VCAP - VMware Cloud Foundation Storage

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VCAP - VMware Cloud Foundation Storage Exam Format

3V0-23.25

Everything the official exam blueprint specifies: question count, time limit, scoring and the weight each domain carries. The VCAP - VMware Cloud Foundation Storage certification validates advanced skills in designing, implementing, managing, and troubleshooting storage solutions within VMware Cloud Foundation environments. This expert-level certification, now under Broadcom, focuses on vSAN, vSphere Storage, and integration with external storage technologies. Candidates demonstrate capabilities in scaling storage infrastructure, optimizing performance, ensuring data security, and maintaining operational efficiency across management and workload domains. The certification targets senior professionals who architect and operate complex multi-site storage deployments and require deep expertise in storage policies, encryption, and high availability.

60 questions
135 min
60% to pass
5 domains

Exam facts at a glance

What we know about this exam, and where the information comes from.

SpecificationValue
Questions60
Time limit135 minutes (135s per question)
Passing score60%
Domains5
LevelAdvanced
Question bank here60 questions
SourceCertilum's own record — the vendor does not publish this figure

Official domain weights

The percentage of the exam each domain carries. Weight your revision by these numbers, not by what you find hardest.

DomainWeightTopicsPractice Qs
Architecture and Design25%
  • Design and plan VMware Cloud Foundation storage architecture including vSAN and vSphere Storage
  • Determine storage requirements for management and workload domains
  • Design storage policies for availability and performance
  • +1 more
15
Security and Compliance10%
  • Implement encryption and key management for storage
  • Configure role-based access control for storage resources
  • Ensure compliance with data protection and retention policies
  • +1 more
6
Operations and Management20%
  • Monitor storage health and performance using vSAN Skyline Health and vRealize Operations
  • Manage capacity and performance with proactive rebalancing
  • Perform lifecycle management for storage components
  • +1 more
12
Implementation and Configuration30%
  • Configure vSAN clusters within Cloud Foundation workload domains
  • Implement vSphere Storage APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA)
  • Configure Storage DRS and datastore clusters
  • +1 more
18
Troubleshooting and Optimization15%
  • Diagnose and resolve vSAN disk group and capacity issues
  • Optimize storage performance through policy adjustments
  • Troubleshoot replication and stretched cluster issues
  • +1 more
9

The heaviest domain is Architecture and Design at 25%, and that is where lost points cost you the most. Certilum scores you per domain so you can see the difference between a knowledge gap and a formatting problem.

Note from the vendor record: Official flat fee of USD 250 for all VMware VCP/VCAP exams (since 6-May-2024). Broadcom's official FAQ lists the 13 exam codes (2V0-13.25, 2V0-15.25, 2V0-16.25, 2V0-17.25, 2V0-18.25, 3V0-21.25, 3V0-22.25, 3V0-23.25, 3V0-24.25, 3V0-25.25, etc.). Delivered by Pearson VUE; 7 days between attempts. VCAP-VCF Storage. exam. Official exam page

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