VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Architect 2V0-13.25 Exam Practice Test

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Question 1

A VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) architect is planning for the expansion of an existing VCF instance.

The existing VCF instance is deployed with a single workload domain. The number of ESXi hosts has grown to the maximum number the existing vCenter can support.

Which design decision would the architect need to make to allow the existing VCF Instance to add more ESXi hosts?



Answer : B

A single workload domain in VCF maps to a single vCenter instance. When the host limit for that vCenter is reached (typically ~1000 hosts per vCenter), the correct and supported scale-out design is to deploy a second VI workload domain, which comes with its own dedicated vCenter instance, allowing continued expansion without affecting the existing domain.


VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Design Guide -- Workload Domain Scaling Considerations

VMware Configuration Maximums for vCenter Server

Question 2

During an initial design workshop with stakeholders, an Architect was provided with an overview of the current state and other information required to proceed to the design phase.

Which statement should be documented as a requirement?



Answer : B

Requirements define what the solution must deliver.

B (block-based storage in WLD) is a technical requirement that specifies a mandatory design need.

Other options:

A (must use existing storage) is a constraint.

C (sufficient storage) is an assumption.

D (network team not trained) is a risk.

Hence, the valid requirement is that block-based storage must be used in the workload domain.


Question 3

An architect is responsible for designing a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)-based private cloud for a customer. During the customer requirements gathering workshop, the customer has stated the following:

All Platinum applications/services must have an availability SLA of 99.99%.

All Gold applications/services must have an availability SLA of 99.9%.

All Silver applications/services must have an availability SLA of 99%.

The private cloud must have an availability SLA of 99.9%.

What should the architect recommend to meet the stated requirements?



Answer : C

The overall private cloud SLA is 99.9%, but Platinum applications require 99.99%, which exceeds the infrastructure SLA. VMware design methodology states:

If an application's SLA is higher than the infrastructure SLA, then the application itself must provide the additional resilience (e.g., clustering, active-active deployment, or application-level HA).

Options A and B reduce flexibility or impose unnecessary complexity.

Option D (Proactive HA) improves resiliency but cannot guarantee 99.99%, since Proactive HA still depends on underlying infrastructure SLA.

Therefore, the only valid recommendation is that Platinum workloads must implement resilience at the application layer.


Question 4

The architect documented a requirement for 99.95% high availability to meet the customer's resiliency needs.

Which two physical design decisions will help meet this requirement in the management domain? (Choose two.)



Answer : A, D

To achieve 99.95% availability in the management domain, the architecture must protect critical management components (like vCenter) and ensure rapid recovery:

A . vCenter HA -- Protects the vCenter Server by providing an active-passive-failure detection architecture, ensuring no single vCenter outage impacts operations.

D . Restart priority policy = High -- Ensures vCenter recovers first and fastest during a host failure, minimizing downtime.

Why not the others?

B/E (EtherChannel Enable/Disable) -- Link aggregation is networking config, not directly tied to SLA.

C (das.iostatsinterval = 0) -- This disables HA datastore heartbeating, reducing resiliency rather than improving it.


Question 5

Which configuration should the architect recommend as part of the design of a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) solution to ensure optimal performance in a multi-tenant environment?



Answer : C

In a multi-tenant environment, isolation, predictable performance, and scalability are critical. vSAN with tiered storage policies enables the architect to define performance tiers (e.g., RAID-1 for critical workloads, RAID-5/6 for capacity-efficient workloads). This aligns with the need for low latency and high IOPS for tenant workloads, without oversubscribing or compromising performance.

Options A and D disregard tenant performance and isolation, potentially leading to noisy neighbor issues. Option B reduces availability and scalability and is contrary to best practices.


VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 -- vSAN Design Guide, vSAN Storage Policy-Based Management (SPBM) Best Practices

Question 6

As a part of designing the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Operations deployment, the architect must ensure that VCF Operations is capable of monitoring the customer's infrastructure made up of a central datacenter and multiple remote sites in different countries.

During a design workshop, the following requirements were identified:

REQ 001: Corporate IT users must be able to review performance, alerts, and capacity details from a single management point.

REQ 002: The monitoring solution must support local data collection at remote sites to prevent data loss from unstable WAN connections.

REQ 003: The monitoring solution must comply with local data sovereignty regulations.

Which deployment model fulfills all design requirements?



Answer : A

Deploying a single VCF Operations instance (central management point) while placing Cloud Proxies or Collector nodes at remote sites enables local data ingestion. This ensures remote-site resilience (REQ 002), centralized visibility for IT users (REQ 001), and data sovereignty compliance because data can remain within local jurisdictions (REQ 003). This model aligns with VMware's recommended best practice for multi-site monitoring with minimal duplication of management infrastructure.


VMware Aria Operations Deployment Guide -- Cloud Proxies and Multi-Site Monitoring Architecture

Question 7

As part of the initial design workshop, one of the customer stakeholders has stated the following:

* All Virtual Machines must be encrypted.

How would the architect classify this statement?



Answer : C

This is a requirement because it specifies what the solution must deliver. VMware encryption requires enabling VM Encryption with vSphere VM Encryption policies or vSAN encryption.

Constraints are design limitations (e.g., budget, existing hardware).

Risks are potential negative outcomes (e.g., encryption introduces CPU overhead).

Assumptions are unverified statements taken as true (e.g., 'all VMs can support encryption').

Thus, ''All VMs must be encrypted'' is a security requirement.


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