2V0-15.25 Exam Dumps - VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Support

In VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0,all host commissioning operationsare performed throughVCF Operations, not through vSphere Client, Cloud Builder, or the VCF Installer. Once VCF is deployed, Cloud Builder is no longer used, and the VCF Installer is for lifecycle and bundle management—not for host workflows. The vSphere Client also cannot commission hosts because host commissioning is a foundational VCF workflow requiring hardware validation, storage type checks, NIC checks, HCL conformance, and version compatibility.

The error message provided:

“Hosts must be unassigned, commissioned with at least one physical NIC and the same storage type… and the ESX version must be compatible…”

is a standard VCF 9.0 validation message shown whenno commissioned hostsmatching the workload domain requirements exist. VMware documentation states that hosts must be commissioned under:

VCF Operations → Fleet Management → Hosts → Commission Host

Here, VCF validates:

Storage type (vSAN ESA, vSAN OSA, NFS, FC, etc.)

Network pool membership (matching the WLD plan)

ESXi version compatibility with the Management Domain baseline

NIC mapping and certifications

Until hosts are commissioned, they cannot appear in the workload domain creation wizard.

Thus, the correct method to commission hosts isD. Using VCF Operations.

The vSphere Client “no healthy upstream” error is a classic indicator that one or morevCenter backend services are not running or responding, preventing the reverse proxy layer (envoy / nginx) from routing requests to the appropriate upstream services.

Two services in particular are known root causes:

A. vpxd service not running

vpxd is the core vCenter Server service responsible for inventory, host management, and client interaction. If vpxd is stopped, crashed, or restarting, the vSphere Client cannot communicate with backend APIs, resulting in the “no healthy upstream” condition.

B. SSO (vmware-stsd / identity service) not running

Authentication in vCenter depends on the SSO/Identity service. If SSO is unavailable, login sessions cannot be validated, and vCenter marks the upstream service as unhealthy.

Other options donotmatch the behavior:

C (Port 443 closed)would produce a connection failure, not the upstream error.

D (logging in with root)is fully supported and does not trigger this message.

E (vmware-rbd-watchdog)relates to backup/restore health, not core authentication/management planes.

VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.x usesVMware Identity Broker (VIDB)as the central identity provider for the entire VCF fleet. VIDB synchronizes user and group metadata from the connected enterprise identity source, in this caseActive Directory. When a user is added to an AD groupafterthe group was already synced into VIDB,VIDB does not automatically resync group membership on demandunless a directory synchronization is performed.

In this scenario, the groupVCFA_ProviderAdminswas synchronized five days earlier. When the new userprovideradmin05was later added to the AD group, VIDB—and therefore the VCF Automation Provider Management Portal—does not recognize that new user until amanual directory resynchronizationoccurs fromVCF Operations.

This operation forces VIDB to:

Requery Active Directory

Update group membership information

Repopulate available users for import into VCF Automation

Options B and D are incorrect because they donotinfluence Identity Broker directory synchronization. Option C (disable VCF SSO) would break authentication and is not a valid solution.

In VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 usingdisconnected mode licensing, VCF Operations does not automatically synchronize license status with VMware’s cloud services. Instead, the administrator must periodically refresh the license file using amanual offline workflow. When the VCF Operations console reports that licenses have expired, it means the license entitlement in theVCF Business Services portalis out of date, and therefore VCF Operations cannot validate the current usage.

The VMware-documented offline licensing workflow requires the following steps:

Export the usage filefrom VCF Operations.This usage file contains consumption details needed to generate a new offline license.→C is correct.

Upload the usage file to the VCF Business Services consoleand generate a new offline license file.In disconnected mode, the Business Services portal is the only mechanism to create updated license entitlements.→D is correct.

Import the updated VCF license file into VCF Operations, specifically assigning it to theSDDC Manager.SDDC Manager is the system that validates and enforces licensing across workload domains, so the new license must be applied there—not only to a vCenter.→F is correct.

Options A and B do not affect license validation.

Option E is incorrect because workload-domain vCenter licensing is independent and not the root cause of VCF license expiration.

In VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 Automation,Provider Administratorsmanage which types of Organizations can be created:

VM Apps Organizations

All Apps Organizations

These capabilities are controlled byFeature Flagswithin theVCF Automation Provider Management Portal. If the administrator logs in and only sees the ability to createAll Apps Organizations, it means that the feature flag enablingVM Apps Organization creationhas not been turned on.

VCF Automation requires the Provider Admin to explicitly enable creation ofVM Apps Organizations, because doing so exposes VM-centric consumption models and allows the environment to differentiate between VM-only and hybrid (VM + Kubernetes) application deployments.

Therefore, the administrator simply needs to navigate to:

Provider Management Portal → Administration → Feature Flags → Enable “Create VM Apps Organizations”

Option A (creating via API) is unnecessary—the UI will support it once the feature is enabled.

Option B (deleting existing VM Apps orgs) has no effect on feature availability.

Option C (deleting All Apps orgs) is unrelated and would not unlock VM Apps org creation.

In VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0, usingvSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA)withAuto-Policy Management, the system automatically selects the correct storage policy based on the cluster size and desired failure protection. When the administrator configures tolerance for a single failure (FTT=1 using RAID-1 mirroring), vSAN ESA requiressufficient remaining hosts during a failure eventto reprotect objects.

Aminimum of 3 ESA-capable hostsis required for RAID-1, and re-protection after a failure requires enough hosts with available capacity to place new replica components. In small ESA clusters (e.g., 3 or 4 nodes), if one host fails, the remaining hosts may not meet the placement rules for automatic rebuild to restore compliance. ESA enforces strict placement rules to maintain consistent performance and resilience; if vSAN determines that object layout compliance cannot be restored without violating these rules, it entersReduced availability with no rebuildstate.

This behavior is expected and documented: rebuilds cannot occur if the cluster does not have sufficient hosts or free capacity to recreate absent components. The administrator’s ESA configuration behaved correctly given the cluster size limitation, makingBthe correct answer.

When troubleshooting NSX on an ESXi host, VMware requires verification that NSX VIBs (vSphere Installation Bundles) are installed and in the correct state. VIBs are responsible for NSX datapath, control-plane modules, and kernel extensions on ESXi. The authoritative and documented method to list VIBs on an ESXi host is the command:

esxcli software vib list

This command displays all installed kernel modules, version numbers, NSX packages, and their installation status. For NSX-T (now part of VCF networking), administrators expect to see VIBs such asnsx-aggservice,nsx-bridge,nsx-esx-datapath, and others. If any required NSX VIBs are missing or inconsistent, the ESXi host will fail to join NSX transport nodes or will show “Not Ready.”

Option A (esxtop) is for performance monitoring and does not show VIB information.

Option C (nsxcli get version) checks NSX version on Edge Nodes or host transport nodes butdoes not list VIBs.

Option D (esxcfg software list) is an outdated and invalid command.

When VMware Cloud Foundation Operations performs actions on vCenter—such as powering on or off a VM—the tasks are initiatedthrough an integration service account, not the identity of the user logged into the VCF Operations UI. VCF Operations connects to vCenter using a configuredcollector or integration credential, typically a service account defined during initial setup.

VCF documentation clarifies that all automated or orchestrated tasks originating from VCF Operations use this trusted account to ensure consistent auditing, RBAC enforcement, and operational isolation from user identities. Therefore, in the vCenter task pane, the “Initiated By” field always reflects theVCF Operations → vCenter service account, even if the end-user triggered the action indirectly.

Option A is incorrect because the logged-in user does not directly interface with vCenter.

Option C refers to SDDC Manager’s integration account, which is unrelated to VCF Operations workflows.

Option D (administrator@vsphere.local) appears only when vCenter’s built-in admin performs the action.