VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Support Advanced Practice Exam: Hard Questions 2025

An administrator is troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation deployment where the NSX Manager cluster shows inconsistent state across nodes after a failed password rotation. SDDC Manager reports the password rotation as incomplete, and two of the three NSX Manager nodes cannot be reached via the API. The vCenter Server connection is functional, and ESXi hosts are operating normally. What is the MOST appropriate first step to restore the NSX Manager cluster functionality?

A VCF environment is experiencing intermittent storage performance degradation affecting multiple workload domains. Analysis shows that vSAN resync operations are consuming significant bandwidth during peak business hours. The environment has four workload domains, each with its own vSAN cluster. Deduplication and compression are enabled. Which combination of actions would BEST address this issue while maintaining data integrity and availability requirements?

During a VCF lifecycle management upgrade, the SDDC Manager pre-check validation fails with warnings about certificate expiration for multiple components scheduled to expire within 45 days. The environment includes NSX-T, vCenter Server, SDDC Manager, and vRealize components. The security team requires a two-week lead time for certificate approval. What is the MOST operationally sound approach to proceed?

An organization's VCF environment uses a consolidated architecture for the management domain with vSAN storage. After adding a new workload domain, administrators notice that the SDDC Manager database backup jobs are failing with timeout errors, and the SDDC Manager UI shows intermittent slowness. Database queries reveal the PostgreSQL database has grown significantly and several tables show high fragmentation. What is the MOST comprehensive solution?

A VCF environment spanning two availability zones experiences a complete network isolation between zones for 15 minutes. The management domain is in Zone A, and a production workload domain with stretched vSAN clusters exists across both zones. After connectivity restoration, some VMs show as 'inaccessible' in vCenter, vSAN shows degraded health with components in 'absent' state, and NSX-T edge nodes in Zone B are disconnected. What is the correct recovery sequence?

An architect is designing a VCF deployment for a financial services company with strict regulatory requirements for data sovereignty and audit trails. The environment must support multiple isolated tenant workload domains with guaranteed resource allocation, complete network isolation, and the ability to prove compliance with data locality requirements. Which architectural design choices BEST meet these requirements?

A VCF environment shows escalating memory pressure across the management domain hosts. Analysis reveals that SDDC Manager, vCenter Server, NSX Manager nodes, and vRealize Suite components are all running on the management domain. Memory metrics show consistent 90%+ usage, and some management VMs experience performance degradation during peak operations. The company wants to optimize without major architectural changes. What is the MOST effective remediation strategy?

During a VCF bundle upgrade from one major version to another, the process fails during the NSX-T upgrade phase with an error indicating incompatible security policy configurations. The environment has extensive distributed firewall rules, security groups with dynamic membership criteria, and Gateway firewall policies. Rollback is initiated automatically, but some NSX-T configurations show inconsistencies. What is the BEST approach to successfully complete the upgrade?

A VCF environment experiences a complete failure of the primary SDDC Manager appliance due to storage corruption. The backup SDDC Manager instance was not configured. The vCenter Server, NSX-T, and workload domains continue operating normally. What is the MOST effective recovery path that minimizes operational risk and maintains supportability?

An organization is planning to implement automated lifecycle management for their VCF environment using the SDDC Manager API integrated with their CI/CD pipeline. The environment includes multiple workload domains with different maintenance windows and change control requirements. Security policies require all automation to use service accounts with least privilege access and full audit trails. Which implementation approach BEST balances automation capabilities with security and operational requirements?