TheVCF 9.0 Deployment Guidenotes: “All ESXi hosts must be installed with a supported ESXi version using a VMware ISO before they are commissioned into SDDC Manager. Commissioning is always performed via the management domain vCenter.” The new workload domain vCenter does not exist until the domain is deployed, ruling out option A. The VCF Installer is used for initial bring-up, not workload domain expansion (E). Therefore, the two required steps are:install ESXi using a valid ISO (D)andcommission hosts via the management domain vCenter (B).

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The VCF Automation Networking Guide (9.0) documents that when an Organization for All Applications is created, networking constructs are provisioned automatically to provide immediate connectivity. Specifically, “During region creation, the system automatically deploys a Default VPC, a Provider Tier-0 Gateway, a VPC connectivity profile, and default SNAT rules to enable outbound access.” .

DNAT rules are not provisioned by default (they must be configured for inbound services). Likewise, NSX Transit Gateway is a multi-region design element, not automatically deployed for a single org setup. A VDS is a vSphere construct and not part of the NSX automation performed at this stage. Therefore, the automatically created items are: Default VPC (A), Provider Tier-0 Gateway (B), SNAT rule (E), and VPC Connectivity Profile (G).

TheVCF 9.0 Automation Guide – Content Sharing Policiesdescribes how to control catalog item visibility. Administrators createContent Sharing Policiesto restrict which groups can see specific catalog items.

Steps required for this scenario:

Create a new Content Sharing Policy (D):This policy governs catalog item access.

Add the catalog item to the new policy (B):The Mobile Application Backend blueprint must be explicitly added.

Configure the scope as Project → FitnessTrackerApp (C):This ensures the catalog restriction applies only within the FitnessTrackerApp project.

Add the FTA_LeadDevelopers Group (F):Grants visibility only to this group, fulfilling the requirement that only Lead Developers initially see the item.

Incorrect options:

Deployment Limit Policy (A)controls resource limits, not catalog visibility.

FTA_Developers (E)should not be included, as the requirement is Lead Developers only.

Organization scope (G)would expose the item to all projects, which violates the requirement.

Thus, the administrator must configure aContent Sharing Policy, add the catalog item, scope it to the FitnessTrackerApp project, and restrict it to the Lead Developers group.

TheVCF 9.0 Convergence and Migration Guideoutlines prerequisites and unsupported configurations when moving from a standalone vSphere deployment into VCF-managed workload domains.

Enhanced Linked Mode (ELM) must be removed:VCF does not support multiple vCenters joined in Enhanced Linked Mode. Each workload domain has its own dedicated vCenter instance, managed by SDDC Manager. The documentation states:“Before convergence, Enhanced Linked Mode must be deactivated. VCF requires independent vCenters for each workload domain.”

Lifecycle Manager must use Images only:VCF lifecycle operations are exclusively image-based. Baselines are not supported.“All clusters managed by VCF must be converted to vSphere Lifecycle Manager image-based lifecycle management prior to convergence.”

Other options are not required:

25 Gbps uplinks (A) are recommended for high throughput but not mandatory; 10 Gbps uplinks are supported.

An additional vMotion VMkernel (C) is not required by default, as standard vMotion networking is included in convergence designs.

vSphere Standard Switches (D) are not supported; VCF requires Distributed Switches, and existing vDS configurations can be adapted.

Therefore, the two configurations that must change are:Deactivate Enhanced Linked Mode (B)andswitch Lifecycle Manager to Images only (E).

TheVCF 9.0 Automation Guidedetails the use ofProperty Groupsto standardize blueprint inputs and constants across projects. Property Groups allow administrators to define sets of inputs (like size, os, location) and constants (like salt master id) centrally, ensuring consistency across deployments.

The correct actions are:

Create a new Property Group for input properties (C)to capture the standard inputs (size, os, location).

Create a new Property Group for constant properties (E)to include items like the salt master id.

Update all existing blueprints in the production project with the new Property Groups (F)to enforce standardization across new and existing workloads.

Options A and B are incorrect because changes are not required in theappdevproject or across the entire organization—only theproductionproject. Option D is redundant since inputs and constants should be separated into distinct groups.

VCF provides integrated automation and orchestration for Day 0–2 operations, including networking: VCF is a “full-stack IaaS” with “automation and orchestration to simplify Day 0, Day 1, and Day 2 tasks.” VCF supports modern apps: users can provision “VMs” and “Kubernetes workloads” from self-service services, proving both VM and container support. Multi-tenancy with strong isolation is native: Organizations are “secure and isolated” boundaries; All Apps organizations run “virtual machines (VMs), Kubernetes… multiple tenants with secure infrastructure isolation.”

Incorrect choices: VCF is not limited to vSAN only (supports VMFS/NFS/CNS as documented elsewhere) and does not rely on manual scalability—automation is core. Compliance is provided within the private cloud, not only by a CSP.