VCP VMware vSphere Foundation Support (2V0-18.25) EXAM

This intensive, practical course prepares IT practitioners to operate, diagnose, and remediate issues in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 / vSphere Foundation (VVF) environments and to confidently sit the 2V0-18.25 certification exam. The course blends concise concept lessons, real-world troubleshooting patterns, and instructor-led hands-on labs so learners graduate with both the mental model and the muscle memory required for rapid incident resolution.

Throughout the course you will:

• Learn VCF 9.0 architecture and component relationships (vCenter, ESXi, vSAN, VCF Operations/Observability, Orchestrator).

• Master a repeatable troubleshooting methodology and triage checklists tailored to VCF.

• Use UI and CLI tools to collect evidence (support bundles, logs, metrics) and interpret them to identify root causes.

• Run scenario-based labs that simulate deployment, upgrade, compute, storage, network, licensing and orchestration failures and practice remediation and recovery.

• Prepare for the Pearson VUE proctored 2V0-18.25 exam with mapped practice questions, mock exams and exam strategy coaching.

Target audience

• Site Reliability Engineers, Level-2/3 Support Engineers, Systems Administrators, and Cloud Operations staff responsible for VCF/ vSphere Foundation environments.

• Candidates planning to take the VMware 2V0-18.25 exam who already have baseline VMware experience.

High-level Outcomes (Titles)

1. Troubleshoot VCF 9 Deployments & Upgrades

2. Compute Component Diagnostics (ESXi / vCenter / Clusters)

3. Storage Troubleshooting (vSAN & Datastores)

4. Network Fault Identification & Remediation (VDS/VSS, MTU, Teaming)

5. VCF Operations & Observability — Log Bundles & Dashboards

6. Licensing & Entitlement Troubleshooting

7. VCF Orchestrator Workflows — Creation & Recovery

8. Structured Troubleshooting Methodology & Triage

Module-by-Module Breakdown (Titles + Detailed Descriptions)

Module 1 — VCF 9.0 Architecture & Operational Concepts

Detailed look at Cloud Foundation’s control and management planes, lifecycle components (SDDC Manager, vCenter, ESXi, vSAN), how observability/logging is organized, and the relationships that matter when troubleshooting. Includes component dependency diagrams and quick reference maps (where to look first).

Module 2 — Troubleshooting Methodology & Triage Checklists

Teach a standard incident workflow: gather facts, scope/contain, collect artifacts, isolate domain (compute/storage/network/management), remediate, recover, and document. Provide downloadable triage checklists and quick-action commands for each domain.

Module 3 — Initial Deployment & Upgrade Failures

Walk through common deployment and upgrade failure modes for VCF 9.0 (appliance registration, networking prechecks, DB connectivity, certificate issues). Lab: simulate a failed bring-up and perform rollback and recovery.

Module 4 — Compute Troubleshooting (ESXi / vCenter / Clusters)

Cover host connectivity, host disconnects, host/agent services, vCenter service restarts, HA/DRS failures, VM power-on and placement problems. Labs: isolate host disconnects, fix agent/service failures, and recover misconfigured clusters.

Module 5 — Storage Troubleshooting (vSAN & External Datastores)

Deep dive into vSAN architecture, resync/resilver behavior, disk group failure handling, stretched cluster failure modes, and troubleshooting iSCSI/NFS/FC datastores. Labs: simulate vSAN re-build, fix degraded objects, and validate resync.

Module 6 — Networking Troubleshooting (VDS/VSS, MTU, Teaming)

Explain control vs data plane issues, VDS misconfiguration symptoms, MTU mismatch, VLAN/trunking problems and teaming/failover policy failures. Labs: recreate MTU and teaming faults and resolve them.

Module 7 — VCF Operations & Observability (Log Bundles, Log Assist, Dashboards) (4 hours + lab)

Show how to generate support bundles, use Observability Workbench and Log Assist to correlate logs/metrics, and build dashboards for incident investigation. Labs: collect a log bundle, upload via Log Assist, use dashboards to find root causes.

Module 8 — Licensing, Entitlements & Lifecycle Management

Troubleshoot expired/misapplied licenses, validate entitlements across management & workload domains, and fix automated license assignment issues. Includes policy examples and CLI/UI checks.

Module 9 — VCF Orchestrator Workflows & Automation (3 hours + lab)

Design, run, and troubleshoot vRealize Orchestrator/VCF Orchestrator actions. Labs: create a simple workflow, run failures, analyze logs, and recover or rollback.