryption from the vSphere Client
Enable vSAN Encryption on Existing vSAN Cluster
vSAN Data-In-Transit Encryption
Enable Encryption on a New vSAN Cluster
Objective 4.8 – Given a scenario, configure the vSAN File Service
Objective 4.9 – Given a scenario, configure the vSAN iSCSI Target Service
Using the vSAN iSCSI Target Service
Enable the vSAN iSCSI Target Service
Create a vSAN iSCSI Initiator Group
Objective 4.10 – Given a scenario, configure vSAN Data Protection
vSAN Data Protection in VMware Cloud Foundation
Objective 4.11 – Given a scenario, configure a Datastore (non-vSAN) in a VCF Workload Domain Cluster
NFS Storage with VMware Cloud Foundation
Fibre Channel Storage with VMware Cloud Foundation
Objective 4.12 – Given a scenario, configure a Datastore Cluster in a VCF Workload Domain Cluster
Creating a Datastore Cluster in vSphere
Objective 4.13 – Given a scenario, complete Day 2 administration tasks on a vSAN Cluster
Managing VCF Domains in VMware Cloud Foundation
Objective 4.14 – Given a scenario, complete Day 2 administration tasks on a vSAN Stretched Cluster
Stretching vSAN Clusters in VMware Cloud Foundation
Objective 4.15 – Given a scenario, create/configure a vSAN Storage policy
What are vSAN Default Storage Policies
Create and Assign a New Default Storage Policy for vSAN ESA Cluster
Objective 4.16 – Given a scenario, create/configure a vSAN Data Protection Recovery Plan
vSAN Data Protection in VMware Cloud Foundation
Objective 4.17 – Given a scenario, configure a File Share using vSAN File Services
Objective 4.18 – Given a scenario, complete Day 2 administration task on non-VSAN Datastores and Datastore Clusters
Creating a Datastore Cluster in vSphere
Applying Storage DRS Recommendations
Managing VCF Domains in VMware Cloud Foundation
Section 5 – Troubleshoot and optimize the VMware Solution
Objective 5.1 – Given a scenario, monitor VMware vSAN using tools in VCF
Monitoring and Troubleshooting vSAN
Monitoring vSAN Skyline Health
Objective 5.2 – Given a scenario, monitor supported (non-vSAN) Storage using tools in VCF
Configuring and Managing Policies
Objective 5.3 – Given a scenario, troubleshoot and resolve issues with VMware vSAN Storage
Monitoring and Troubleshooting vSAN
Monitoring vSAN Skyline Health
Objective 5.4 – Given a scenario, troubleshoot and resolve issues with supported (non-vSAN) Storage
Configuring and Managing Policies
Using VCF Operations diagnostics
Wrapping Up Advanced VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Storage
This guide walked through every section of the Advanced VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Storage (3V0-23.25) exam, from HCI versus traditional storage architecture through vSAN encryption, File Service, iSCSI Target Service, and Day 2 storage operations. Working through each linked TechDocs page will build the depth needed for the VCAP-level scenario questions.
Keep practicing hands-on with vSAN ESA and OSA clusters as you prepare, since the exam leans heavily on scenario-based decision making. 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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