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Professional VMware vSphere 7.x. Everything you need to prepare, practice, and pass.
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Certification Overview
This exam spans the complete vSphere 7.x architecture and operational lifecycle: from designing scalable virtualization infrastructures and selecting appropriate VMware products, through planning and configuring deployments (clusters, networking, storage), optimizing performance and managing upgrades, to operational troubleshooting and administrative tasks. Candidates must understand both the technical details of vSphere components and the strategic decisions required for enterprise implementations.
What This Certification Proves
The Professional VMware vSphere 7.x exam validates advanced expertise in designing, deploying, and managing VMware vSphere 7.x environments at enterprise scale. This certification demonstrates readiness for infrastructure architect and senior virtualization administrator roles, covering the full lifecycle from architecture through troubleshooting and optimization.
Who Should Take This Exam
Experienced VMware professionals with 2-3+ years managing vSphere environments who have already earned the Associate VMware vSphere certification. Ideal candidates are infrastructure architects, senior vSphere administrators, and IT professionals planning enterprise virtualization deployments.
Topic Breakdown
12 domains covering 120 questions
| Domain | Questions | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Administrative And Operational Tasks | 30 | 25% |
| Architectures And Technologies | 28 | 23% |
| Installing, Configuring, And Setup | 27 | 23% |
| Troubleshooting And Repairing | 13 | 11% |
| Performance-Tuning, Optimization, And Upgrades | 11 | 9% |
| Vmware Products And Solutions | 3 | 3% |
| Section 5 – Performance-Tuning, Optimization, And Upgrades | 2 | 2% |
| Section 1 – Architecture And Technologies | 2 | 2% |
| Section 2 – Products And Solutions | 1 | 1% |
| Section 4 – Installing, Configuring, And Setup | 1 | 1% |
| Section 7 – Administrative And Operational Tasks | 1 | 1% |
| Planning And Designing | 1 | 1% |
Study Plans
Choose a study plan that matches your schedule and experience level
30 Days
Intensive Sprint
Week 1-2
- Master fundamentals: Administrative And Operational Tasks
- Read Broadcom-VMware official documentation
- Complete 5 practice questions daily
Week 3
- Deep dive: Architectures And Technologies
- Review weak areas from practice results
- Take 2 full-length practice tests
Week 4
- Review all flagged questions
- Timed practice exams to build stamina
- Final revision of key concepts
60 Days
Balanced Approach
Week 1-2
- Survey all exam domains
- Set up study environment
- Begin with foundational topics
Week 3-4
- Focus: Administrative And Operational Tasks
- Focus: Architectures And Technologies
- 3 practice questions daily
Week 5-6
- Focus: Installing, Configuring, And Setup
- Hands-on labs if applicable
- Review explanations for wrong answers
Week 7-8
- Complete all 140 practice questions
- Identify and eliminate weak areas
- Take 3 full-length timed tests
90 Days
Comprehensive Study
Month 1
- Learn all exam domains at a comfortable pace
- Build strong foundational knowledge
- 2 practice questions daily
Month 2
- Deep dive into each domain
- Hands-on practice and labs
- Take weekly practice tests
Month 3
- Work through all 140 questions
- Identify and eliminate weak areas
- Take 3 full-length timed exams
2V0-21.20-Specific Tips
- Focus heavily on architectural design patterns for Section 1-3 (Architecture, Products, Planning) - these require understanding when to use specific VMware technologies, not just how they work
- Lab practice is critical for Sections 4-6: actually deploy vSphere clusters, configure resource pools, troubleshoot performance bottlenecks, and perform actual upgrades rather than relying on documentation reading alone
- Master the vSAN and vRealize platform integration scenarios across domains - the exam frequently tests how these products interact in real deployments
- Study performance tuning metrics specific to vSphere 7.x (CPU ready time, memory overhead, network latency) - Section 5 goes beyond basic tuning into optimization strategies
- Create decision trees for troubleshooting scenarios (Section 6) - practice walking through systematic root cause analysis for common issues like VM migration failures, storage connectivity problems, and host disconnections
- Review VMware best practices and design principles from official whitepapers, not just exam study guides - this exam tests architectural thinking at professional level
- Practice with actual vSphere 7.x environment or use free vSphere Hypervisor to configure realistic multi-host scenarios with resource constraints and HA/DRS policies
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Sample Questions
Try 5 free questions from the 2V0-21.20 question bank
What is the highest object level from which a virtual machine can inherit privileges?
Which TCP/IP stack can support management traffic, vSphere vMotion, IP storage and vSphere Fault Tolerance?
Which feature is a prerequisite for Proactive High Availability (HA)? (Choose the best answer.)
An administrator wants to ensure that when virtual machines (VMs) are powered on. Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) places them on the best-suited host. When the cluster becomes imbalanced, the administrator wants DRS to display recommendations for manual VM migration. Which DRS automation level should the administrator select?
An administrator is configuring ESXi host behavior before and during the remediation process. Which remediation setting is supported only on select hardware platforms? (Choose the best answer.)
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