VMware® vSphere Foundation Administrator: Build, Manage, and Operate [V9.0]

Please Note: This course has replaced VMware® vSphere: Fast Track [V8]

Broadcom has introduced new role-based certifications for VMware®, this includes VMware® vSphere Foundation Administrator.

This certificate aligns with the growing industry demand for cloud and hybrid cloud solutions. It focuses on private cloud management using vSphere to ensure professionals have the skills needed to support scalable, secure, and high-performance environments.

This VMware® vSphere Foundation Administrator: Build, Manage, and Operate [V9.0] five-day, extended hours course validates the skills required to deploy, manage, and support private cloud environments built on VMware® vSphere Foundation (VVF). It emphasises installation, configuration, management, and optimisation of vSphere Foundation environments. You will also learn about the architecture of vSphere Foundation, compute, storage, networks and licensing.

This course prepares you to administer a vSphere Foundation, which includes VCF Operations 9.0, vCenter 9.0, and ESX 9.0.

The VMware® vSphere Foundation V9.0 Administrator exam leads to the VMware® Certified Professional - VMware® vSphere Foundation Administrator certification (VCP-VVF Administrator).

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

• Define the key features, use cases and, capabilities of vSphere Foundation
• Navigating the VCF Operations User Interface
• Describe the licensing options and manage licenses for vSphere Foundation
• Describe the installation and configuration of ESX
• Create virtual networks using vSphere standard switches and distributed switches
• Create and configure datastores using storage technologies supported by vSphere
• Use the vSphere Client to create virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots
• Create content libraries for managing templates and deploying virtual machines
• Manage virtual machine resource allocation
• Migrate virtual machines with VMware® vSphere vMotion and VMware® vSphere Storage vMotion
• Create and configure a vSphere cluster that is enabled with VMware® vSphere High Availability and VMware® vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler
• Analysing the Placement of VM Objects and Components in the vSAN Cluster
• Creating Custom Views and Policies in VCF Operations
• Describe vSphere Kubernetes, vSphere Supervisor Service
• Deploy and configure vSphere Foundation
• Deploy additional vSphere Foundation components such as VCF Operations Collector, VCF Operations for Logs, and VCF Operations for Orchestrator
• Manage the life cycle of VCF Operations and vSphere components

IT professionals transitioning from infrastructure roles to private cloud administration using VMware® vSphere Foundation.

System Administrators, Solution Engineers, Consultants, Architects, and Support Personnel.

• Course Introduction
• VMware® vSphere Foundation Overview and Architecture
• License Management
• vSphere Foundation Compute
• vSphere Foundation Networking
• vSphere Foundation Storage
• Deploying Virtual Machines
• Virtual Machine Management
• Deploying and Configuring vSphere Clusters
• vSAN Management
• vSphere Kubernetes Service Overview
• VCF Operations Metrics
• vSphere Foundation Deployment
• Managing the vSphere Foundation Lifecycle

At the end of this course, you will take the official VMware® vSphere Foundation Administrator: Build, Manage, and Operate [V9.0] exam, covered by the Firebrand Certification Guarantee:

• Exam Code: (2V0-16.25)
• Language: English
• Duration: 135 Minutes
• Number of questions: 60 (English)
• Format: multiple-choice, multiple-selection
• Passing Score: 300

VMware® exam blueprint sections are now standardised to the five sections below, some of which may not be included in the final exam blueprint depending on the exam objectives.

• Section 1 – IT Architectures, Technologies, Standards
• Section 2 – VMware® Products and Solutions
• Section 3 – Plan and Design
• Section 4 – Install, Configure, Administrate the VMware® Solution
• Section 5 – Troubleshoot and Optimize the VMware® Solution

If a section does not have testable objectives in this version of the exam, it will be noted accordingly as below.

The objective numbering may be referenced in your score report at the end of your testing event for further preparation should a retake of the exam be necessary.

Sections included in this exam:

• Section 1 - IT Architectures, Technologies, Standards (no testable objectives in this section)
• Section 2 - VMware® vSphere Foundation Fundamentals
  • Objective 2.1 - Virtualisation Fundamentals
  • Objective 2.2 - VMware® Compute Fundamentals
  • Objective 2.3 - VMware® Storage Fundamentals
  • Objective 2.4 - VMware® Network Fundamentals
• Section 3 - Plan and Design the VMware® by Broadcom Solution (no testable objectives in this section)
• Section 4 - Deploy, Configure, and Operate VMware® vSphere Foundation (VVF)
  • Objective 4.1 - VVF: Deploy and Configure (ready to write)
  • Objective 4.2 - VVF: Manage
  • Objective 4.3 - VVF: Operate
  • Objective 4.4 - VVF: Consume and Automate
• Section 5 - Troubleshoot and Optimise the VMware® Solution (no testable objectives in this section)

Candidates should ideally understand real-world deployment, configuration, and troubleshooting.

It would also be helpful to have working experience and knowledge of VMware® vSphere, VMware® NSX, and vSAN environments.

However, there are no mandatory prerequisites to take this course.

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• Our course is all-inclusive. A one-off fee covers all course materials, exams**, accommodation* and meals*. No hidden extras.
• Pass the first time or train again for free. This is our guarantee. We’re confident you’ll pass your course the first time. But if not, come back within a year and only pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs
• You’ll learn more. A day with a traditional training provider generally runs from 9am–5pm, with a nice long break for lunch. With Firebrand, you’ll get at least 12 hours/day of quality learning time with your instructor
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**Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts

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• Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
• On-site exams **
• Exam vouchers **
• Practice tests **
• Certification Guarantee ***
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• Up to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
• 24-hour lab access
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** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts.
*** Pass the first time or train again for free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.