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VMware 3V0-32.21 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | VMware |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Advanced Design VMware Cloud Management and Automation |
| Exam Number: | 3V0-32.21 |
| Passing Score: | 300/500 |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Certification version remains valid until retirement of the corresponding certification track |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Exam Price: | USD 450 |
| Exam Duration: | 145 minutes |
| Real Exam Qty: | 60 |
| Exam Format: | Scenario-Based, Multiple Choice, Design Scenarios |
| Related Certifications: | VMware Certified Professional - Cloud Management and Automation (VCP-CMA) VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Cloud Management and Automation Design 2023 (VCAP-CMA Design 2023) |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored or onsite through Pearson VUE authorized testing centers. |
| Pre Condition: | VMware recommends candidates possess VCP-CMA level knowledge and hands-on experience designing VMware Cloud Management and Automation solutions. No mandatory prerequisite exam is required for scheduling. |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.broadcom.com/support/education/vmware/certification |
VMware 3V0-32.21 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Objectives |
|---|---|
| Planning and Designing | - Requirements gathering - Physical design - Conceptual design - Logical design |
| Products and Solutions | - VMware Aria Operations - VMware Aria Suite components - VMware Aria Automation |
| Troubleshooting and Repairing | - Availability and recoverability design - Risk identification and mitigation |
| Architecture and Technologies | - Cloud management architecture - Core VMware Cloud Management technologies |
| Installing, Configuring, and Setup | - Solution deployment planning - Integration design considerations |
| Administrative and Operational Tasks | - Operational management requirements - Security and governance considerations |
| Performance-tuning, Optimization, and Upgrades | - Scalability design - Capacity planning - Upgrade strategy design |
3V0-32.21 Exam Basics: What Every Candidate Asks
The 3V0-32.21 exam is the required test for earning the VMware Advanced Design VMware Cloud Management and Automation certification from VMware. It assesses your command of the official exam objectives through scenario-based and knowledge questions, and the resulting credential is widely recognized by employers. Its reputation for difficulty is real but manageable — candidates who practice consistently with quality materials routinely walk in well prepared.
The official outline for the 3V0-32.21 exam highlights these domains:
- Performance-tuning, Optimization, and Upgrades ()
- Troubleshooting and Repairing ()
- Administrative and Operational Tasks ()
Seeing the topics laid out this way often shrinks the exam's intimidation factor — each domain is a finite, learnable block, and the VMware Advanced Design VMware Cloud Management and Automation practice questions at RealVCE follow the same structure.
VMware recommends candidates possess VCP-CMA level knowledge and hands-on experience designing VMware Cloud Management and Automation solutions. No mandatory prerequisite exam is required for scheduling.
The 3V0-32.21 exam is demanding, but its difficulty is specific, not mysterious: unfamiliar question formats, time pressure, and a few heavily weighted domains. All three respond to the same remedy — repeated, timed exposure to exam-style questions. That is what the VMware Advanced Design VMware Cloud Management and Automation practice materials at RealVCE provide, and the free demo lets you measure the real difficulty yourself before committing, which is usually the moment the fear starts shrinking.
The 3V0-32.21 exam consists of 60 questions with a time allowance of 145 minutes minutes. Practicing full sets under a similar time cap is the most direct way to make sure pacing never costs you points on exam day.
Because seeing beats guessing. The free demo of the 3V0-32.21 exam materials at RealVCE contains genuine samples from the full VMware Advanced Design VMware Cloud Management and Automation question set — same format, same expert-verified answers — and downloading it costs nothing. If you are unsure whether the materials match your level or your study style, the demo answers that question with evidence rather than marketing, and every demo on the site is free of charge.
The passing score is 300/500 and the exam fee is USD 450. Knowing both numbers early helps you plan: aim to be consistently above the passing mark in timed practice sessions before you spend the fee on a booking.
VMware Advanced Design VMware Cloud Management and Automation Sample Questions:
A healthcare company has mandated that all IP and DNS entries be allocated from an existing third-party IPAM solution. Also, for auditing purposes, all systems must handle user authentication via the existing open source LDAP directory.
When considering a logical design for this scenario, which is true about the dependency relationships of these systems?
- A. Both the IPAM and LDAP systems are external, upstream dependencies of vRealize Automation.
- B. Both the IPAM and LDAP systems are external, downstream dependencies of vRealize Automation.
- C. The IPAM system is an upstream dependency and the LDAP system is a downstream dependency of vRealize Automation
- D. The LDAP system is an upstream dependency and the IPAM system is a downstream dependency of vRealize Automation.
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
An architect is responsible for creating the design for a Cloud Monitoring solution that will be used to monitor a greenfield VMware Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC). During a requirements gathering workshop, the Service Owner provided a list of solution requirements:
The solution must support a monthly availability target of 99.9%.
The solution must support the monitoring of 1000 virtual machines across two data center locations.
The solution must support the retention of live data for at least 12 months.
The solution must be redundant to a minimum of N + 1 including during planned maintenance.
The Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of solution is 4 hours.
Given the information from the Service Owner, which two statements would be considered functional requirements? (Choose two.)
- A. The solution must support the monitoring of 1000 virtual machines across two data center locations.
- B. The solution must support the retention of live data for at least 12 months.
- C. The solution must be redundant to a minimum of N + 1 including during planned maintenance.
- D. The solution must support a monthly availability target of 99.9%.
- E. The Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of solution is 4 hours.
Correct Answer: A,B 🗳️
A customer wants to collect data from 120,000 objects and given the vRealize Operations sizing guide: (See exhibit.)
Assuming the customer has no requirements for continuous availability or high availability, what recommendation for the quantity and type of nodes should the architect provide?
- A. 3 Extra Large Nodes
- B. 6 Large Nodes
- C. 12 Large Nodes
- D. 8 Medium Nodes
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
What are the two valid characteristics of vRealize Automation Cloud? (Choose two.)
- A. Supports on-premises vRealize Operations Manager
- B. Supports on-premises vSphere and vRealize Orchestrator
- C. Has a frequent release cycle
- D. Requires a load balancer
- E. Requires a standard license
Correct Answer: A,D 🗳️
An architect is designing a greenfield Cloud Management solution. During the requirements gathering workshop with the customer, the following information was captured:
The log monitoring solution must be capable of collecting a minimum of 10,000 evets per second.
The automation solution must be capable of deploying at least 20 concurrent workloads.
When creating the design documentation, which design quality should be used to classify the requirements?
- A. Recoverability
- B. Performance
- C. Manageability
- D. Availability
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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