VMware Certified Advanced Professional – VMware Cloud Foundation vSphere Kubernetes Service Preparation Details
The VMware Certified Advanced Professional – VMware Cloud Foundation vSphere Kubernetes Service (3V0-24.25) exam validates your ability to design, deploy, and troubleshoot VKS clusters on vSphere Supervisor. This guide maps every exam objective to verified VMware documentation across networking, storage, identity, and cluster lifecycle management. You can also explore more VMware certification study guides on the VMware Certification category page to keep building your skills.
VMware Certified Advanced Professional – VMware Cloud Foundation vSphere Kubernetes Service Materials
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Section 1 – IT Architectures, Technologies, Standards
Objective 1.1 -Differentiate between VMs and containers to select the appropriate compute model.
Deploying and Managing Virtual Machines in vSphere Supervisor
Deploying Workloads to vSphere Pods
Objective 1.2 – Use Kubernetes architecture, networking, storage, service mesh, and Helm.
vSphere Kubernetes Service Architecture and Components
Objective 1.3 – Determine the reference architecture (NSX, VDS, Zones) for a VKS deployment.
Supervisor Architecture and Deployment Options
Deploying vSphere Supervisor with NSX and Avi Load Balancer
Section 2 – VMware Products and Solutions
Objective 2.1 – Configure vSphere Supervisor capabilities, services, and architecture topologies.
Configuring and Managing a Supervisor
Objective 2.2 – Configure Supervisor cluster networking with VDS, NSX Segments, or VPCs and apply appropriate load balancing solutions.
Deploying vSphere Supervisor with NSX and Avi Load Balancer
Avi Load Balancer Controller Sizing
Objective 2.3 – Configure Supervisor storage policies and persistent volume integration across zones.
Storage Concepts for VKS Clusters
Using Storage Classes for Persistent Volumes
Objective 2.4 – Configure VKS identity and access using external providers and Kubernetes admin credentials.
vSphere Supervisor Identity and Access Management
Register an External Identity Provider with Supervisor
About Identity and Access Management for Clusters
Objective 2.5 – Manage Kubernetes releases and content libraries (subscribed, local, and air-gapped) for VKS clusters.
Using Kubernetes Releases with VKS Clusters
Create a Subscribed Content Library
Create a Local Content Library for Air-Gapped Environment
Enable Publishing of a Local Content Library
Objective 2.5 – Configure CNIs, NSX networking objects, and TLS certificates and secure VKS clusters.
Enable the Antrea-NSX Adapter for a VKS Cluster
Antrea NSX Adapter Provisioning
v1beta1/v1beta2 Example: Cluster with Additional Trusted CA Certificates for SSL/TLS
Troubleshoot Additional Trusted CA Errors
Section 3 – Plan and Design the VMware Solution
Objective 3.1 – Evaluate the implication for Load Balancer size on Supervisor functionality
Avi Load Balancer Controller Sizing
Deploying vSphere Supervisor with NSX and Avi Load Balancer
Objective 3.2 – Evaluate the implication for Namespace Network options
Configuring and Managing a Supervisor
Objective 3.3 – Evaluate the architecture of vSphere namespaces with ingress and egress options
Objective 3.4 – Create the process of enabling a Supervisor cluster.
Configuring and Managing a Supervisor
Supervisor Architecture and Deployment Options
Deploying vSphere Supervisor with NSX and Avi Load Balancer
Objective 3.6 – Create an implementation of service mesh
vSphere Kubernetes Service Architecture and Components
Section 4 – Install, Configure, Administrate the VMware Solution
Objective 4.1 – Create Supervisor clusters with NSX VPC, NSX Segment, vDS, and Avi load balancer options.
Deploying vSphere Supervisor with NSX and Avi Load Balancer
Configuring and Managing a Supervisor
Supervisor Architecture and Deployment Options
Objective 4.2 – Configure and manage vSphere Namespaces and Zones.
Configuring and Managing a Supervisor
Supervisor Architecture and Deployment Options
Objective 4.3 – Create workloads as Supervisor Pods or via VM Service.
Deploying and Managing Virtual Machines in vSphere Supervisor
Deploying Workloads to vSphere Pods
Deploying Workloads on VKS Clusters
Objective 4.4 – Install, uninstall, and manage Supervisor add-on services (e.g., Harbor, external-dns).
Using Harbor as a Supervisor Service
Install Harbor as a Supervisor Service
Map the Harbor FQDN to the Ingress IP Address
Objective 4.5 – Provision, delete, monitor and scale VKS clusters using kubectl and VCF CLI tools.
About VKS Cluster Provisioning
Workflow for Provisioning VKS Clusters Using kubectl
Workflow for Provisioning VKS Clusters Using VCF CLI
Objective 4.6 – Update VKS clusters through rolling updates and configuration changes.
Understanding the Rolling Update Model for VKS Clusters
Verify VKS Cluster Compatibility for Updates
Update a v1alpha3 VKS Cluster by Editing the VKr Version
Objective 4.7 – Create, configure, and upgrade autoscalers.
Install Cluster Autoscaler Using Kubectl
Install Cluster Autoscaler by Using VCF CLI
Upgrade Autoscaled Cluster Using Kubectl
Objective 4.8 – Manage package repositories, standard packages, registry secrets, and private registries.
Update an Add-on Repository Install
Using Private Registries with VKS Clusters
Integrate VKS Clusters with a Private Container Registry
Objective 4.9 – Create and manage snapshots in VKS clusters.
Creating Snapshots in a VKS Cluster
Create Snapshots in a VKS Cluster
Objective 4.10 – Upgrade the Supervisor Service within a given situation.
Using the vSphere Kubernetes Service
Upgrade VKS from a Private Registry
Objective 4.11 – Create storage strategies using dynamic and static persistent volumes with support for expansion.
Using Storage Classes for Persistent Volumes
Persistent Volume Expansion for VKS Clusters
Storage Concepts for VKS Clusters
Objective 4.12 – Create workload deployment models, including pods, VMs, ingress controllers, and private registries.
Deploying Workloads on VKS Clusters
Deploying and Managing Virtual Machines in vSphere Supervisor
Using Private Registries with VKS Clusters
Objective 4.13 – Implement backup and restore strategies using Velero with external object storage.
Backing Up and Restoring VKS Cluster Workloads
Backup and Restore Workloads on VKS Clusters by Using Velero 1.15
Backing Up and Restoring VKS Clusters and VKS Cluster Namespaces with VKS Cluster Management
Objective 4.14 – Edit YAML code to modify VKS deployment
Update a v1alpha3 VKS Cluster by Editing the VKr Version
v1beta1/v1beta2 Example: Cluster with Additional Trusted CA Certificates for SSL/TLS
Workflow for Provisioning VKS Clusters Using kubectl
Section 5 – Troubleshoot and optimize the VMware Solution
Objective 5.1 – Diagnose and resolve Supervisor and VKS cluster provisioning, connectivity, or namespace errors.
Troubleshoot VKS Cluster Provisioning Errors
Troubleshoot VKS Cluster Connection Problems and Log On Errors
Troubleshoot VKS Cluster Networking Errors
Objective 5.2 – Troubleshoot VM class, cluster plans, content library, storage, and networking errors.
Troubleshoot Content Library Errors
Troubleshoot VKS Cluster Networking Errors
Troubleshoot VKS Cluster Provisioning Errors
Objective 5.3 – Troubleshoot container deployment, registry, and trusted CA errors.
Troubleshoot Additional Trusted CA Errors
Integrate VKS Clusters with a Private Container Registry
Objective 5.4 – Restart or recover failed VKS upgrades.
Understanding the Rolling Update Model for VKS Clusters
Verify VKS Cluster Compatibility for Updates
Upgrade VKS from a Private Registry
Objective 5.5 – Optimize cluster performance using monitoring and scaling features.
Pull Logs to Troubleshoot VKS Clusters on Supervisor
Resource Requests for Components in VKS Clusters
Wrapping Up VMware Certified Advanced Professional – VMware Cloud Foundation vSphere Kubernetes Service
This guide walked through all five sections of the VMware Certified Advanced Professional – VMware Cloud Foundation vSphere Kubernetes Service (3V0-24.25) exam, from Supervisor architecture and networking to storage, identity, workload deployment, and troubleshooting. With every objective mapped to official VMware documentation, you can study each area methodically and build real hands-on confidence with VKS clusters before test day. You can also explore more VMware certification study guides on the VMware Certification category page to keep building your skills. Have a question or tip? Leave a comment below.
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