Some candidates buy study materials hoping for a shortcut; experienced ones look for materials that respect their time. The VMware vSAN Specialist (v2) package at RealVCE is built for the second group: 75 practice questions aligned with the real 5V0-22.23 exam format, verified answers, and a free demo to check the fit first.
VMware 5V0-22.23 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | VMware |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | VMware vSAN Specialist (v2) |
| Exam Number: | 5V0-22.23 |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Exam Format: | Scenario-based questions, Single-choice, Multiple-choice |
| Exam Duration: | 125 minutes |
| Related Certifications: | VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) VMware Certified Implementation Expert (VCIX) |
| Exam Price: | $250 USD |
| Real Exam Qty: | 75-76 |
| Passing Score: | 300 (scaled from 500) |
| Certificate Validity Period: | No expiration |
| Recommended Training: | VMware vSAN Design and Best Practices VMware vSAN: Install, Configure, Manage [v8] |
| Exam Registration: | VMware Official Exam Page Pearson VUE Registration |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored or onsite testing at Pearson VUE centers |
| Pre Condition: | Recommended: Hold any VCP/VCAP/VCIX/VCDX 2021 or newer certification; 6–12 months hands-on experience with vSphere and vSAN |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.vmware.com/education-services/certification/5V0-22-23-vSAN-specialist-v2.html |
VMware 5V0-22.23 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Management, Monitoring, and Optimization | 20% | - Capacity management and rebalancing - Monitoring cluster health and performance - Performance tuning and optimization - Upgrading vSAN and vSphere environments |
| Architecture and Technologies | 20% | - vSAN core architecture and components - Data redundancy, availability, and fault domains - vSAN file services, iSCSI, and stretched clusters - Storage Policy-Based Management (SPBM) |
| Planning and Design | 20% | - Capacity and performance planning - Hardware and software requirements - Design considerations for high availability - Network design and bandwidth planning |
| Troubleshooting and Repair | 15% | - Resolving performance and availability problems - Log analysis and support tools usage - Recovering from disk or host failures - Diagnosing common configuration issues |
| Installation, Configuration, and Setup | 25% | - Integrating with vCenter Server and vSphere - Setting up encryption and security features - Enabling and configuring vSAN clusters - Configuring disk groups and storage policies |
5V0-22.23 Exam FAQ: Difficulty, Details, and Preparation
The 5V0-22.23 exam is the required test for earning the VMware vSAN Specialist (v2) 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 5V0-22.23 exam highlights these domains:
- Troubleshooting and Repair (15%)
- Installation, Configuration, and Setup (25%)
- Management, Monitoring, and Optimization (20%)
Seeing the topics laid out this way often shrinks the exam's intimidation factor — each domain is a finite, learnable block, and the VMware vSAN Specialist (v2) practice questions at RealVCE follow the same structure.
Recommended: Hold any VCP/VCAP/VCIX/VCDX 2021 or newer certification; 6–12 months hands-on experience with vSphere and vSAN
The 5V0-22.23 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 vSAN Specialist (v2) 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 5V0-22.23 exam consists of 75-76 questions with a time allowance of 125 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.
VMware offers these training resources for candidates:
Official courses explain the material; practice questions teach you how the exam asks about it. Most successful candidates use both.
Because seeing beats guessing. The free demo of the 5V0-22.23 exam materials at RealVCE contains genuine samples from the full VMware vSAN Specialist (v2) 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 (scaled from 500) and the exam fee is $250 USD. 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.
Registration is available through the following official channels:
Many candidates find that booking a date early converts vague anxiety into a focused countdown — a useful psychological trick while working through the VMware vSAN Specialist (v2) practice questions.
VMware vSAN Specialist (v2) Sample Questions:
An organization wants to implement a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution on their vSAN storage.
They also need to store their applications running inside the VDI environment on vSAN storage.
Which two end-user computing (EUC) solutions could be implemented to satisfy the requirements of the organization? (Choose two.)
- A. Horizon
- B. Agp_ Volumes
- C. Workspace ONE Access
- D. Dynamic Environment Manager
- E. Workspace ONE UEM
Correct Answer: A,D 🗳️
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What are two characteristics of a durability component in vSAN? (Choose two.)
- A. Better Performance
- B. Faster snapshot creation
- C. Faster resynchronization
- D. Better Availability
- E. Better Storage utilization
Correct Answer: C,D 🗳️
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An administrator is responsible for managing a five-node vSAN cluster. The vSAN Cluster is configured with both vSphere High Availability (HA) and vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS). The vSAN Cluster is currently hosting 150 virtual machines that have consumed 60% of the usable capacity.
Each virtual machine belongs to one of the following vSAN Storage Policies:
vSANPolicy1:
Site Disaster Tolerance: None
Failures to Tolerate: 1 failure - RAID-5 (Erasure Coding)
vSANPolicy2:
Site Disaster Tolerance: None
Failures to Tolerate: No data redundancy
Following an unplanned power event within the data center, the administrator has been alerted to the fact that one host has permanently failed.
What will be the impact to any virtual machine that was running on the failed host using vSANPolicy1?
- A. vSAN will defer the start of the recovery process for 60 minutes, and the virtual machines will not power on until the recovery process has been completed.
- B. Each virtual machine will be unavailable for up to 90 minutes while the automatic recovery process completes.
- C. Each virtual machine must be restored from backup.
- D. Each virtual machine will be restarted on another vSAN host usingvSphere HA.
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
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What is the purpose of host rebuild reserve in vSAN?
- A. Reserves space in case of single host failure
- B. Allocates capacity for vCLS
- C. Stores vSphere HA heartbeats
- D. Reserves space for internal operations
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
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An architect is designing a vSAN stretched cluster and needs to ensure that data remains on a given site in case of a network partition between the sites.
Which configuration would do this?
- A. Preferred and secondary sites
- B. vCenter High Availability
- C. Distributed Resource Scheduler
- D. IvSoh ere High Availability
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
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