2V0-18.25 Exam Preparation Material | VMware Certified Professional - VMware vSphere Foundation Support

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Question#1

When analyzing network traffic drops between two VMs on the same VDS in a VVF environment, you discover that the dropped packets correspond to a specific port group.
Which VDS feature allows you to restrict the amount of outbound traffic a VM can send?

A. Port Mirroring
B. Traffic Shaping (Egress)
C. NetFlow
D. NIOC Host Limits

Explanation:
Traffic Shaping at the port group level on a VDS allows administrators to define Average Bandwidth, Peak Bandwidth, and Burst Size. If a VM exceeds these limits, the VDS will drop the excess packets.

Question#2

When a VM in a VVF vSAN cluster becomes unresponsive to storage I/O, you check the vSphere Client and see that the VM's storage compliance status is "Non-compliant."
What does this mean?

A. The VM violates the company's security policies.
B. The VM is not backed up.
C. The vSAN cluster cannot satisfy the requirements defined in the VM's Storage Policy (e.g., FTT=1 cannot be met because a host is down).
D. The datastore is full.

Explanation:
"Non-compliant" in Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM) means the physical vSAN topology currently cannot meet the rules assigned to the VM. For example, if a policy requires mirrored data (2 copies) but only 1 copy is currently available due to a host failure.

Question#3

When running a complex workflow in VCF Operations Orchestrator to automate VVF workload cluster scaling, the workflow hangs indefinitely at a specific scriptable task.
What is the recommended first step to troubleshoot the hanging task?

A. Delete the workflow and rewrite it from scratch.
B. Review the workflow logs and the System.log/System.debug outputs injected into the scriptable task.
C. Restart the physical ESXi hosts in the management domain.
D. Increase the vSAN storage capacity.

Explanation:
When a workflow hangs, checking the logs within the Orchestrator client is the primary step. Developers use System.log() or System.debug() within scriptable tasks to output variable states and progress, which helps identify exactly where and why the script is stuck.

Question#4

A VVF 9.0 environment contains a vSAN cluster with Deduplication and Compression enabled. An administrator is troubleshooting lower-than-expected space savings.
Which workload characteristic typically results in poor deduplication and compression ratios?

A. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) linked clones.
B. Encrypted video files and heavily compressed database backups.
C. Blank virtual disks provisioned as Thin.
D. Identical operating system deployments.

Explanation:
Deduplication and compression algorithms rely on finding identical data blocks and predictable data patterns. Data that is already highly compressed (like video or zip files) or encrypted prior to hitting the vSAN layer appears as random noise and cannot be further reduced.

Question#5

You are troubleshooting a VSS to VDS migration failure in a VVF environment. The management network was lost during the migration.
What is a best practice to avoid losing management connectivity during this migration?

A. Migrate all physical uplinks (vmnics) from the VSS to the VDS at the same time.
B. Migrate one physical uplink to the VDS first, migrate the VMkernel port, verify connectivity, and then migrate the remaining uplink.
C. Change the management VMkernel IP address during the migration.
D. Disable vSphere HA before starting the migration.

Explanation:
The safest way to migrate management networking from a Standard Switch (VSS) to a Distributed Switch (VDS) is to use a staggered approach: move one uplink to the VDS, migrate the vmk0 interface, test ping connectivity, and if successful, move the second uplink.

Exam Code: 2V0-18.25
Q & A: 100 Q&As         Updated:  Oct 20,2026

 

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