A hands-on preparation path for the VMware Certified Advanced Professional vSphere Kubernetes Service exam, 3V0-24.25, in 34 parts, one for every objective on the published blueprint. The exam runs 60 items in a 135 minute appointment with a scaled passing score of 300, and the content is built on VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0. Each part takes a single objective, shows the real kubectl and VCF CLI commands and YAML you need in a lab, then names what the exam actually tests and the traps that catch experienced admins. It assumes you already run vSphere and have 6 to 12 months on VKS, so component mechanics are linked rather than retaught. For the product walkthrough that sits underneath this series, read the vSphere Kubernetes Service complete guide. Browse every guide on the guides hub.

1. 01VCAP-VKS Exam Blueprint, Scoring and a Study Plan

1. 02VMs and Containers, Choosing the Right Compute Model
2. 03Kubernetes Architecture, Networking, Storage, Service Mesh and Helm
3. 04Reference Architecture for a VKS Deployment, NSX, VDS and Zones

1. 05Supervisor Capabilities, Services and Architecture Topologies
2. 06Supervisor Networking with VDS, NSX Segments or VPCs and Load Balancing
3. 07Supervisor Storage Policies and Persistent Volume Integration Across Zones
4. 08VKS Identity and Access with External Providers and Admin Credentials
5. 09Kubernetes Releases and Content Libraries, Subscribed, Local and Air-Gapped
6. 10CNIs, NSX Networking Objects and TLS Certificates for Secure VKS Clusters

1. 11Load Balancer Sizing and Its Effect on Supervisor Functionality
2. 12Namespace Network Options and Their Implications
3. 13vSphere Namespace Architecture with Ingress and Egress Options
4. 14Process for Enabling a Supervisor Cluster
5. 15Service Mesh Implementation on VKS

1. 16Creating Supervisor Clusters with NSX VPC, NSX Segment, vDS and Avi
2. 17Configuring and Managing vSphere Namespaces and Zones
3. 18Creating Workloads as Supervisor Pods or via VM Service
4. 19Installing and Managing Supervisor Add-on Services, Harbor and external-dns
5. 20Provisioning, Monitoring and Scaling VKS Clusters with kubectl and VCF CLI
6. 21Updating VKS Clusters Through Rolling Updates and Configuration Changes
7. 22Creating, Configuring and Upgrading Autoscalers
8. 23Package Repositories, Standard Packages, Registry Secrets and Private Registries
9. 24Creating and Managing Snapshots in VKS Clusters
10. 25Upgrading the Supervisor Service in a Given Situation
11. 26Storage Strategies with Dynamic and Static Persistent Volumes and Expansion
12. 27Workload Deployment Models, Pods, VMs, Ingress Controllers and Registries
13. 28Backup and Restore with Velero and External Object Storage
14. 29Editing YAML to Modify a VKS Deployment

1. 30Diagnosing Supervisor and VKS Provisioning, Connectivity and Namespace Errors
2. 31Troubleshooting VM Class, Cluster Plans, Content Library, Storage and Networking
3. 32Troubleshooting Container Deployment, Registry and Trusted CA Errors
4. 33Restarting or Recovering Failed VKS Upgrades
5. 34Optimizing Cluster Performance with Monitoring and Scaling Features