Category: VCAP-VKS Certification
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VKS CNI, NSX Networking Objects and TLS Trust for Secure Clusters (VCAP-VKS Exam Series, Part 10)
Objective 2.5, printed a second time, covers CNIs, NSX networking objects and TLS certificates. Here is the Supervisor level CNI switch, the AntreaConfig override, and the double base64 certificate trap that wedges a VKS cluster in Provisioning.
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VKS Content Libraries and Kubernetes Releases, Subscribed, Local and Air-Gapped (VCAP-VKS Exam Series, Part 9)
A subscribed library, a local library for the air gapped case, and the VKr naming rule that decides whether kubectl get kr shows anything at all. Objective 2.5 for 3V0-24.25, run against a VCF 9.0 Supervisor.
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VKS Identity and Access with External Providers and Admin Credentials (VCAP-VKS Exam Series, Part 8)
Objective 2.4 is one registration screen and two authorisation surfaces that look like one. Full lab, the Pinniped path, the empty groups claim that costs candidates ninety minutes, and the break glass kubeconfig secret.
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Supervisor Storage Policies and Persistent Volume Integration Across Zones (VCAP-VKS Exam Series, Part 7)
Objective 2.3 hinges on one thing candidates skip: every storage policy you attach to a vSphere Namespace produces two storage classes, and picking the wrong one wedges every claim on a three zone namespace. Here is the lab, the failure and the exam angle.
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Supervisor Networking with VDS, NSX Segments or VPCs and Load Balancing (VCAP-VKS Exam Series, Part 6)
Objective 2.2 is not a load balancer comparison. Your workload network picks the shortlist, and on NSX VPC the shortlist has one name on it. Mapping table, discovery commands and the rebuild that taught me to ask the security question first.
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Supervisor Capabilities, Services and Architecture Topologies (VCAP-VKS Exam Series, Part 5)
Objective 2.1 asks you to configure Supervisor capabilities, services and topologies. Here is which activation choice is permanent, which you can change on a Tuesday afternoon, and what a control plane resize actually costs in wall clock.
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Reference Architecture for a VKS Deployment, NSX, VDS and Zones (VCAP-VKS Exam Series, Part 4)
Objective 1.3 asks you to pick a reference architecture, not describe one. Here are the four published vSphere Zone models, the four Supervisor networking paths, and the single decision you can never take back.
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Kubernetes Architecture, Networking, Storage, Service Mesh and Helm (VCAP-VKS Exam Series, Part 3)
Objective 1.2 does not test Kubernetes trivia. It tests whether you can look at a VKS cluster and name the vSphere object that created what you are seeing. Four kubectl commands, two real failures, and the inheritance map that makes the rest of the blueprint readable.
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VMs and Containers, Choosing the Right Compute Model (VCAP-VKS Exam Series, Part 2)
Objective 1.1 asks you to pick a compute model, not define a container. Here is how vSphere Pods, VM Service virtual machines and VKS clusters actually differ on a VCF 9.0 Supervisor, with a selection matrix, measured provisioning times and the trap that catches vSphere admins.
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VCAP-VKS Exam Blueprint, Scoring and a Study Plan (VCAP-VKS Exam Series, Part 1)
A working map of the 3V0-24.25 blueprint: 60 items, 135 minutes, 33 published objectives, and the one section that carries 42 percent of them. Plus a six week study plan built around a lab rather than a reading list.
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