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Start guided practiceThe flagship vSphere professional exam: installing and configuring vSphere 8, managing clusters and resources, storage and networking, lifecycle management and troubleshooting.
VMware vSphere 8.x Professional (VCP-DCV) is VMware's professional-level virtualization certification, sat as exam 2V0-21.23. The exam runs for 2 hours 15 minutes and presents up to 70 questions, with a pass mark of 300 / 500 (scaled). It costs US$250 at the standard rate.
VMware publishes the syllabus as 7 weighted domains. Installing, Configuring and Setup carries the most weight at 25%, and the three largest domains together account for roughly 55% of the scored content — worth knowing before you decide where study time goes.
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The published exam guide for 2V0-21.23, in the vendor's own order.
01vSphere Architecture and Technologies
15%02Products and Solutions
10%03Planning and Designing
10%04Installing, Configuring and Setup
25%05Performance Tuning, Optimization and Upgrades
15%06Troubleshooting and Repairing
10%07Administrative and Operational Tasks
15%Around six months of hands-on vSphere 8 experience.
Professional level — Advanced credentials covering design, scale and trade-off decisions.
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VMware lists up to 70 questions, to be completed in 2 hours 15 minutes. Question counts can vary slightly between exam forms, and unscored trial questions are sometimes included.
300 / 500 (scaled). Confirm the current figure on the official exam page before booking, as vendors adjust cut scores when an exam form is refreshed.
The standard price is US$250. Local pricing, taxes and any retake policy vary by region, so check the official page for the figure that applies to you.
Around six months of hands-on vSphere 8 experience.
The exam guide covers vSphere Architecture and Technologies, Products and Solutions, Planning and Designing, Installing, Configuring and Setup and Performance Tuning, Optimization and Upgrades, plus 2 further domains. The full weighted breakdown is listed above.
Yes — this exam has 110 practice questions available here, each with the correct answer marked. They are community-contributed, compiled from exam discussions posted publicly by other people rather than written here, and most do not carry an explanation.