VMware Cloud Foundation Architect Preparation Details
The VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Architect (2V0-13.25) exam tests your ability to design VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) private cloud solutions that meet business and technical requirements. This guide maps every VCP-VCF Architect objective to official Broadcom VCF design documentation. You can also explore more VMware certification study guides on the VMware Certification to keep building your skills.
VMware Cloud Foundation Architect Materials
| Coursera | Fundamentals of VMware Data Center Virtualization |
| Udemy | VCP VMware Cloud Foundation Architect (2V0-13.25) |
Section 1 – IT Architectures, Technologies, Standards
Objective 1.1 – Differentiate between business and technical requirements
Differentiate between business and technical requirements
Architectural Options in VMware Cloud Foundation
Objective 1.2 – Differentiate between a Conceptual Model, logical design and physical design
Differentiate between a Conceptual Model, logical design and physical design
Architectural Options in VMware Cloud Foundation
Design Library for VMware Cloud Foundation
Design Blueprints for VMware Cloud Foundation
Objective 1.3 – Differentiate between requirements, assumptions, constraints and risks
Differentiate between requirements, assumptions, constraints and risks
VMware Configurations Maximums
Design Blueprints for VMware Cloud Foundation
Objective 1.4 – Differentiate between availability, manageability, performance, recoverability and security (AMPRS)
Differentiate between availability, manageability, performance, recoverability and security (AMPRS)
Design Blueprints for VMware Cloud Foundation
Objective 1.5 – Develop and document a risk mitigation strategy
Develop and document a risk mitigation strategy
Design Blueprints for VMware Cloud Foundation
Data Protection and Recovery of the VCF Fleet
Objective 1.6 – Document design decisions
Establish relationships between a design decision and a requirement
Design Library for VMware Cloud Foundation
Specify the implications of design decisions
Design Blueprints for VMware Cloud Foundation
Architectural Options in VMware Cloud Foundation
Objective 1.7 – Develop a design validation strategy
Develop a design validation strategy
Design Blueprints for VMware Cloud Foundation
Section 2 – VMware Products and Solutions
Objective 2.1 – Based on a scenario, differentiate between VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) architecture options
Based on a scenario, differentiate between VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) architecture options
Architectural Options in VMware Cloud Foundation
What Is VMware Cloud Foundation?
Design Blueprints for VMware Cloud Foundation
Design Library for VMware Cloud Foundation
Section 3 – Plan and Design the VMware Solution
Objective 3.1 – Gather and analyze business objectives and requirements
Gather and analyze business objectives and requirements
Objective 3.2 – Given a set of business objectives, create a conceptual model
Given a set of business objectives, create a conceptual model
Architectural Options in VMware Cloud Foundation
What Is VMware Cloud Foundation?
Design Blueprints for VMware Cloud Foundation
Objective 3.3 – Create VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) logical designs
Given a scenario, identify the prerequisites for VCF
Design Blueprints for VMware Cloud Foundation
VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet Deployment Models
Given a scenario, identify the design decisions to support different VCF Fleet topologies – Logical Design
VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet Deployment Models
VCF Fleet with Multiple Sites Across Multiple Regions
Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a Network Infrastructure – Logical Design
External Services Detailed Design
Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Management Domain – Logical Design
Workload Domain Detailed Design
Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Workload Domain – Logical Design
Workload Domain Detailed Design
vSphere Cluster Detailed Design
Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Networking – Logical Design
NSX Management and Control Plane Models
Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Automation – Logical Design
VCF Automation Detailed Design
Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Operations – Logical Design
VCF Operations Detailed Design
Objective 3.4 – Create VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) physical designs
Given a scenario, identify the prerequisites for VCF
Design Library for VMware Cloud Foundation
Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Fleet topology – physical design
VCF Fleet in a Single Site with Minimal Footprint
VCF Fleet with Multiple Sites in a Single Region plus Additional Region(s)
Design Blueprints for VMware Cloud Foundation
Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a Network Infrastructure – physical design
External Services Detailed Design
Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Management Domain – physical design
Workload Domain Detailed Design
Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Workload Domain – physical design
Workload Domain Detailed Design
vSphere Cluster Detailed Design
Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Networking – physical design
NSX Management and Control Plane Detailed Design
NSX Edge Cluster Detailed Design
Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Automation – physical design
VCF Automation Detailed Design
Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Operations – physical design
VCF Operations Detailed Design
Objective 3.5 – Design for Availability
Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a solution that provides availability within an availability zone
Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a solution that provides availability across availability zones
VCF Fleet with Multiple Sites in a Single Region
Design Blueprints for VMware Cloud Foundation
vSphere Cluster Detailed Design
Objective 3.6 – Design for Manageability
Design for Lifecycle Management
Lifecycle Management in VMware Cloud Foundation
Binary Management for VMware Cloud Foundation
Design for Scalability
Scaling Up and Scaling Out Management Nodes in VCF
Add, Remove, or Move VCF Instances across VCF Fleets
Design Blueprints for VMware Cloud Foundation
Design for Capacity Management
Optimizing Capacity and Improving Performance in VCF Operations
Objective 3.7 – Design for Performance
Given a scenario, identify design decision(s) that meet performance requirement
Optimizing Capacity and Improving Performance in VCF Operations
Objective 3.8 – Design for Recoverability
Differentiate between Business Continuity Disaster Recovery (BCDR) strategies for Management Components and Workloads
Design Blueprints for VMware Cloud Foundation
Data Protection and Recovery of the VCF Fleet
Backup and Restore of VMware Cloud Foundation
Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to meet Business Continuity requirements
VCF Fleet with Multiple Sites in a Single Region
Data Protection and Recovery of the VCF Fleet
Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to meet Disaster Recovery requirements
VCF Fleet with Multiple Sites Across Multiple Regions
VMware Cloud Foundation Instance Backup and Restore
Backup and Restore of VMware Cloud Foundation
Objective 3.9 – Design for Security
Given a scenario, identify the design decisions for securing VCF Management Components and Workloads.
Information Security Detailed Design
FIPS Configuration for VCF Components
Managing Certificates in VMware Cloud Foundation
Objective 3.10 – Design a Workload Migration / Onboarding strategy
Given a scenario, identify the design decisions for workload migration into a VCF environment
Getting Started with VCF Operations HCX
Administering VCF Operations HCX
Objective 3.11 – Design a consumption strategy for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
Given a scenario, identify the design decisions for VCF Automation Tenant Design
Managing Organizations in VMware Cloud Foundation Automation
Given a scenario, identify the design decisions for Self-Service & Governance
Managing Policies in VCF Automation
Managing Projects in VCF Automation
Provisioning Resources in VCF Automation
Given a scenario, identify the design decisions for automating VCF infrastructure components
Managing VMware Cloud Foundation Operations Orchestrator
Given a scenario, identify the design decisions for supporting Modern Applications in VCF environment
Provision and Manage Kubernetes Clusters
Objective 3.12 – Design a monitoring strategy for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
Given a scenario, identify design decisions for monitoring VCF management components
Configuring Alerts and Using Actions
Configuring Dashboards and Widgets
Given a scenario, identify design decisions for monitoring VCF Workloads
Workload Monitoring and Observability
Configuring Business Applications
Discovering Services and Applications using the Service Discovery Adapter
Wrapping Up VMware Cloud Foundation Architect
This guide brings together every objective from the VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Architect (2V0-13.25) exam guide alongside the official VCF design documentation you need to study conceptual, logical, and physical design, availability, security, and consumption strategy. Working through each domain will help you build the design judgment the VCP-VCF Architect exam tests. You can also explore more VMware certification study guides on the VMware Certification to keep building your skills. Have a question or tip? Leave a comment below.
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