VCP-VVF Admin (2V0-16.25) study guide
VCP-VVF Admin (2V0-16.25) · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The VMware Certified Professional – VMware vSphere Foundation Administrator (VCP-VVF Admin) is a Broadcom/VMware certification credential aimed at administrators who run day-to-day operations on a VMware vSphere Foundation stack. It is intended for practitioners who configure and maintain ESXi hosts, administer vCenter Server and identity sources, manage virtual machines and templates, build and troubleshoot vSphere networking and storage (including vSAN), operate clusters with resource and availability features, apply security, permissions, and certificate controls, and monitor and troubleshoot the environment across its lifecycle. The VCP-VVF Admin (2V0-16.25) study guide has 8 sections and about 2,592 words.
01vSphere and ESXi Host Configuration and Maintenance
An ESXi host can be configured from the DCUI on the console, the ESXi Host Client, esxcli from the shell, or vCenter (Host Configure). Knowing which path a question implies is half the battle: some settings (host profiles, image-based lifecycle, cluster-level services) exist only through vCenter, while networking, DNS/NTP, and service control are all available locally.
329 words, about 2 min02vCenter Server and Identity Management
vCenter Server is deployed as the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) using the installer (GUI or CLI). You choose a deployment size based on inventory scale, a Single Sign-On domain (default vsphere.local ), and a site name.
312 words, about 2 min03Virtual Machine and Template Management
Every VM has a hardware version that must be supported by the host's ESXi version and by the vCenter managing it. Guest OS selection drives supported devices and customization behavior.
344 words, about 2 min04vSphere Networking
A vSphere Standard Switch (vSS) is configured per host; a vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) is configured once in vCenter and applied to many hosts. Port groups define VLAN, teaming, security and shaping policy.
311 words, about 2 min05vSphere Storage and vSAN
Datastores are backed by VMFS, NFS (3 or 4.1), vVols, or vSAN. Block storage reaches the host through FC, FCoE, iSCSI (software or dependent hardware adapter), or NVMe over Fabrics.
315 words, about 2 min06Cluster, Resource, and Availability Management
vSphere HA restarts VMs on surviving hosts after a failure. Admission control reserves capacity using one of several policies: cluster resource percentage, slot policy, or dedicated failover hosts.
311 words, about 2 min07Security, Permissions, and Certificates
A role is a bundle of privileges; a permission assigns a role to a user or group on an inventory object. The "propagate to children" checkbox controls inheritance down the hierarchy.
338 words, about 2 min08Monitoring, Lifecycle, and Troubleshooting
vCenter exposes alarms (triggered conditions plus actions), events, tasks, and performance charts. Alarms can be defined at vCenter, datacenter, cluster, host or VM level.
332 words, about 2 min