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VMware 3V0-21.21 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | VMware |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Advanced Design VMware vSphere 7.x |
| Exam Number: | 3V0-21.21 |
| Real Exam Qty: | 60 |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 2 years from issue date |
| Exam Price: | $450 USD |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Related Certifications: | VCAP-DCV Design 2024 VCAP-DCV Deploy VCP-DCV |
| Passing Score: | 300 (scaled, range 100–500) |
| Exam Duration: | 150 minutes |
| Exam Format: | Scenario-based design questions, Single-choice, Multiple-choice |
| Recommended Training: | VMware vSphere: Design [V7] VMware Exam Preparation Guide 3V0-21.21 |
| Exam Registration: | VMware Certification Portal Register via Pearson VUE |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored or onsite at authorized Pearson VUE test centers |
| Pre Condition: | Recommended: Hold VCP-DCV certification; no strict mandatory prerequisite as of Broadcom transition |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.broadcom.com/support/education/vmware/certification/vcap-dcv-design |
VMware 3V0-21.21 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
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| Topic 1: Troubleshooting and Operational Design | 10% | - Troubleshooting framework
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| Topic 2: Performance, Optimization, and Upgrades | 15% | - Performance design considerations
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| Topic 3: Planning and Designing | 40% | - Logical design development
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| Topic 4: VMware Products and Solutions | 15% | - vSphere ecosystem integration
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| Topic 5: Architectures and Technologies | 20% | - Design methodology and principles
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3V0-21.21 Exam FAQ: What Candidates Ask About VMware Advanced Design VMware vSphere 7.x
The 3V0-21.21 exam, officially known as VMware Advanced Design VMware vSphere 7.x, is the VMware test that leads to the VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Data Center Virtualization Design 2023 (VCAP-DCV Design 2023) certification at the Professional / Advanced level. Passing it validates the skills employers expect from a certified professional. It is also associated with related credentials such as VCP-DCV, VCAP-DCV Deploy, VCAP-DCV Design 2024.
The 3V0-21.21 exam contains 60 questions, and you have 150 minutes to complete them. Work out your per-question pace before test day, and flag slow items instead of stalling on them — time pressure, not knowledge, sinks many first attempts. Timed mock exams in the Actual4Exams test engines are the most reliable way to build that rhythm.
The passing score for the 3V0-21.21 exam is 300 (scaled, range 100–500), and the official registration fee is $450 USD. If you miss the mark, a retake means paying the full fee again, so book your seat only when you are ready. A practical benchmark: score consistently above the passing line on timed practice tests before scheduling the real exam.
Recommended: Hold VCP-DCV certification; no strict mandatory prerequisite as of Broadcom transition
Entry requirements can change, so confirm the latest conditions on the official exam page: https://www.broadcom.com/support/education/vmware/certification/vcap-dcv-design.
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The official VMware Advanced Design VMware vSphere 7.x outline is organized into 5 domains. The first three are:
- Planning and Designing — 40% of the exam
- Troubleshooting and Operational Design — 10% of the exam
- Architectures and Technologies — 20% of the exam
See the complete exam topics section above for the full outline and the weighting of every domain.
VMware Advanced Design VMware vSphere 7.x Sample Questions:
Question 1
Which two of the listed requirements would be classified as performance non-functional requirements? (Choose two.)
A. The vSphere platform must be able to provide a minimum throughput of 400 MB/s
B. The vSphere platform must be able to provide a recovery time objective of 30 minutes
C. The vSphere platform must be able to provide a service-level agreement (SLA) of 99,9%
D. The vSphere platform must be able to provide N+1 redundancy
E. The vSphere platform must be able to provide a maximum read latency of 15 ms
Question 2
The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for an organization is concerned about the security posture of the operating system images that are used for the provisioning of their Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications. The organization is in a growth period. The organization is opening a new data center to launch its next phase of new SaaS-based solutions.
The DevOps team currently creates encrypted virtual machine (VM) templates that are used for various operating systems and adds these to the vSphere inventory. The DevOps team already uses a published content library and has been granted a role with the ability to add and delete library items.
The following requirements have been noted:
Impacts to the DevOps team's operational processes must be kept to a minimum.
The DevOps team must be able to regularly check out a copy of the image for updates and check in a new version of the image.
Images must be synchronized from the primary data center to the new data center.
Which three recommendations should the architect make to design a content library solution that will meet these requirements? (Choose three.)
A. Update the role for the DevOps team with new privileges
B. Clone virtual machines as Open Virtualization Format (OVF) templates to the published content library
C. Clone virtual machines as VM templates to the published content library
D. Create a subscription and publish VM templates to a subscribed content library
E. Create a subscribed library from the published library and synchronize Open Virtualization Format (OVF) templates on-demand
F. Create a subscribed library from the published library and synchronize Open Virtualization Format (OVF) templates automatically
Question 3
An architect is designing a VMware solution for a customer to meet the following requirements:
The solution must use investments in existing storage array that supports both block and file storage.
The solution must support the ability to migrate workloads between hosts within a cluster.
The solution must support resource management priorities.
The solution must support the ability to connect virtual machines directly to LUNs.
The solution should use existing 32G fabric infrastructure.
There is no budget for additional physical hardware.
Which design decision should the architect make to meet these requirements?
A. The ESXi hosts will leverage iSCSI.
B. The ESXi hosts will leverage NFS.
C. The ESXi hosts will leverage Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE).
D. The ESXi hosts will leverage Fibre Channel (FC).
Question 4
An architect is designing an environment for a retail customer. The design will use a single small vCenter Server Appliance and a cluster of eight ESXi hosts at a remote site. There is a single 10 GbE connected network at the remote site to support all management services. It is not possible to create additional management networks at the remote site. Virtual machine backups at the site will be dependent on the vCenter Server being available.
Which design decision should the architect make to maximize availability for backups?
A. vCenter Server High Availability will be configured.
B. The cluster will be configured with vSphere HA and set to restart virtual machines based on guest operating system heartbeat monitoring.
C. The cluster will be configured to use vSphere DRS in fully automated mode.
D. The vCenter Server Appliance will be protected with vSphere Fault Tolerance.
Question 5
An architect is designing a vSphere environment for a customer based on the following information:
The vSphere cluster will have three hosts only due to budget considerations.
A database cluster (node majority) consisting of three virtual machines will be running on the vSphere cluster.
Which two recommendations can the architect make so that the customer achieves the highest level of application availability while taking into consideration operational resiliency? (Choose two.)
A. Set das.respectvmvmantiaffinityrules to false
B. Set das.ignoreinsufficienthbdatastore to true
C. Disable vSphere HA during maintenance
D. Create VM-Host anti-affinity rules
E. Create VM-VM anti-affinity rules
Solutions:
| Question 1 Answer: A,E | Question 2 Answer: A,C,D | Question 3 Answer: D | Question 4 Answer: D | Question 5 Answer: A,E |
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