Broadcom's exam objectives for 2V0-13.25 as of November 2026, mapped to the chapters of Ultra Transcenders 2V0-13.25: VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Architect.
| Objective | Chapters |
|---|---|
| Objective 1.1 Differentiate between business and technical requirements | |
| Differentiate between business and technical requirements | 1. The design method: requirements, conceptual, logical and physical design |
| Objective 1.2 Differentiate between a Conceptual Model, logical design and physical design | |
| Differentiate between a Conceptual Model, logical design and physical design | 1. The design method: requirements, conceptual, logical and physical design |
| Objective 1.3 Differentiate between requirements, assumptions, constraints and risks | |
| Differentiate between requirements, assumptions, constraints and risks | 1. The design method: requirements, conceptual, logical and physical design |
| Objective 1.4 Differentiate between availability, manageability, performance, recoverability and security (AMPRS) | |
| Differentiate between availability, manageability, performance, recoverability and security (AMPRS) | 2. Design qualities, decisions, risks and validation |
| Objective 1.5 Develop and document a risk mitigation strategy | |
| Develop and document a risk mitigation strategy | 2. Design qualities, decisions, risks and validation |
| Objective 1.6 Document design decisions | |
| Establish relationships between a design decision and a requirement | 2. Design qualities, decisions, risks and validation |
| Specify the implications of design decisions | 2. Design qualities, decisions, risks and validation |
| Objective 1.7 Develop a design validation strategy | |
| Develop a design validation strategy | 2. Design qualities, decisions, risks and validation |
| Objective 2.1 VMware Cloud Foundation architecture options | |
| Based on a scenario, differentiate between VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) architecture options | 3. VCF 9.0 architecture options: fleets, instances, domains and design blueprints |
| Objective 3.1 Gather and analyze business objectives and requirements | |
| Gather and analyze business objectives and requirements | 1. The design method: requirements, conceptual, logical and physical design |
| Objective 3.2 Given a set of business objectives, create a conceptual model | |
| Given a set of business objectives, create a conceptual model | 1. The design method: requirements, conceptual, logical and physical design |
| Objective 3.3 Create VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) logical designs | |
| Given a scenario, identify the prerequisites for VCF | 4. Prerequisites, external services and the physical network |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decisions to support different VCF Fleet topologies - Logical Design | 3. VCF 9.0 architecture options: fleets, instances, domains and design blueprints |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a Network Infrastructure - Logical Design | 4. Prerequisites, external services and the physical network |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Management Domain - Logical Design | 5. Management domain design |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Workload Domain - Logical Design | 6. Workload domain, cluster and storage design |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Networking - Logical Design | 7. VCF networking design |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Automation - Logical Design | 14. Designing consumption: VCF Automation, self-service and modern applications |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Operations - Logical Design | 15. Designing monitoring: VCF Operations, logs and networks |
| Objective 3.4 Create VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) physical designs | |
| Given a scenario, identify the prerequisites for VCF | 4. Prerequisites, external services and the physical network |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Fleet topology - physical design | 3. VCF 9.0 architecture options: fleets, instances, domains and design blueprints |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a Network Infrastructure - physical design | 4. Prerequisites, external services and the physical network |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Management Domain - physical design | 5. Management domain design |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Workload Domain - physical design | 6. Workload domain, cluster and storage design |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Networking - physical design | 7. VCF networking design |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Automation - physical design | 14. Designing consumption: VCF Automation, self-service and modern applications |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a VCF Operations - physical design | 15. Designing monitoring: VCF Operations, logs and networks |
| Objective 3.5 Design for Availability | |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a solution that provides availability within an availability zone | 8. Designing for availability |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to support a solution that provides availability across availability zones | 8. Designing for availability |
| Objective 3.6 Design for Manageability | |
| Design for Lifecycle Management | 9. Designing for manageability: lifecycle, scalability and capacity |
| Design for Scalability | 9. Designing for manageability: lifecycle, scalability and capacity |
| Design for Capacity Management | 9. Designing for manageability: lifecycle, scalability and capacity |
| Objective 3.7 Design for Performance | |
| Given a scenario, identify design decision(s) that meet performance requirement | 10. Designing for performance |
| Objective 3.8 Design for Recoverability | |
| Differentiate between Business Continuity Disaster Recovery (BCDR) strategies for Management Components and Workloads | 11. Designing for recoverability: business continuity and disaster recovery |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to meet Business Continuity requirements | 11. Designing for recoverability: business continuity and disaster recovery; 8. Designing for availability |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decision(s) to meet Disaster Recovery requirements | 11. Designing for recoverability: business continuity and disaster recovery |
| Objective 3.9 Design for Security | |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decisions for securing VCF Management Components and Workloads. | 12. Designing for security |
| Objective 3.10 Design a Workload Migration / Onboarding strategy | |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decisions for workload migration into a VCF environment | 13. Workload migration and onboarding |
| Objective 3.11 Design a consumption strategy for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) | |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decisions for VCF Automation Tenant Design | 14. Designing consumption: VCF Automation, self-service and modern applications |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decisions for Self-Service & Governance | 14. Designing consumption: VCF Automation, self-service and modern applications |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decisions for automating VCF infrastructure components | 14. Designing consumption: VCF Automation, self-service and modern applications |
| Given a scenario, identify the design decisions for supporting Modern Applications in VCF environment | 14. Designing consumption: VCF Automation, self-service and modern applications |
| Objective 3.12 Design a monitoring strategy for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) | |
| Given a scenario, identify design decisions for monitoring VCF management components | 15. Designing monitoring: VCF Operations, logs and networks |
| Given a scenario, identify design decisions for monitoring VCF Workloads | 15. Designing monitoring: VCF Operations, logs and networks |
The full list of tasks under each objective is in the official 2V0-13.25 exam guide. The book is organised by design topic, so one chapter often serves several objectives.
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