VCF 9.0 Admin exam – prep

I recently passed the VMware Certified Professional – VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Administrator Exam, and I want to share some preparation advice, based on my experience.

VCP – VCF 9.0 Admin Exam:  2V0-17.25

The exam covers a lot of ground.  If you are already experienced with vSphere 8.x, you could review official VMware documentation to gain familiarity with VCF and its major components, such as NSX, vSAN, Automation, and Operations.  You should learn how to deploy new VCF fleets and instances, as well as how to converge and import VCF instances.  Be sure to read official VMware documentation for each item identified in the exam blueprint.  You should be prepared to be questioned on anything in the blueprint. For anything new to me, I copied and pasted from the official documentation into a word document (my prep notes) that I could use during my final study / memorization steps. You may wish to do likewise, or begin with my prep notes.

To gain some hands on familiarity with components or features that are new to you, you can try the VMware Hands on Labs.  In some cases, you may just want to select a lab that has an environment that you need, ignore the lab exercises, and just jump in and play on your own. I used this approach to get familiar with the GUI for password rotation, certificate management, Ops Automation, etc.

After you feel like you have some knowledge, and ideally some hands on experience, with each blueprint item, then you are are ready for your final study and memorization.  Here are the very, very rough notes that I compiled and used during my final round of studying.

https://vloreblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/vcf-9-admin-prep-notes.pdf

Here is Broadcom’s official page for the VCF Admin certification:  link