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DELL TECHNOLOGIESDell VxRail Operate v2
The Dell VxRail Operate v2 certification validates your ability to administer and operate a VxRail hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platform effectively. Designed for IT professionals who manage VxRail systems, this credential proves you can apply operational knowledge to solve real-world business challenges. Earning it demonstrates your readiness to support environments undergoing digital and IT transformation, making you a valuable asset in modern data centers.
Exam formatMultiple choice and multiple response
DeliveryPearson VUE
Free questions455
Content last reviewed 30 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What VXRAIL-OPERATE-V2 proves, and what it asks of you
What this certification covers, who it is written for, and what the exam itself looks like on the day.
6domains
21objectives
116concepts
What it is
What this certification is
What it validates, who it is written for, and the experience it assumes.
About this certification
The Dell VxRail Operate v2 certification validates the knowledge and skills required to effectively administer a VxRail system, enabling you to leverage the platform to solve business problems efficiently. This certification supports the skills needed to work successfully within environments undergoing digital and IT transformations, ensuring you can manage and operate VxRail clusters with confidence.
By earning this certification, you demonstrate your ability to handle day-to-day operational tasks, including monitoring, managing, and troubleshooting VxRail environments. The certification is designed for IT professionals who are responsible for the ongoing operation of VxRail systems and who need to ensure high availability, performance, and reliability of their hyperconverged infrastructure.
Who it’s for
This certification is for IT professionals who administer and operate Dell VxRail hyperconverged infrastructure in enterprise environments. Typical roles include VxRail administrators, system administrators, and infrastructure engineers who are responsible for the day-to-day management, monitoring, and troubleshooting of VxRail clusters. Candidates should have hands-on experience with VxRail operations and a solid understanding of virtualization, storage, and networking concepts. The certification is ideal for those who want to validate their operational skills and advance their careers in modern data center management.
Recommended experience
Dell recommends that candidates have hands-on experience administering VxRail systems, including familiarity with vSphere, vSAN, and VxRail Manager. Experience with VMware vSphere and vSAN; Familiarity with VxRail Manager and its operational workflows; Understanding of hyperconverged infrastructure concepts; Knowledge of data center operations and troubleshooting
The syllabus
What you’ll learn
Every domain and objective Dell Technologies measures, with the weight they carry on the exam.
The official Dell Technologies exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
VxRail Building blocks
- Describe VxRail Cluster Architecture and Deployment Options
- Validate the vSAN Configuration of a VxRail Cluster
Manage the VxRail
- Manage VxRail using the VxRail Plugin for vCenter Server
- Monitor the vSAN Health, Capacity, and Performance
- Configure vSAN Services
- Manage vSAN Storage Policies
- Manage vSAN HCI Mesh
- Manage the VxRail vSAN Cluster Availability
Perform Cluster Expansion and Contraction
- Generate VxRail Procedures with SolVe
- Perform Cluster Resource Expansion (Node and Capacity)
- Recall VxRail Node Removal from a Cluster
Perform Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- Perform VxRail Manager File-based Backup
- Perform VxRail Software Upgrade
- Perform VxRail Basic Troubleshooting
- Manage Passwords
- Recognize Power Control Operations on a VxRail Cluster
Perform Additional Administrative Tasks
- Manage VxRail Networking
- Manage a Stretched Cluster
- Manage VxRail Manager Certificate
VxRail Appliance REST API
- Identify REST API functionality available in VxRail
- Use the VxRail API to perform tasks
On the day
The exam itself
Everything Dell Technologies publishes about sitting it, and nothing we inferred.
Prerequisites
No mandatory prerequisites — this certification has no required predecessor exam or credential.
Exam codeVXRAIL-OPERATE-V2
CertificationDell VxRail Operate v2
Exam formatMultiple choice and multiple response
DeliveryPearson VUE
LanguagesEnglish
After you pass
Where this credential goes next
The path Dell Technologies lays out, how the credential is kept, and where to book.
Step-by-step path to Dell VxRail Operate v2
Credential earnedDell VxRail Operate v2 Certification Lifecycle status
This certification is currently active and available. Dell Technologies maintains this certification to validate current skills and industry relevance.
Exam status: ActiveMaintained by Dell Technologies
Exam registration
Register for the exam through Pearson VUE, Dell Technologies’s authorized testing partner.
Schedule your examVisit the official Dell Technologies certification page for exam policies and requirements.
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Questions people ask
Is the Dell VxRail Operate v2 exam a replacement for a previous version?
The v2 designation indicates an updated version of the exam, but Dell has not published details about a specific predecessor exam. Check the official exam description for the most current information.
Do I need to earn a lower-level Dell certification before taking this exam?
No. Dell lists no mandatory prerequisites for the VxRail Operate v2 exam. You can take it directly, though recommended experience is advised.
Is there a hands-on lab component in the exam?
The official exam description does not specify a hands-on lab component. The exam format is not officially published, so it is best to refer to the exam description PDF for any updates.
What is the retake policy if I fail the exam?
Dell's retake policy is not detailed on the official exam page. For specific retake rules, refer to the Dell Proven Professional support resources or contact Pearson VUE.
What job roles does the VxRail Operate v2 certification map to?
This certification is designed for IT professionals who administer and operate VxRail systems, such as VxRail administrators, system administrators, and infrastructure engineers.
Can I recertify by passing a different Dell exam?
Dell's renewal model requires periodic renewal, but specific recertification options for this credential are not published. Check the Dell Proven Professional program for renewal details.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-30 Up to date
Practice free questions 455 questions, free, no account needed.
The curriculum
The whole exam, mapped and written
Every domain, every objective, and every concept Dell Technologies measures — each one written out.
6domains
21objectives
116concepts
100free pages
The domains, and what sits inside them
Every objective below is a page you can open and practise now, without an account.
The official Dell Technologies exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
1VxRail Building blocks38 questions
2Manage the VxRail115 questions
Manage VxRail using the VxRail Plugin for vCenter Server7 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Monitor the vSAN Health, Capacity, and Performance3 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →Configure vSAN Services5 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Manage vSAN Storage Policies6 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →Manage vSAN HCI Mesh6 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Manage the VxRail vSAN Cluster Availability8 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →
3Perform Cluster Expansion and Contraction61 questions
4Perform Maintenance and Troubleshooting119 questions
Perform VxRail Manager File-based Backup5 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Perform VxRail Software Upgrade6 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Perform VxRail Basic Troubleshooting7 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Manage Passwords6 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Recognize Power Control Operations on a VxRail Cluster5 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →
5Perform Additional Administrative Tasks67 questions
6VxRail Appliance REST API55 questions
Not a table of contents
Every line on this map already opens
In front of every objective the practice pages are already there, free and without an account. This is one objective, opened.
Describe VxRail Cluster Architecture and Deployment Options4 pagesOpen →
Free in front of it
18 questions on this objective, five to a page. Every range above is a real page, open now, with no account.
Reading the map is not the same as knowing the ground
The curriculum tells you what is on the exam. Proving you know it is a different job — and it is the one the closed-book run does.
Free questions
455 questions. No account, no card.
The whole bank is open. 5 questions to a page, every answer explained, and a discussion thread on each one.
455questions
100pages
21objectives
Freealways
Browse by domain
Every objective, and every page range, is a link — so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
1VxRail Building blocks38 questions
2Manage the VxRail115 questions
3Perform Cluster Expansion and Contraction61 questions
4Perform Maintenance and Troubleshooting119 questions
5Perform Additional Administrative Tasks67 questions
What a practice page gives you
1Five to a page
Short enough to finish, long enough to matter.
2Every answer explained
Not only which one is right — why the others are wrong.
3A discussion on each
Ask, answer, and vote. Every question has its own thread.
A question, and the idea behind it
Every question comes from a concept
These are not trivia. Each one is written against a concept in the book, so when you get one wrong there is somewhere to go and find out why.
The visual book
See it once. Carry it into the exam.
The pages shown here come from our AI-900 book — an example of how each concept is written in plain language and, where the idea needs one, drawn as a full page you can take in at a glance.
116concepts
455free questions
Why a picture, and not another paragraph
Three reasons, and each one is a real finding rather than a slogan.
You can see it againThe whole idea at onceWhere it starts, what happens in the middle, what comes out, and the mistake to avoid.
Multimedia principle · MayerThe look-alikes sit togetherThe pairs the exam tests are drawn side by side, so the difference is seen, not told.
Dual coding · PaivioWhat one page is made of
You are never asked to read a poster here — only to see how one is built. After that, every other page is legible at a glance.
1A numbered strip on top
The idea as a sequence, followed with a finger before a word is read.
2Panels for the parts
What it is, how the machine learns it, when it is the right tool.
3The trap, framed
The distinction the exam tests, given its own box instead of buried in prose.
4One line at the bottom
The sentence to carry into the exam room.
Open book, on purpose
Answer it with the picture beside you
This is the part that teaches. The illustration and the written explanation stay where they are while you work, so a scenario stops being a memory test and becomes something you can simply look at.
It teaches · it does not count
A smartphone uses AI to unlock when the owner looks at the camera. Which AI capability is being used?
AImage classification
BFacial recognition
COptical character recognition
DObject detection
Look at the five steps. Detect finds a face, align straightens it, encode turns it into numbers, search compares it with a stored face, and decide answers one question: is this the same person? Classification would only say “a face”. Detection would only draw a box. Neither decides whose.
Then the page shuts, and it starts counting
The same questions come back with the book closed — that run is the one that counts. After it, your coach picks one thing for tonight, sized to the time you have, and brings pages back before you lose them.
Testing effect · Roediger & Karpicke 2006 · spacing effect · Cepeda et al. 2006
Official resources
Straight from Dell Technologies
Where the exam is defined, scheduled and scored.
2official links
116concepts mapped
The source
Dell Technologies’s own pages
We link to them rather than repeat them, so nothing here goes stale behind them.
Checked against the source
Every objective on the official Dell Technologies outline already has questions here
We build from the official skills outline, not from a summary of it — 21 objectives, 116 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When Dell Technologies changes the outline, this page changes with it.
21objectives on the outline→116concepts written→455free questions
An official page tells you what will be asked. It cannot tell you what you will get right.
That is the only question worth answering the night before, and no link answers it. You answer it by taking the questions with the book closed, and seeing what comes back.