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VMware 3V0-22.25 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | VMware |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Advanced VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Operation |
| Exam Number: | 3V0-22.25 |
| Exam Duration: | 135 minutes |
| Related Certifications: | VMware Certified Advanced Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Networking VMware Certified Advanced Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Storage VMware Certified Advanced Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Automation VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Passing Score: | 300 (scaled score, total 500) |
| Exam Format: | Multiple Choice Multiple Answer, Matching, Drag and Drop, Multiple Choice Single Answer, Sequencing, Build-List |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 2 years |
| Exam Price: | $250 USD |
| Real Exam Qty: | 60 |
| Recommended Training: | VMware Cloud Foundation Operations: Advanced Troubleshooting VMware Cloud Foundation Operations: Advanced Configuration |
| Exam Registration: | Pearson VUE Registration |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Proctored online or at authorized Pearson VUE test centers |
| Pre Condition: | Recommended: 12–18 months hands-on experience operating VMware Cloud Foundation environments; hold VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation or equivalent knowledge |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.broadcom.com/support/education/vmware/certification |
VMware 3V0-22.25 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Planning and Designing Operational Architectures | 20% | - Design monitoring, logging, and alerting strategies - Plan capacity, scalability, and availability - Design operational workflows and processes |
| Topic 2: VMware Products and Integrated Solutions | 20% | - Integrate with third-party and multi-cloud solutions - Understand components of VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0
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| Topic 3: Troubleshooting, Analyzing, and Optimizing the VMware Solution | 20% | - Implement disaster recovery and business continuity - Analyze performance, health, and capacity metrics - Troubleshoot infrastructure, network, and storage issues - Optimize resource usage, performance, and cost efficiency |
| Topic 4: Installing, Configuring, and Administering VMware Cloud Foundation | 20% | - Manage workload domains and resource allocation - Manage lifecycle, updates, and upgrades - Configure access control, authentication, and security - Deploy and configure SDDC components |
| Topic 5: IT Architectures, Technologies, and Industry Standards | 20% | - Understand cloud and SDDC architectural frameworks - Evaluate compliance, security, and governance requirements - Apply industry standards and best practices for operational design |
Your VMware 3V0-22.25 Exam Questions, Answered
The VMware 3V0-22.25 exam, officially titled Advanced VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Operation, is the required test for earning the VMware Certified Advanced Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Operations certification, a credential at the Advanced / Professional level. Passing it validates the skills VMware expects from certified professionals, and it can also support progress toward related credentials such as VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware Certified Advanced Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Automation, VMware Certified Advanced Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Storage, VMware Certified Advanced Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Networking.
The 3V0-22.25 exam includes 60 questions, and you have 135 minutes to complete it. Before exam day, divide the available time by the question count so you know the pace you need to hold, and practice flagging time-consuming items for review instead of stalling on a single question. Timed sessions in the CertkingdomPDF test engine are the easiest way to build that rhythm before it counts.
You need 300 (scaled score, total 500) to pass the 3V0-22.25 exam, and the official registration fee is $250 USD. Keep in mind that a failed attempt means paying that fee in full again for a retake, so avoid booking your seat on a hunch. Work through the CertkingdomPDF practice test until your scores sit comfortably above the passing requirement before you schedule the exam.
VMware asks candidates to meet the following requirement before registering: Recommended: 12–18 months hands-on experience operating VMware Cloud Foundation environments; hold VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation or equivalent knowledge. Exam policies do change, so confirm the latest details on the official exam page at https://www.broadcom.com/support/education/vmware/certification before you book.
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The 3V0-22.25 exam is delivered in the following format: Proctored online or at authorized Pearson VUE test centers.
VMware recommends the following official training for this exam:
- VMware Cloud Foundation Operations: Advanced Configuration
- VMware Cloud Foundation Operations: Advanced Troubleshooting
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The VMware Advanced VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Operation exam is organized into 5 major domains. Some of the key domains include:
- Troubleshooting, Analyzing, and Optimizing the VMware Solution, accounting for 20% of the exam
- Installing, Configuring, and Administering VMware Cloud Foundation, accounting for 20% of the exam
- Planning and Designing Operational Architectures, accounting for 20% of the exam
Scroll up to the Exam Topics section for the complete breakdown, and use it to plan how much study time each domain deserves.
VMware Advanced VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Operation Sample Questions:
An administrator has set up managed Telegraf agents through the VMware Cloud Foundation Private Cloud to monitor applications. Data has been collecting properly for the last three months, but gaps in the collection have been noticed during Collector Group maintenance. The application teams have asked to reduce these gaps going forward, so the administrator has decided to activate Application Groups High Availability on the Collector Groups.
Drag and drop the three correct items the administrator must consider from the Options list on the left and place them into the Considerations list on the right in any order. (Choose three.)
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
The three required considerations are data loss, agent reinstallation, and failover/failback downtime. VCF Operations supports Application Monitoring High Availability for collector groups so application monitoring can continue when a cloud proxy or cloud proxy component fails. The documentation states that cloud proxies in an application-monitoring HA collector group operate in a primary-secondary mode .
However, existing Telegraf agents cannot simply be converted to HA. To move an existing target machine to application monitoring HA, the administrator must install or reinstall the agent using an application- monitoring HA activated collector group . The same guidance states that adding a cloud proxy currently used by Telegraf agents to an HA activated collector group causes loss of existing application data, so historical application data must be treated as non-preserved during this transition . Finally, HA does not eliminate all interruption: failover or failback has a downtime of three collection cycles , and adding or removing a cloud proxy from the HA collector group also has a three-cycle downtime . Reference topic: Objective 4.7 - Monitor Applications / Product-Managed Telegraf / Application Monitoring High Availability / Collector Groups .
Company management has declared that all VCF workload domains require a 20% space buffer and workloads should be placed into as few clusters as possible. What configuration actions does the VCF administrator take on each workload domain and VCF Operations Workload Placement to satisfy the requirement? (Choose two.)
- A. Set the Operational Intent Cluster Headroom to 20%
- B. Set the active Configuration Policy Criticality Threshold for Cluster Compute Resource to 20%
- C. Set the Operational Intent Workload Optimization to Consolidate
- D. Set a Business Intent Host Placement tag "Optimization:Condense"
- E. Set a Business Intent Cluster Placement tag "Space_buffer:20"
- F. Set the Operational Intent Workload Optimization to Balance
Correct Answer: A,C 🗳️
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VCF Operations for Logs is using self-signed certificates in a lab. An administrator wants the VCF Operations for Logs agent communication to remain encrypted. What modification should be made to agent.
ini so the agent accepts the self-signed certificate?
- A. Copy the self-signed certificate to the cert sub-directory where the agent is installed
- B. Add port=9000 to the agent.ini
- C. Add ssl_accept_any=1 to the agent.ini
- D. Add proto=syslog to the agent.ini
- E. Add ssl_accept_any_trusted=yes to the agent.ini
Correct Answer: E 🗳️
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An administrator successfully integrated VCF Operations Fleet Management with a Microsoft Certificate Authority and deployed certificates to vCenter, NSX, VCF Operations, and ESX hosts. VCF Operations now reports that all certificates are nearing expiration even though auto-renewal rotated certificates a week ago and the template allows certificates to last one year. What is the reason certificate warnings are still being generated?
- A. The administrator must manually click "Renew Certificate" on desired items
- B. SDDC Manager has lost contact with the Microsoft CA
- C. The Microsoft CA Root or Intermediate certificates are nearing expiration
- D. The certificate alert in VCF Operations has not been properly cleared
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
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An administrator has been tasked with identifying the built-in regulatory benchmarks supported in VCF Operations.
Drag and drop the three correct benchmarks from the Benchmarks list on the left and place them into the Supported Benchmarks list on the right in any order. (Choose three.)
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, PCI DSS, Compliance Standards Defense Information Systems Agency, DISA, Security Standards Center for Internet Security, CIS, Security Standards The supported benchmarks from the provided list are PCI DSS , DISA , and CIS . VCF Operations compliance monitoring is accessed from Security > Compliance , where compliance scorecards are based on alert definitions with the Compliance subtype. The official VCF 9.0 documentation states that Regulatory Benchmarks display benchmarks for industry-standard regulatory compliance requirements and explicitly lists Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Standards , Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Compliance Standards , and CIS Security Standards as supported regulatory benchmark options. DISA is available as a native pack, PCI DSS is listed as a regulatory compliance standard, and CIS is supported through a compliance pack from VMware Marketplace .
FedRAMP and GDPR are not listed in the VCF Operations regulatory benchmark set shown in the guide.
NIST is supported only as specific NIST SP 800-171 and NIST SP 800-53 R5 packs, not as the generic
"NIST CyberSecurity Framework Security Baseline Standards" option shown in the question . Reference topic: Objective 4.16 - Monitor Security, Compliance and Configuration / Compliance Benchmarks / Regulatory Benchmarks .
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