2V0-15.25 Study Plan: 4- and 8-Week Schedules for VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Support

3 weeks of reading, about 12–15 hours a week with the book, then a review week.

Week 1chapters 1–5 · about 12 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 1. Troubleshooting a VCF 9.0 fleet: method, components and tools
- 2. Deploying a VCF fleet with the VCF Installer, and adding or removing instances
- 3. Upgrading VCF 5.x to VCF 9.0
- 4. Converging and importing existing vSphere environments
- 5. Workload domains, clusters and hosts
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 log locations: SDDC Manager, VCF Installer, vCenter, ESX and NSX, VCF 9.0: deploy, upgrade, converge or import?.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the 2V0-15.25 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Objective 5.1 Troubleshooting the Deployment of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) - VCF FleetObjective 5.2 Troubleshooting the Deployment of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) - VCF Upgrade & VCF ConversionObjective 5.3 Troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet - VCF Workload DomainsObjective 5.9 Troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet - VCF Operations

Week 2chapters 6–11 · about 14 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 6. Certificate management
- 7. Password and licence management
- 8. Identity and access: VCF Identity Broker and VCF Single Sign-On
- 9. ESX hosts and vCenter
- 10. Virtual machines and vSphere clusters
- 11. vSAN, stretched clusters and supplemental storage
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 certificate replacement: configured CA or external CA, ESX host connection states: connected, not responding and disconnected, vSphere HA agent states and admission control failures, vSAN absent and degraded components: what happens on failure.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the 2V0-15.25 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Objective 5.4 Troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet - VCF Operations Fleet ManagementObjective 5.5 Troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet - License ManagementObjective 5.6 Troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet - VCF ComputeObjective 5.7 Troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet - VCF StorageObjective 5.10 Troubleshooting VMware Cloud Foundation - VCF Automation

Week 3chapters 12–17 · about 15 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 12. vSphere Distributed Switches and NSX configuration
- 13. NSX routing, gateways, services and VPCs
- 14. Troubleshooting with VCF Operations
- 15. VCF Operations for logs and VCF Operations for networks
- 16. VCF Automation, Supervisor, provider management and organisations
- 17. HCX workload mobility
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: NSX host transport nodes: preparation faults and connection states, HCX migration types and why they fail.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the 2V0-15.25 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Objective 5.8 Troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet - NetworkingObjective 5.9 Troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet - VCF OperationsObjective 5.10 Troubleshooting VMware Cloud Foundation - VCF Automation

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 2V0-15.25 exam guide once more and tick off every objective.

7 weeks of reading, about 5–7 hours a week with the book, then a review week.

Week 1chapters 1–2 · about 5 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 1. Troubleshooting a VCF 9.0 fleet: method, components and tools
- 2. Deploying a VCF fleet with the VCF Installer, and adding or removing instances
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 log locations: SDDC Manager, VCF Installer, vCenter, ESX and NSX.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the 2V0-15.25 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Objective 5.1 Troubleshooting the Deployment of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) - VCF FleetObjective 5.9 Troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet - VCF Operations

Week 2chapters 3–4 · about 5 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 3. Upgrading VCF 5.x to VCF 9.0
- 4. Converging and importing existing vSphere environments
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: deploy, upgrade, converge or import?.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the 2V0-15.25 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Objective 5.2 Troubleshooting the Deployment of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) - VCF Upgrade & VCF ConversionObjective 5.3 Troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet - VCF Workload Domains

Week 3chapters 5–7 · about 7 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 5. Workload domains, clusters and hosts
- 6. Certificate management
- 7. Password and licence management
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 certificate replacement: configured CA or external CA.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the 2V0-15.25 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Objective 5.3 Troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet - VCF Workload DomainsObjective 5.4 Troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet - VCF Operations Fleet ManagementObjective 5.5 Troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet - License Management

Week 4chapters 8–10 · about 7 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 8. Identity and access: VCF Identity Broker and VCF Single Sign-On
- 9. ESX hosts and vCenter
- 10. Virtual machines and vSphere clusters
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: ESX host connection states: connected, not responding and disconnected, vSphere HA agent states and admission control failures.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the 2V0-15.25 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Objective 5.4 Troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet - VCF Operations Fleet ManagementObjective 5.6 Troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet - VCF ComputeObjective 5.10 Troubleshooting VMware Cloud Foundation - VCF Automation

Week 5chapters 11–12 · about 5 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 11. vSAN, stretched clusters and supplemental storage
- 12. vSphere Distributed Switches and NSX configuration
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: vSAN absent and degraded components: what happens on failure, NSX host transport nodes: preparation faults and connection states.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the 2V0-15.25 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Objective 5.7 Troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet - VCF StorageObjective 5.8 Troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet - Networking

Week 6chapters 13–14 · about 5 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 13. NSX routing, gateways, services and VPCs
- 14. Troubleshooting with VCF Operations
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 2V0-15.25 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Objective 5.8 Troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet - NetworkingObjective 5.9 Troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet - VCF Operations

Week 7chapters 15–17 · about 7 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 15. VCF Operations for logs and VCF Operations for networks
- 16. VCF Automation, Supervisor, provider management and organisations
- 17. HCX workload mobility
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: HCX migration types and why they fail.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the 2V0-15.25 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Objective 5.9 Troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation Fleet - VCF OperationsObjective 5.10 Troubleshooting VMware Cloud Foundation - VCF Automation

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 2V0-15.25 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.

2V0-15.25 study plan