Ultimate Guide to Prepare 2V0-17.25 Certification Exam for VCP-VCF Administrator in 2026 [Q12-Q36]

Q12. An administrator is deploying a new VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environment. After uploading the completed Deployment Parameter Workbook, the validation task fails and an error message is displayed within the VMware Cloud Builder GUI.
Which log file can the administrator use to identify the cause of the validation error?

vcf-bringup-debug.log

sos.log

domainmanager.log

jsongenerator-<timestamp>.log

Q13. An administrator is responsible for managing a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)-based private cloud. The private cloud consists of a single tenant with two projects: Development and Production. The administrator has been tasked with ensuring that, when users deploy new VMware Supervisor- based resources within the private cloud, they meet the following criteria:
– By default, all Kubernetes clusters must tolerate a single control
plane node failure.
– Only Kubernetes cluster resources will be deployed within the
production project.
– In the development project, resources must be minimized.
Which three actions should the administrator take to meet the objective? (Choose three.)

Create a new IaaS Resource Policy for the production project using the Disallow VM resource template.

Create a new IaaS Resource Policy for the development project using the Enforce multi-control- node Kubernetes cluster template.

Create a new IaaS Resource Policy for the organization using the Disallow VM resource template.

Create a new IaaS Resource Policy for the development project using the Enforce single-control- node Kubernetes cluster template.

Create a new IaaS Resource Policy for the production project using the Enforce single-control- node Kubernetes cluster template.

Create a new IaaS Resource Policy for the organization using the Enforce multi-control-node Kubernetes cluster template.

Q14. An administrator has been tasked with configuring the external connectivity for a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) within a new VMware NSX project. The Transit Gateway (TGW) associated with the project will use VLAN(s) and external subnets to connect the VPC to the physical routers.
What prerequisite must the administrator ensure is completed before starting the configuration of the external connection?

TWO BGP Peers must be set up on the Distributed TGW for dynamic routing.

The vSphere cluster must have a Transport Node Profile (TNP) attached to it.

All the hosts running VPC workloads must have access to the VLAN(s) used by the Distributed TGW.

All the hosts running VPC workloads must have access to the Edge TEP network.

Q15. An administrator needs to scale out the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Automation node from a small to a medium form factor. The environment is currently deployed using the Simple VCF Automation Model. Which action should the administrator take to achieve this?

Deploy a separate VCF Automation instance in the environment.

Redeploy the VCF Automation node as a single medium form factor using the VCF Operations Console.

Scale up the VCF Automation node to medium form factor using the VCF Operations Console.

Scale out the VCF Automation deployment to a High Availability model with medium form factor.

Q16. Which of the following tasks can be performed on a virtual machine through vCenter Server?

Create snapshots and revert to them

Configure the physical NIC driver on the ESXi host

Clone or template a VM

Modify VM CPU and memory settings

Q17. How can an administrator ensure that certain VMs run on separate hosts for availability or licensing reasons?

Create a Resource Pool with a high share value

Use VM-VM Anti-Affinity rules in DRS

Configure Storage vMotion to relocate disks

Enable HA Admission Control

Q18. Which vSphere feature reduces the time required to patch and update multiple ESXi hosts in a cluster by using a centralized repository and automated workflows?

vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM)

Host Profiles

Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC)

vSAN Health Service

Q19. A vSphere administrator needs to ensure that VM encryption keys are always stored externally for compliance reasons.
Which component is essential in such a setup?

Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) cluster

KMS (Key Management Server) configured in vCenter

TPM 2.0 module on each ESXi host

vRealize Operations Manager integration

Q20. An IT team needs to ensure compliance and security for various database workloads managed by Data Services Manager.
Which three features of Data Services Manager should be leveraged to achieve this? (Choose three.)

Automated patch management for database instances.

Integration with NSX for network security policies.

Encryption of data at rest and in transit.

Role-based access control (RBAC) to restrict database access.

vSphere DRS for resource scheduling.

Q21. An administrator creates a custom alert in VCF Operations for a VM with a symptom definition:
“Read Latency > 1 ms.”
The alert should trigger immediately once the symptom condition occurs.
What additional step is required to ensure the alert functions?

Enable the alert in an Active Policy.

Create a new Payload Template.

Create an instance of the REST Notification Plugin.

Create and enable a super metric for read latency in the Active Policy.

Q22. An administrator has been tasked with adding a new VI workload Domain to an instance of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).
– The administrator only has two prepared ESXi host servers showing in SDDC Manager.
– The new VI Workload Domain must use vSphere Lifecycle Images.
Which three supported principal storage options are available to the administrator when configuring the new VI Workload Domain? (Choose three.)

VSAN

vVols

iSCSI

NFS v3

VMFS on FC

VMFS on local disk

Q23. An administrator must ensure the network team can fully utilize the Network Operations feature in VCF. What component must be installed and configured?

VCF Operations for Networks

vDefend Firewall

VCF Operations Collector

NSX Networking

Q24. An administrator finds that one of the VMs in the vSphere environment cannot reach its default gateway. The VM is configured with a static IP address, and other VMs on the same port group and VLAN are not experiencing any issues.
What should the administrator check to resolve the issue?

Check the subnet mask configured on the VM.

Ensure that the VM’s network adapter is set to DHCP.

Check if the VM has the correct DNS server settings.

Confirm that the DVS port group is configured correctly.

Q25. Which vSphere feature monitors ESXi host health status, including hardware metrics like temperature and power supply data, and can raise alerts if thresholds are breached?

vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM)

vSphere Health

vCenter Hardware Status plug-in

vSphere Host Profiles

Q26. When considering standardization in VMware environments, which of the following are aligned with industry or regulatory best practices?

Hardening guides that align with NIST standards

Role-based access control following ISO 27001 principles

CO2 emission compliance

Regular audits and patching guided by ITIL processes

Q27. A newly deployed ESXi host fails to join vCenter Server due to a certificate mismatch.
Which vSphere component or service most likely handles certificate management?

Auto Deploy

Enhanced Linked Mode

vSphere Certificate Manager

vCenter Content Library

Q28. What is the required update interval for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) licenses in connected mode to maintain the entitlement?

90 days

180 days

365 days

270 days

Q29. Which distributed switch feature can detect configurations that might cause a network mismatch, such as VLAN tagging errors or MTU inconsistencies?

Network I/O Control (NIOC)

Health Check

Port Security

Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)

Q30. An administrator is responsible for monitoring VMware vSAN performance across a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) instance. The administrator confirms VCF Operations is configured correctly. When viewing Storage Operations, the vSAN Cluster Performance widget is not displaying any dat a. What additional configuration should the administrator complete to ensure the widget displays data?

Enable Support Insight for all vSAN Clusters in vCenter.

Select a Cloud proxy as Collector in the vSAN integration.

Select “Enable SMART data collection” in the vCenter integration.

Enable Performance Service for all vSAN Clusters in vCenter.

Q31. An administrator has been tasked with deploying a VCF-Aware VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle within a newly provisioned VMware Cloud Foundation environment.
Which four details will the Cloud Administrator require to complete the deployment via SDDC Manager? (Choose four.)

The FQDN of the Aria Suite Lifecycle appliance

The FQDN of the Aria Suite Lifecycle cluster

A free IP address on the VMware NSX Tier 0

The password for the root account

A free IP Address within the cross-region virtual network segment

The password for the vcfadmin@local account

The password for the admin@local account

Q32. An administrator must replace a component’s certificate in VCF with an external CA-signed certificate. What format must be used when creating the certificate?

DER

PFX

P7B

PEM

Q33. Which VMware vSphere feature provides the ability to define and apply datastore capabilities to ensure virtual machines meet specific performance and availability requirements?

Storage Policy Components

Storage Policies

Performance Service

Host Profiles

Q34. A VMware administrator wants to deploy a highly available vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA).
Which components or considerations are critical in achieving vCenter High Availability (VCHA)?

Active, Passive, and Witness nodes

Sufficient network bandwidth between VCHA nodes

NFS shares mounted as vCenter datastores

A single distributed switch shared by all VMs

Q35. Which cluster-level feature, when enabled, automatically redistributes VMs to balance CPU and memory across hosts?

vSphere HA

vMotion

vSphere DRS

vSAN Health Service

Q36. An administrator is tasked with deploying a new VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) instance.
The management domain is designed to be created with three virtual distributed switches (VDS) configured as follows:
– VDS1 – used for management and vMotion traffic
– VDS2 – used for vSAN traffic
– VDS3 – used for NSX Overlay traffic
What action would the administrator take to deploy the designed configuration?

A JSON file must be prepared with the defined configuration and used to run the bring-up process.

vSphere Distributed Switch Profile 2 must be selected in the VCF Deployment parameter workbook.

The design must be changed to ensure vSAN and NSX overlay traffic are on the same VDS.

The ESXi hosts have to be configured with twelve physical NICs to ensure redundancy.