VMware 2V0-21.23 Exam Practice Questions, practice question pack
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VMware 2V0-21.23 Exam Practice Questions

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Question 1

An administrator needs to consolidate a number of physical servers by migrating the workloads to a software-defined data center solution.

Which VMware solution should the administrator recommend?

  1. VMware Horizon
  2. VMware vSAN
  3. VMware vSphere
  4. VMware NSX
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Correct answer: C. VMware vSphere

VMware vSphere is the foundational virtualization platform that enables physical-to-virtual server migration and consolidation. It provides the hypervisor, resource management, and virtual machine infrastructure necessary to migrate workloads from physical servers to a software-defined data center. vSAN (storage), NSX (networking), and Horizon (desktop virtualization) are complementary solutions but vSphere is the core enabling technology for workload consolidation.

Why the other options are wrong

  • A. Horizon is a desktop and application virtualization solution, not a server consolidation platform.
  • B. vSAN is a storage solution that complements but does not enable the primary consolidation of physical server workloads.
  • D. NSX is a network virtualization solution that supports but is not the primary solution for physical server consolidation.

Question 2

An administrator has a host profile named Standard-Config. The administrator wants to change the other host profiles to use only the storage configuration settings that are defined in the Standard-Config host profile.

What should the administrator do to make this change?

  1. Export host customizations and import them to the other host profiles.
  2. Copy the storage settings from Standard-Config to all other host profiles.
  3. Duplicate the Standard-Config host profile and only modify the storage configuration settings.
  4. Export the Standard-Config host profile and attach it to tile other hosts.
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Correct answer: B. Copy the storage settings from Standard-Config to all other host profiles.

other host profiles. To apply only the storage configuration settings from the Standard-Config host profile to other host profiles, the administrator should copy the storage settings directly from Standard-Config to all other host profiles. This targeted approach allows selective replication of specific configuration sections without affecting other settings in the destination profiles. Exporting and importing customizations would affect all settings, not just storage. Duplicating or attaching the entire profile would override all configurations, not just storage settings.

Why the other options are wrong

  • A. Exporting customizations would transfer all customization settings, not only storage configuration.
  • C. Duplicating the entire profile creates a new profile with all settings, not a selective storage-only update.
  • D. Attaching a host profile applies all its settings, not selectively just the storage configuration.

Question 3

Refer to the exhibit.

After updating a predefined alarm on VMware vCenter, an administrator enables email notifications as shown in the attached alarm; however, notifications are NOT being sent.

Where must the mail server settings be configured by the administrator to resolve this issue?

Exhibit for question 3

  1. In the ESXi host system config
  2. In the alarm rule definition
  3. In the vCenter settings in the vSphere Client
  4. In the vCenter Management Interface
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Correct answer: C. In the vCenter settings in the vSphere Client

To enable email notifications in vCenter alarms, the SMTP mail server settings must be configured at the vCenter level through the vSphere Client settings. While the alarm rule itself shows where to enable and configure the email notification action (as seen in the exhibit), the underlying mail server configuration that actually allows vCenter to send those emails must be established in vCenter's global settings. This is a prerequisite configuration that exists outside of individual alarm definitions.

Why the other options are wrong

  • A. ESXi host system configuration does not contain mail server settings for vCenter alarm notifications; SMTP configuration is a vCenter-level function, not an ESXi function.
  • B. The alarm rule definition enables the email notification feature and specifies recipients and subject, but cannot configure the actual SMTP mail server that vCenter needs to send the emails.
  • D. The vCenter Management Interface provides direct server access but is not the standard location where administrators configure mail server settings within the vSphere Client management interface.

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110 practice questions for VMware vSphere 8.x Professional (2V0-21.23), with full explanations.

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  • 110 questions mapped to the 2V0-21.23 exam objectives
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Last updated September 2026 · 110 questions

What makes the 2V0-21.23 hard

Broadcom now files 2V0-21.23 under VMware Legacy Certifications rather than its retired exams list. The certification page is still live with a Register for Exam link and the US$250 price, but the exam is no longer on the current VMware Cloud Foundation certification path map, and some candidates reported scheduling problems in late 2025, so it is worth confirming availability with Pearson VUE before booking.

It is also the broadest of the VMware blueprints covered on this site. It uses an older seven-section structure rather than the standardised five, and six of the seven sections carry testable objectives, only Section 3, Planning and Designing, is empty. That is why it runs to 70 items where the current VCF papers use 60.

Storage decides most of the marks: differentiating NFS, iSCSI and SAN access protocols, datastore types and storage policies, VAAI, VASA and multipathing, vSAN and vVOLs basics, and use cases for RDM, PMem, NVMe, NVMe-oF and RDMA over iSER. Sections 5 and 6 then return to the same material as performance tuning, upgrades, troubleshooting and repair.

About the exam

VMware vSphere 8.x Professional (2V0-21.23) leads to VMware Certified Professional, Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV). It validates the ability to install and configure a vSphere 8.0 infrastructure including ESXi and vCenter, and to manage, operate and maintain a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. Broadcom currently classifies it as a VMware Legacy Certification.

Exam sections

  • Section 1, Architectures and Technologies
  • Section 2, VMware Products and Solutions
  • Section 3, Planning and Designing: no testable objectives
  • Section 4, Installing, Configuring, and Setup
  • Section 5, Performance tuning, Optimization, Upgrades
  • Section 6, Troubleshooting and Repairing
  • Section 7, Administrative and Operational Tasks

Broadcom publishes the section and objective list for this exam but does not publish a percentage weight per section. 70 items, 135 minutes, single and multiple choice, passing score 300 on a scaled method, US$250 per attempt, proctored through Pearson VUE, offered in English. Legacy certification, confirm availability with Pearson VUE before booking.

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