Practice Free 2V0-17.25 Exam Online Questions
Question #1
A security team informed an administrator that a VMware vCenter root password was compromised. As a precaution, the password was changed directly in vCenter.
What should an administrator do to regain management capability of this vCenter by VCF Operations?
- A . Enter the new root password using the Reset password function in VCF Operations.
- B . Use the Rotate password function in VCF Operations.
- C . Enter the new root password using the Update password function in VCF Operations.
- D . Enter the new root password using the Remediate password function in VCF Operations.
Correct Answer: D
D
Explanation:
The documentation clarifies the scenario when a password is changed outside of VCF Operations:
“When an error occurs, for example after a password expires, you must manually reset the password
in the component product. After you reset the password in a component, you must remediate the
password in VCF Operations.” “Password Rotation” is different―it “allows you to orchestrate the
rotation” of stored credentials (a planned, VCF-driven change), not reconcile an externally altered
password. Therefore, after the direct password change in vCenter, the correct recovery step in VCF
Operations is to use Remediate password to synchronize credentials and restore management from
VCF Operations.
D
Explanation:
The documentation clarifies the scenario when a password is changed outside of VCF Operations:
“When an error occurs, for example after a password expires, you must manually reset the password
in the component product. After you reset the password in a component, you must remediate the
password in VCF Operations.” “Password Rotation” is different―it “allows you to orchestrate the
rotation” of stored credentials (a planned, VCF-driven change), not reconcile an externally altered
password. Therefore, after the direct password change in vCenter, the correct recovery step in VCF
Operations is to use Remediate password to synchronize credentials and restore management from
VCF Operations.
Question #2
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?
- A . Enable Support Insight for all vSAN Clusters in vCenter.
- B . Select a Cloud proxy as Collector in the vSAN integration.
- C . Select "Enable SMART data collection" in the vCenter integration.
- D . Enable Performance Service for all vSAN Clusters in vCenter.
Correct Answer: D
D
Explanation:
According to the VCF 9.0 Operations and vSAN Integration Guide, performance metrics in the vSAN Cluster Performance widget are only available when the vSAN Performance Service is enabled. The documentation states:
“The vSAN Performance Service must be enabled in vCenter Server for each vSAN cluster to collect and visualize performance statistics in VCF Operations. Without this service, performance dashboards and widgets will not display data.”
Option A (Support Insight) relates to telemetry with VMware, not performance widgets.
Option B (Cloud proxy as Collector) is required for general collection but not specific to vSAN widget visibility.
Option C (SMART data collection) provides disk health analytics, not cluster-level performance stats. Option D is correct, because enabling the vSAN Performance Service ensures that VCF Operations
receives and displays data in the vSAN Performance dashboards.
Therefore, the administrator must enable the vSAN Performance Service for all vSAN clusters in vCenter.
D
Explanation:
According to the VCF 9.0 Operations and vSAN Integration Guide, performance metrics in the vSAN Cluster Performance widget are only available when the vSAN Performance Service is enabled. The documentation states:
“The vSAN Performance Service must be enabled in vCenter Server for each vSAN cluster to collect and visualize performance statistics in VCF Operations. Without this service, performance dashboards and widgets will not display data.”
Option A (Support Insight) relates to telemetry with VMware, not performance widgets.
Option B (Cloud proxy as Collector) is required for general collection but not specific to vSAN widget visibility.
Option C (SMART data collection) provides disk health analytics, not cluster-level performance stats. Option D is correct, because enabling the vSAN Performance Service ensures that VCF Operations
receives and displays data in the vSAN Performance dashboards.
Therefore, the administrator must enable the vSAN Performance Service for all vSAN clusters in vCenter.
Question #3
An administrator has been asked to create a dashboard in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
Operations and share it with a specific group of users.
The following requirements have been provided:
The users must be authenticated in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Operations.
The individual users should receive access to this dashboard for 3 months after which it must be revoked automatically.
Which three steps should the administrator take to complete the stated requirements? (Choose three.)
- A . Schedule and send a report using the dashboard as a view.
- B . Create an embedded code to the dashboard.
- C . Grant access for 3 months.
- D . Use Identity Broker to authenticate users.
- E . Grant users access to the dashboard.
- F . Publish the embedded code on the company intranet.
Correct Answer: C, D, E
C, D, E
Explanation:
The VCF 9.0 Operations Access Control Guide describes how dashboard sharing and user access is managed:
Identity Broker Authentication (D):
All external users must authenticate via the VCF Identity Broker, which integrates with Active Directory, LDAP, or other identity providers. Documentation states: “Identity Broker provides single sign-on and federation, ensuring users are authenticated consistently across VCF Operations and Automation services.”
Grant Access to Dashboard (E):
After authentication, the administrator must explicitly grant access to the dashboard for the specified group. This ensures that only the intended users can view or interact with the dashboard. Set Time-Bound Access (C):
VCF Operations supports time-bound access policies. The documentation specifies: “Access can be
granted with an expiration period, ensuring access is automatically revoked after the configured interval (for example, 90 days).” This aligns with the 3-month requirement. Other options are not suitable:
Reports (A) only send static data, not interactive dashboard access.
Embedded code (B, F) bypasses access control and does not provide authentication or time-limited sharing, which violates the security requirement.
Thus, the correct three steps are: Use Identity Broker (D), Grant access to dashboard (E), and Configure 3-month access expiration (C).
Reference: VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 C Operations Guide, Access Control and Identity Broker sections (time-bound access policies and dashboard sharing).
C, D, E
Explanation:
The VCF 9.0 Operations Access Control Guide describes how dashboard sharing and user access is managed:
Identity Broker Authentication (D):
All external users must authenticate via the VCF Identity Broker, which integrates with Active Directory, LDAP, or other identity providers. Documentation states: “Identity Broker provides single sign-on and federation, ensuring users are authenticated consistently across VCF Operations and Automation services.”
Grant Access to Dashboard (E):
After authentication, the administrator must explicitly grant access to the dashboard for the specified group. This ensures that only the intended users can view or interact with the dashboard. Set Time-Bound Access (C):
VCF Operations supports time-bound access policies. The documentation specifies: “Access can be
granted with an expiration period, ensuring access is automatically revoked after the configured interval (for example, 90 days).” This aligns with the 3-month requirement. Other options are not suitable:
Reports (A) only send static data, not interactive dashboard access.
Embedded code (B, F) bypasses access control and does not provide authentication or time-limited sharing, which violates the security requirement.
Thus, the correct three steps are: Use Identity Broker (D), Grant access to dashboard (E), and Configure 3-month access expiration (C).
Reference: VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 C Operations Guide, Access Control and Identity Broker sections (time-bound access policies and dashboard sharing).
Question #4
An organization wants to enable Service and Application Discovery across their VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) fleet.
Which optional VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) solution must the administrator enable or deploy to facilitate this capability?
- A . vSphere Supervisor
- B . VCF Operations for Logs
- C . VCF Operations Collector
- D . VCF Operations for Networks
Correct Answer: D
D
Explanation:
The VCF Operations for Networks (formerly vRNI) enables Application Discovery and Network Visibility. According to VCF 9.0: “Operations for Networks provides flow-based application discovery, dependency mapping, and security planning. This allows administrators to visualize application topology and relationships across the VCF fleet.” By contrast, VCF Operations for Logs provides log aggregation, while the Collector provides integration for metrics, not discovery. The vSphere Supervisor enables Kubernetes workloads, not application discovery. Therefore, to achieve Service and Application Discovery, administrators must deploy VCF Operations for Networks.
D
Explanation:
The VCF Operations for Networks (formerly vRNI) enables Application Discovery and Network Visibility. According to VCF 9.0: “Operations for Networks provides flow-based application discovery, dependency mapping, and security planning. This allows administrators to visualize application topology and relationships across the VCF fleet.” By contrast, VCF Operations for Logs provides log aggregation, while the Collector provides integration for metrics, not discovery. The vSphere Supervisor enables Kubernetes workloads, not application discovery. Therefore, to achieve Service and Application Discovery, administrators must deploy VCF Operations for Networks.
Question #5
What is the purpose of Istio Service Mesh?
- A . Provides service discovery across multiple clusters.
- B . Provides an infrastructure layer that makes communication between applications possible, structured, and observable.
- C . Provides dynamic application load balancing and autoscaling across multiple clusters and sites.
- D . Provides a centralized, global routing table to simplify and optimize traffic management.
Correct Answer: B
B
Explanation:
The VCF 9.0 Service Mesh Integration Guide defines Istio as: “Istio Service Mesh provides an infrastructure layer that transparently handles service-to-service communication, securing, observing, and controlling traffic between microservices.” The key purpose is enabling structured and observable communication between applications. While Istio includes discovery and load balancing, those are features, not the overarching purpose. A centralized routing table (Option D) is not the core definition. VMware documentation highlights Istio’s role in service-to-service communication, observability, and policy enforcement within the service mesh. Therefore, the correct answer is B.
B
Explanation:
The VCF 9.0 Service Mesh Integration Guide defines Istio as: “Istio Service Mesh provides an infrastructure layer that transparently handles service-to-service communication, securing, observing, and controlling traffic between microservices.” The key purpose is enabling structured and observable communication between applications. While Istio includes discovery and load balancing, those are features, not the overarching purpose. A centralized routing table (Option D) is not the core definition. VMware documentation highlights Istio’s role in service-to-service communication, observability, and policy enforcement within the service mesh. Therefore, the correct answer is B.
Question #6
An administrator must deploy a new VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) instance using a supported VCF Operations model with the smallest possible resource footprint.
Which VCF Operations deployment model should be used?
- A . Stretched Cluster
- B . Continuous Availability
- C . Simple
- D . High Availability
Correct Answer: C
C
Explanation:
VCF 9.0 documents two Operations for Logs/Operations models―Simple (Standard) and High Availability (Cluster)―and highlight that Simple is the minimal footprint option intended for test/dev: “Architecture flexibility: Can be deployed in a Simple or Highly Available Cluster deployment. Recommended deployment is a HA Cluster… Simple deployment is for test/dev environments, it is not for production use cases.”
By contrast, HA/clustered models increase resources to provide redundancy at scale. Since the requirement is the smallest resource footprint, the Simple model is the correct selection. (Stretched/Continuous Availability options are not listed VCF Operations models in this context.)
C
Explanation:
VCF 9.0 documents two Operations for Logs/Operations models―Simple (Standard) and High Availability (Cluster)―and highlight that Simple is the minimal footprint option intended for test/dev: “Architecture flexibility: Can be deployed in a Simple or Highly Available Cluster deployment. Recommended deployment is a HA Cluster… Simple deployment is for test/dev environments, it is not for production use cases.”
By contrast, HA/clustered models increase resources to provide redundancy at scale. Since the requirement is the smallest resource footprint, the Simple model is the correct selection. (Stretched/Continuous Availability options are not listed VCF Operations models in this context.)
Question #7
An administrator has been tasked with providing audit information from VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) such as logins and configuration changes in VCF Operations.
What must be configured to provide the required information?
- A . Configure Audit logs for every VCF instance.
- B . Integrate VCF Operations for Logs.
- C . Enable Audit Events.
- D . Enable Event logs in every vCenter server.
Correct Answer: B
B
Explanation:
The VCF 9.0 Logging and Auditing Guide explains that audit information―including user logins, configuration changes, and API requests―is collected and made searchable through VCF Operations for Logs. The extract states:
“VCF Operations for Logs provides centralized log aggregation and auditing for all VCF services, including audit trails of logins and configuration changes.”
Option A (audit logs per instance) is unnecessary because auditing is centralized. Option C (Enable Audit Events) is not a standalone step; it is a capability surfaced through Logs. Option D (Event logs in vCenter) covers only vCenter, not fleet-wide audit trails. Therefore, the correct step is to integrate VCF Operations for Logs.
B
Explanation:
The VCF 9.0 Logging and Auditing Guide explains that audit information―including user logins, configuration changes, and API requests―is collected and made searchable through VCF Operations for Logs. The extract states:
“VCF Operations for Logs provides centralized log aggregation and auditing for all VCF services, including audit trails of logins and configuration changes.”
Option A (audit logs per instance) is unnecessary because auditing is centralized. Option C (Enable Audit Events) is not a standalone step; it is a capability surfaced through Logs. Option D (Event logs in vCenter) covers only vCenter, not fleet-wide audit trails. Therefore, the correct step is to integrate VCF Operations for Logs.
Question #8
What is the required update interval for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) licenses in connected mode to maintain the entitlement?
- A . 90 days
- B . 180 days
- C . 365 days
- D . 270 days
Correct Answer: B
B
Explanation:
VCF 9.0 licensing is managed through VCF Operations and the VCF Business Services console. The product requires periodic license updates even in connected mode. The documentation states explicitly: “You must update your licenses at least once every 6 months (180 days). If license usage data is not submitted… your licenses are treated as expired, your hosts are disconnected from the vCenter instance, and you cannot start any workload operations.” This language is repeated in the Licensing Overview and Upgrade/Registration sections, confirming the 180-day requirement applies to both connected and disconnected modes (in connected mode usage submission is automated, but you still must perform an update action). Therefore, the correct interval is 180 days.
Reference: VCF 9.0 Licensing C “Update Licenses in Connected Mode” and Licensing Overview (update cycle and consequences).
B
Explanation:
VCF 9.0 licensing is managed through VCF Operations and the VCF Business Services console. The product requires periodic license updates even in connected mode. The documentation states explicitly: “You must update your licenses at least once every 6 months (180 days). If license usage data is not submitted… your licenses are treated as expired, your hosts are disconnected from the vCenter instance, and you cannot start any workload operations.” This language is repeated in the Licensing Overview and Upgrade/Registration sections, confirming the 180-day requirement applies to both connected and disconnected modes (in connected mode usage submission is automated, but you still must perform an update action). Therefore, the correct interval is 180 days.
Reference: VCF 9.0 Licensing C “Update Licenses in Connected Mode” and Licensing Overview (update cycle and consequences).
Question #9
An administrator must obtain an overview of all vSAN and non-vSAN datastores within a VCF environment using VCF Operations. Where should the administrator access this information?
- A . Storage Overview
- B . Diagnostic Findings
- C . Data Protection & Recovery
- D . VCF Health
Correct Answer: A
A
Explanation:
The VCF Operations Dashboards Guide describes the Storage Overview dashboard:
“The Storage Overview dashboard provides visibility into capacity, performance, and health across vSAN and non-vSAN datastores. Administrators can track datastore utilization, latency, throughput, and availability from a single pane of glass.”
Diagnostic Findings (B) shows troubleshooting insights, not full storage details. Data Protection & Recovery (C) covers backup/replication information. VCF Health (D) focuses on SDDC Manager, vCenter, NSX, and host health, not datastore metrics.
Therefore, the required datastore overview is accessed through the Storage Overview dashboard in VCF Operations.
A
Explanation:
The VCF Operations Dashboards Guide describes the Storage Overview dashboard:
“The Storage Overview dashboard provides visibility into capacity, performance, and health across vSAN and non-vSAN datastores. Administrators can track datastore utilization, latency, throughput, and availability from a single pane of glass.”
Diagnostic Findings (B) shows troubleshooting insights, not full storage details. Data Protection & Recovery (C) covers backup/replication information. VCF Health (D) focuses on SDDC Manager, vCenter, NSX, and host health, not datastore metrics.
Therefore, the required datastore overview is accessed through the Storage Overview dashboard in VCF Operations.
Question #10
An administrator has been tasked with showing the average health of all virtual machines (VMs) in a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) fleet.
The following information has been provided:
All clusters are connected to the same VCF Operations instance.
The Virtual Machines in scope are located across different clusters in the same VCF instance.
What should the administrator create to meet the stated objective?
- A . A dashboard
- B . A super metric
- C . A symptom
- D . An alert
Correct Answer: B
B
Explanation:
The VCF 9.0 Operations Guide C Metrics and Super Metrics explains that super metrics are used when administrators need to aggregate or compute new values from existing metrics. Super metrics can be applied across multiple objects, such as aggregating the health score of all VMs in a fleet. The documentation states:
“A super metric is a user-defined formula that calculates a value derived from one or more existing metrics. Super metrics can be applied across objects to provide aggregate insights such as averages or totals.”
Dashboard (A): Dashboards can display metrics but cannot compute new aggregated values on their own.
Symptom (C): Used to define conditions that trigger alerts, not to compute average health values. Alert (D): Alerts notify administrators of issues but do not calculate averages across many VMs. Therefore, to display the average health score of all VMs across multiple clusters, the administrator must create a super metric and then visualize it in a dashboard.
Reference: VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 C Operations Guide, Super Metrics section (aggregating and computing metrics across objects).
B
Explanation:
The VCF 9.0 Operations Guide C Metrics and Super Metrics explains that super metrics are used when administrators need to aggregate or compute new values from existing metrics. Super metrics can be applied across multiple objects, such as aggregating the health score of all VMs in a fleet. The documentation states:
“A super metric is a user-defined formula that calculates a value derived from one or more existing metrics. Super metrics can be applied across objects to provide aggregate insights such as averages or totals.”
Dashboard (A): Dashboards can display metrics but cannot compute new aggregated values on their own.
Symptom (C): Used to define conditions that trigger alerts, not to compute average health values. Alert (D): Alerts notify administrators of issues but do not calculate averages across many VMs. Therefore, to display the average health score of all VMs across multiple clusters, the administrator must create a super metric and then visualize it in a dashboard.
Reference: VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 C Operations Guide, Super Metrics section (aggregating and computing metrics across objects).
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