2V0-13.25 Study Plan: 4- and 8-Week Schedules for VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Architect

3 weeks of reading, about 10–12 hours a week with the book, then a review week.

Week 1chapters 1–5 · about 11 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 1. The design method: requirements, conceptual, logical and physical design
- 2. Design qualities, decisions, risks and validation
- 3. VCF 9.0 architecture options: fleets, instances, domains and design blueprints
- 4. Prerequisites, external services and the physical network
- 5. Management domain design
After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
Free study notes for this week: Requirements, constraints, assumptions, risks and dependencies in VCF design, The conceptual model in a VMware Cloud Foundation design, AMPRS: availability, manageability, performance, recoverability and security, Documenting design decisions: justification, implication and traceability.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the 2V0-13.25 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Objective 1.1 Differentiate between business and technical requirementsObjective 1.2 Differentiate between a Conceptual Model, logical design and physical designObjective 1.3 Differentiate between requirements, assumptions, constraints and risksObjective 1.4 Differentiate between availability, manageability, performance, recoverability and security (AMPRS)Objective 1.5 Develop and document a risk mitigation strategyObjective 1.6 Document design decisionsObjective 1.7 Develop a design validation strategyObjective 2.1 VMware Cloud Foundation architecture optionsObjective 3.1 Gather and analyze business objectives and requirementsObjective 3.2 Given a set of business objectives, create a conceptual modelObjective 3.3 Create VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) logical designsObjective 3.4 Create VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) physical designs

Week 2chapters 6–10 · about 10 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 6. Workload domain, cluster and storage design
- 7. VCF networking design
- 8. Designing for availability
- 9. Designing for manageability: lifecycle, scalability and capacity
- 10. Designing for performance
After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
Free study notes for this week: VCF 9.0: new workload domain or new cluster?, VCF 9.0 stretched clusters across availability zones.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the 2V0-13.25 glossary.

Week 3chapters 11–15 · about 12 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 11. Designing for recoverability: business continuity and disaster recovery
- 12. Designing for security
- 13. Workload migration and onboarding
- 14. Designing consumption: VCF Automation, self-service and modern applications
- 15. Designing monitoring: VCF Operations, logs and networks
After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
Free study notes for this week: Choosing an HCX migration type for VCF 9.0.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the 2V0-13.25 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Objective 3.3 Create VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) logical designsObjective 3.4 Create VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) physical designsObjective 3.8 Design for RecoverabilityObjective 3.9 Design for SecurityObjective 3.10 Design a Workload Migration / Onboarding strategyObjective 3.11 Design a consumption strategy for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)Objective 3.12 Design a monitoring strategy for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)

Week 4review Done

Go back through every chapter’s key takeaways. Anything you can’t explain without looking, re-read that section.
Re-read the common-trap callouts: they mark the answers that look right but aren’t.
Check the exam coverage map against Broadcom’s own outline, in case it has changed since the book was checked.
Read the official 2V0-13.25 exam guide once more and tick off every objective.

7 weeks of reading, about 4–6 hours a week with the book, then a review week.

Week 1chapters 1–3 · about 6 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 1. The design method: requirements, conceptual, logical and physical design
- 2. Design qualities, decisions, risks and validation
- 3. VCF 9.0 architecture options: fleets, instances, domains and design blueprints
After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
Free study notes for this week: Requirements, constraints, assumptions, risks and dependencies in VCF design, The conceptual model in a VMware Cloud Foundation design, AMPRS: availability, manageability, performance, recoverability and security, Documenting design decisions: justification, implication and traceability.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the 2V0-13.25 glossary.

Week 2chapters 4–5 · about 5 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 4. Prerequisites, external services and the physical network
- 5. Management domain design
After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the 2V0-13.25 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Objective 3.3 Create VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) logical designsObjective 3.4 Create VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) physical designs

Week 3chapters 6–7 · about 4 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 6. Workload domain, cluster and storage design
- 7. VCF networking design
After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
Free study notes for this week: VCF 9.0: new workload domain or new cluster?.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the 2V0-13.25 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Objective 3.3 Create VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) logical designsObjective 3.4 Create VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) physical designs

Week 4chapters 8–9 · about 4 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 8. Designing for availability
- 9. Designing for manageability: lifecycle, scalability and capacity
After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
Free study notes for this week: VCF 9.0 stretched clusters across availability zones.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the 2V0-13.25 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Objective 3.5 Design for AvailabilityObjective 3.6 Design for ManageabilityObjective 3.8 Design for Recoverability

Week 5chapters 10–11 · about 4 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 10. Designing for performance
- 11. Designing for recoverability: business continuity and disaster recovery
After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the 2V0-13.25 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Objective 3.7 Design for PerformanceObjective 3.8 Design for Recoverability

Week 6chapters 12–13 · about 5 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 12. Designing for security
- 13. Workload migration and onboarding
After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
Free study notes for this week: Choosing an HCX migration type for VCF 9.0.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the 2V0-13.25 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Objective 3.9 Design for SecurityObjective 3.10 Design a Workload Migration / Onboarding strategy

Week 7chapters 14–15 · about 5 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 14. Designing consumption: VCF Automation, self-service and modern applications
- 15. Designing monitoring: VCF Operations, logs and networks
After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the 2V0-13.25 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Objective 3.3 Create VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) logical designsObjective 3.4 Create VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) physical designsObjective 3.11 Design a consumption strategy for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)Objective 3.12 Design a monitoring strategy for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)

Week 8review Done

Go back through every chapter’s key takeaways. Anything you can’t explain without looking, re-read that section.
Re-read the common-trap callouts: they mark the answers that look right but aren’t.
Check the exam coverage map against Broadcom’s own outline, in case it has changed since the book was checked.
Read the official 2V0-13.25 exam guide once more and tick off every objective.

The hours are a rough guide to reading time with the book. Add hands-on practice as you go: some hands-on time in a VMware Cloud Foundation lab makes every chapter stick.

2V0-13.25 study plan