2V0-13.25 Sample Questions Answers

Upgrading avSphere + vSAN environmentto a fullVMware Cloud Foundation deploymentrequires introducing the components that make up theintegrated software-defined data center (SDDC):

A. NSX– Provides network virtualization, overlay segments, distributed firewalling, and routing required in VCF.

B. SDDC Manager– Thecore management and lifecycle automation toolof VCF, responsible for bring-up, patching, and upgrades.

E. vSphere Supervisor– Required to enableVMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG)and modern application deployment in VCF environments.

Why not the others?

C. VCF Identity Broker– Provides federated authentication but isnot mandatory for initial upgrade. It is optional depending on identity requirements.

D. VCF Operations– This is VMware Aria Operations (for monitoring/analytics). While strongly recommended, it isnot requiredto upgrade from vSphere/vSAN to VCF.

VCF Automation (Aria Automation) supportsmulti-tenancywith separate AD integration:

B: Each tenant must use theirown AD instance, aligning with independence across business units.

C: Create atenant per business unit, ensuring isolation and dedicated resource allocation.

D(projects per business unit) could work in a single-tenant scenario but doesn’t address multi-AD separation.

A/Eforce consolidation into corporate AD or single projects, violating independence requirements.

Deployingtwo VCF Instancesallows isolation between environments. One instance can serve asdevelopment/testand the other asproduction.

This separation enables patch/upgrade validation without impacting production. VCF architecture supports managing multiple VCF instances in aFleetfor centralized visibility and policy enforcement.

VMware explicitly recommends separating environments for lifecycle testing in environments with strict change control policies.

TheHigh Availability (HA) deployment modelof VCF Operations ensures that bothmonitoring and alerting services are resilientto node failure. DeployingCollector nodesat remote sites enableslocal data collection, reducing WAN dependency and ensuring data is not lost during network interruptions.

This configuration aligns perfectly with the need to minimizemonitoring and alerting downtime, which is critical in distributed, multi-instance environments.

The overall private cloud SLA is99.9%, butPlatinum applications require 99.99%, which exceeds the infrastructure SLA. VMware design methodology states:

If an application’s SLA ishigher than the infrastructure SLA, thenthe 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 guarantee99.99%, since Proactive HA still depends on underlying infrastructure SLA.

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

In VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0,vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM)withcomposite imagesis the recommended method for managing host lifecycle. However, when using hardware ofdifferent generations, it's not advisable to use asingle composite imageacross clusters with hardware inconsistencies due to potential compatibility mismatches with firmware and drivers.

By usingseparate vLCM composite imagesfor each cluster (i.e., management and workload), the architect ensures thateach cluster's image is optimized for its specific hardware generation, reducing the risk of driver/firmware issues during updates or drift remediation.

This design aligns with the principle ofcluster-level lifecycle independence, especially important when working with a mix of hardware generations.

TheNSX VPC Full Services Modelallows tenant isolation usingVRF-lite, enablingindependent routing tableswithin the same Tier-0 gateway.

This ensures dedicated external access without requiring a separate NSX Edge cluster per tenant, therebyminimizing the number of Edge clusters.

VMware VCF 9.0 recommendsVRF Litefor multi-tenant environments with centralized Edge clusters and segmented routing needs.

SHA-2 or higher certificate signingensures cryptographic compliance with modern security standards.

Maintaining updated certificate thumbprintsis a crucial operational security task to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks between NSX managers.

These measures directly align with security hardening guidance outlined in the VCF design practices.

To ensurezero RPO and high availability for the management domain, the best-fit design is to use avSAN Stretched Cluster. With a2ms latencyand shared witness site, this design enables synchronous replication and automatic failover, ensuringno data loss (RPO 0)andminimal downtime.

For the workload domains where24-hour RTO is acceptable,Live Recovery(leveraging replication and automation like Site Recovery Manager or Aria Automation Orchestrator) can be used to minimize operational effort and still meet recovery timelines. This strategy also aligns with minimizing hardware overhead by using the standby test infrastructure as failover capacity.

VCF Operations offers different deployment models based on scale and availability requirements:

Simple Model→ Recommended forminimal footprintand greenfield deployments, where the organization wants to start small and expand later.

High Availability Model→ Larger environments requiring immediate redundancy and scale.

Advanced / Standard Models→ Targeted for more complex architectures with multi-site or advanced collection needs.

Since the customer’s goal isminimal footprint with future scalability, theSimple Modelis the correct choice.

TheConceptual Modelidentifies high-level requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks. TheLogical Designtranslates those intohow solution components (clusters, networks, storage, security zones, etc.) are structuredto meet dependencies and requirements.

Physical Designcomes after Logical Design and defines specific hardware, IP addresses, VLANs, etc.

High Availability Designis a subset of the logical/physical design focusing only on resiliency.

Configuration Guideis implementation-level documentation, not design.

Thus, theLogical Designdefines how the infrastructure’s capabilities are arranged to satisfy conceptual dependencies.

TheManaged Telegraf Agentprovides full observability and is centrally managed through VMware Aria Operations (formerly vRealize Operations). It is ideal for scenarios where both OS and infrastructure application metrics are needed, such as in theFully ManagedandOS Managedservices. This meets the requirement for monitoring while minimizing manual overhead. The Self-Managed service does not require agent deployment, as only VM-level metrics are needed.

Asingle VCF instance with dedicated Workload Domains per tenantstrikes the balance between operational efficiency and isolation. It reduces lifecycle tasks since only one management domain must be maintained, while each tenant having adedicated workload domainensures isolation of compute resources. This meets all three stated requirements effectively: lifecycle simplicity, minimal overhead, and tenant-specific compute separation.

In aVCF Fleet with Disaster Recovery (AZ model):

vCenteris replicated to ensure management of vSphere workloads continues after a site failure.

NSXis replicated for networking continuity (segments, TEPs, Edge services).

Other components:

SDDC Manageris fleet-level and not replicated per AZ.

VCF AutomationandVCF Operationsareoptional add-onsand not replicated automatically by the DR model.

Thus,vCenter and NSXare replicated across AZs for resiliency.

VMware Cloud Foundation scales usingworkload domains (WLDs). Each WLD provides its own vCenter Server, NSX Manager, and lifecycle independence through SDDC Manager.

Byusing multiple WLDsfor each department, the architecture supportsindependent scaling, policy separation, and lifecycle management.

Option A or Crestricts flexibility as all tenants would share a single WLD, leading to lifecycle constraints and “noisy neighbor” issues.

Option Dcontradicts best practices: multiple departments should not share a single cluster inside a WLD when separation and lifecycle flexibility are required.

This design ensures seamless addition of new workload domains as departments and applications grow.