Broadcom's exam objectives for 2V0-18.25 as of November 2026, mapped to the chapters of Ultra Transcenders 2V0-18.25: VMware vSphere Foundation 9.0 Support.
| Objective | Chapters |
|---|---|
| Objective 5.1 Troubleshooting the Deployment of VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) Solution | |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with the initial VVF deployment process | 1. Troubleshooting VVF 9.0: method, components and tools; 2. Deploying VVF with the VCF Installer |
| Objective 5.2 Troubleshooting the Deployment of VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) - VVF Upgrade | |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot a vSphere to VVF 9.0 Conversion (double-check terminology closer to release date) | 3. Converting existing vSphere to VVF 9.0 |
| Objective 5.3 Troubleshooting a VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) - Clusters | |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues when creating VVF Workload Clusters | 4. Clusters: creating, scaling and importing |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues when scaling a VVF deployment by adding / removing clusters | 4. Clusters: creating, scaling and importing |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues when scaling a Cluster by adding / removing ESX hosts | 4. Clusters: creating, scaling and importing |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot the Import of an existing vSphere environment as a cluster | 4. Clusters: creating, scaling and importing; 3. Converting existing vSphere to VVF 9.0 |
| Objective 5.4 Troubleshooting a VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) Deployment - License Management | |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues when assigning licenses to the components of VVF | 5. Licence management |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with the entitlements of a VVF license | 5. Licence management |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues when VVF licenses expire | 5. Licence management |
| Objective 5.5 Troubleshooting a VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) Deployment - Compute | |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with ESX hosts | 6. ESX hosts |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with vCenter | 7. vCenter |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with Virtual Machines | 8. Virtual machines |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with vSphere Cluster configurations | 9. vSphere clusters: HA, DRS, EVC and vCLS |
| Objective 5.6 Troubleshooting a VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) Deployment - Storage | |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with VMware vSAN | 10. vSAN |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with vSAN Stretched Clusters | 11. vSAN stretched clusters |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with VVF supported storage configurations/technologies (iSCSI, NFS, FC) | 12. iSCSI, NFS and Fibre Channel storage |
| Objective 5.7 Troubleshooting a VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) Deployment - Networks | |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with vSphere Distributed Switches (VDS) and vSphere Standard Switches (VSS) | 13. Virtual networking: vSphere Standard and Distributed Switches |
| Objective 5.8 Troubleshooting a VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) - VCF Operations | |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with the configuration of VCF Operations (including VCF Operations for logs) | 14. VCF Operations: configuration, log bundles and Log Assist; 16. VCF Operations for logs |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with VVF using VCF Operations | 15. Troubleshooting VVF with VCF Operations |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues using VCF Operations for logs | 16. VCF Operations for logs |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues using the Observability Workbench in VCF Operations. | 15. Troubleshooting VVF with VCF Operations |
| Given a scenario, generate a log bundle and upload via log assist. | 14. VCF Operations: configuration, log bundles and Log Assist |
| Given a scenario, create a dashboard/report/alert to troubleshoot an issue | 15. Troubleshooting VVF with VCF Operations |
| Objective 5.9 Troubleshooting a VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) - VCF Operations Orchestrator | |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot an issue with the configuration of VCF Operations Orchestrator | 17. VCF Operations orchestrator: configuration and workflows |
| Given a scenario, troubleshoot an issue with running workflows/actions in VCF Operations Orchestrator | 17. VCF Operations orchestrator: configuration and workflows |
The full list of tasks under each objective is in the official 2V0-18.25 exam guide. The book is organised by technology, so one chapter often serves several objectives.