2V0-18.25 vSphere Foundation 9.0 Support Practice Questions
Prepare for 2V0-18.25 with more than an answer.
- Exam fee
- $250 USD
- Level
- Professional
- Valid for
- No expiration (as of May 2024 VMware policy change)
Domains covered on the exam 7
- VVF Architecture and Components10%
- Troubleshooting Deployment and Scaling15%
- License Management Troubleshooting10%
- Compute Troubleshooting30%
- Storage Troubleshooting20%
- Networking Troubleshooting10%
- VCF Operations Troubleshooting5%
- 1
Which TWO conditions must be met for vSphere DRS to successfully migrate a VM for resource balancing? (Select TWO)
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Correct answer: A, B
Local device mounts (like local ISOs) prevent vMotion, which is the mechanism DRS uses to balance workloads.
For standard vMotion (Compute change only), shared storage visibility is required. While Shared-Nothing vMotion exists, DRS automated balancing typically relies on shared storage availability within the cluster.
- 2
A storage administrator is investigating high write latency on a vSAN 9.0 cluster. The 'vSAN Performance' diagnostics view shows high 'Congestion' metrics.
What does a high 'Log Congestion' value specifically indicate in the vSAN write path?
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Correct answer: A
Log Congestion in vSAN occurs when the write buffer (Cache Tier) is filling up faster than it can be drained (destaged) to the Capacity Tier. This backpressure slows down incoming writes to protect buffer integrity.
- 3
When configuring a vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) for a VVF 9.0 deployment, an engineer accidentally configures the MTU to 9000 on the VDS but leaves the physical switch ports at 1500.
What is the expected behavior for traffic on this switch?
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Correct answer: A
If the virtual switch allows 9000 bytes but the physical uplink is capped at 1500, any packet larger than 1500 sent by a VM will be dropped at the physical switch ingress/egress, resulting in packet loss and connectivity issues for jumbo frame traffic.
- 4
A VVF administrator is troubleshooting a failed VCF Operations Orchestrator workflow. The workflow 'Create VM' fails at the step 'Customize OS'. The error log indicates: 'The object has already been deleted or has not been completely created'.
What is the most likely cause within the workflow logic?
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Correct answer: A
In Orchestrator, operations are often asynchronous. If a workflow triggers a VM create task and immediately tries to run a customization action without waiting for the creation task to complete successfully, the object reference will be invalid, causing this error.
- 5
True or False: In VVF 9.0, when a vCenter Server license expires, all connected ESXi hosts immediately disconnect from vCenter and stop running VMs.
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Correct answer: B
False. When a vCenter license expires, the hosts remain connected and VMs continue to run. However, management operations (like powering on new VMs or changing configurations) are restricted until a valid license is applied.
- 6
A senior administrator is reviewing the architecture of a newly deployed VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) 9.0 environment. The environment consists of four vCenter instances linked in Enhanced Linked Mode. The administrator notices that VCF Operations is only collecting data from the local vCenter where it was deployed.
Which architectural constraint of VVF 9.0 explains this behavior?
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Correct answer: C
In a VVF architecture, VCF Operations does not automatically detect and collect from all vCenters in Enhanced Linked Mode. You must explicitly configure an integration (adapter instance) for each remote vCenter Server you wish to monitor within the VCF Operations console.
- 7
While troubleshooting a VMware vSphere Foundation 9.0 deployment, an engineer observes that the 'VMware Operations for Logs' component is failing to ingest events from three specific ESXi hosts, although other hosts in the same cluster are working correctly. The firewall configuration appears consistent via Host Profiles.
Which component service status should be verified on the affected ESXi hosts using the command line?
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Correct answer: A
The
vmsyslogdservice on ESXi is responsible for logging. If this service is stopped or hung, the host will fail to forward logs to the remote target (VMware Operations for Logs), even if the firewall ports (514/1514) are open. - 8
True or False: In a standard VMware vSphere Foundation 9.0 architecture, the VCF Operations component must reside on a separate management cluster from the workload VMs to function correctly.
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Correct answer: B
False. While separating management and workload is a best practice for large scale (VCF Standard Architecture), VVF 9.0 supports consolidated architectures where management components like VCF Operations run alongside workload VMs, provided resource reservations are configured.
