Although vSphere 8 is released (GA) at VMware Explore Europe 2022 and modified exams can be expected, the vSphere 7 ones are still current. Also at Explore I took the Advanced Design VMware vSphere 7.x exam and passed it to update my VCDX-DCV certification based on vSphere 6.5 to the latest one based on vSphere 7. The exam I took was the Advanced Design VMware vSphere 7.x (3V0-21.21). Also this exam is a requirement for all who strive for the VCAP – Design certification or VCIX-DCV milestone based on vSphere 7 certification.
The Data Center Virtualization Design 2022 exam, is a 60-item exam with a passing score of 300 using a scaled method. Candidates are given an time of 150 minutes
Because I have passed 3 or 4 VMware design exams before on vSphere and NSX, I had a pretty good idea about the exam structure and started studying 4 week before and was really happy to have passed the exam. During the preparations, I gathered quite a list of study materials which I wanted to share with you all.
VMware exam details
Especially check the sections:
- Sections Included in this Exam
- References (for the links check the last section)
- Sample Questions
Community study material
vcdx133.com – Advanced Design VMware vSphere 7.0 Exam (3V0-21.21) Study Links
virtualg.uk – The VCAP6-DCV Deploy Exam Simulator is back!
AMPRS(S)
www.jeffreykusters.nl – Working with design assumptions, the VCDX way
www.jeffreykusters.nl – Breaking down the conceptual design, RCARs and AMPRS …. VCDX style
NUMA
frankdenneman.nl – vSphere 7 Cores per Socket and Virtual NUMA
vCenter High Availability (vCHA)
vmanalyst.com – https://vmanalyst.com/?s=vcha
What’s new
vSphere 7 – What’s new
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/rn/vsphere-esxi-701-release-notes.html#whats-new-1
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/rn/vsphere-esxi-702-release-notes.html#whats-new-1
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/rn/vsphere-esxi-70u3c-release-notes.html#whats-new-1
https://core.vmware.com/blog/vsphere-7-update-3-whats-new
https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2020/03/vsphere-7-features.html
https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2020/03/vsphere-7.html
https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2020/04/vsphere-7-new-generation-vsphere.html
https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2020/09/whats-new-with-vmware-vsphere-7u1.html
https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2021/03/whats-new-part-2-in-vsphere-7-update-2.html
vSphere 7 Core storage – What’s new
https://core.vmware.com/resource/whats-new-vsphere-7-core-storage
VMware links (documentation, blogs, YouTube)
Storage
vVol’s
Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC)
Core vSphere
Content Library
https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2020/04/vsphere-7-content-library.html
DirectPath I/O and Assignable Hardware
https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2020/03/vsphere-7-assignable-hardware.html
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2142307
NUMA
Time keeping
vSphere Cluster Services (vCLS)
https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2020/09/vsphere-7-update-1-vsphere-clustering-service-vcls.html
vCenter High Availability (vCHA)
vSphere Lifecycle Manager
https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2020/04/vsphere-7-patching-lifecycle-management.html
https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2020/08/vlcm-support-for-vsphere-auto-deploy.html
vCenter requirements
Security
Authentication
https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2020/05/vsphere-7-integrated-windows-authentication-iwa-ldap.html
Certificate Management
https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2020/04/vsphere-7-certificate-management.html
Lockdown mode
vSphere Trust Authority (vTA)
https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2020/04/vsphere-7-vsphere-trust-authority.html
vSGX (Software Guard Extensions) & Secure Enclaves
https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2020/04/vsphere-7-vsgx-secure-enclaves.html
Bitfusion 2.x
Exam preparation references section
The references section in de exam guide mentions all sorts of KB articles without link to them. I have added them to this section.
Storage DRS FAQ
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2149938
VMware response to ‘L1 Terminal Fault – VMM’ (L1TF – VMM) Speculative-Execution vulnerability in Intel processors for vSphere: CVE-2018-3646
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/55806
Understanding Virtual Volumes (vVols) in VMware vSphere 6.7/7.0
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2113013
FAQ: VMware vSphere Storage APIs – Data Protection
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1021175
Mixed, Passthru, HBA and RAID mode SAS or SATA IO Controller card support
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/53573
vSAN Design Considerations – Deduplication and Compression
Write Buffer Sizing in vSAN when Using the Very Latest Hardware
https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/2019/10/01/write-buffer-sizing-vsan/
To conclude
Having an overview of relevant links will save you time, searching for and collecting them. I hope this helps you preparing for your exam. All the best and I would love to hear your feedback.
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