SPEAKERS

Opening Speaker Jonathan Massy-Greene - Director, Strategic Sales · Broadcom Software A/NZ
Two decades in enterprise software. Leads VMware's Australia FSI accounts team and strategy. Member of the A/NZ VMware senior leadership team.

Today's Presenter Rishabh Awasthi - Product Manager · VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF Networking / NSX)
17 years in enterprise IT. Last 5 years on the VCF Networking roadmap.

Bonus Session - Direct from USA - Chip Childers - Sr. Director, Security, Compliance, OSS & Privacy Engineering
Live Stream from the USA · 13:30 – 14:00. Optional 30-min session for attendees staying on.

Agenda

Opening (Jonathan Massy-Greene)

• Welcome & Broadcom update Broadcom opening and updates

Technical Deep-Dive (Rishabh Awasthi)

• VCF 9.1 Import and Upgrade paths, prechecks, decision criteria Brownfield import vs upgrade-in-place: when each applies. SDDC Manager precheck deep-dive: specific checks, common failure modes, remediation. Phased upgrade workflow with rollback considerations. Hardware compatibility and firmware prerequisites you should validate before kick-off.

• Day-2 NSX lifecycle VIBs in the ESXi base image, Manager and Edge upgrades What it actually means now that NSX VIBs ship in the ESXi base image. NSX Manager cluster and Edge node upgrade orchestration in 9.1. Operational simplifications at the cluster level. Migration considerations from existing NSX-T deployments and what to plan around for production estates.

• Live patching framework vulnerability management for AI and compliance workloads vSphere live patching in 9.1: what's hot-patchable, what isn't. Patch sequencing for workload-sensitive estates (AI clusters, regulated workloads). Roll-forward / roll-back behaviour, hypervisor state preservation, and telemetry for change validation.

• VCF 9.1 common services certificate lifecycle, identity, secrets The unified "common services" architecture: what's actually unified across components, what isn't. Certificate rotation workflows and external CA integration. Password and credential rotation, integration with corporate IDPs. APIs and scripting hooks for automation rather than UI clicks.

• NSX Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) and Virtual Network Appliance (VNA) architecture and consumption model The VPC architectural model: segments, gateways, security. VNA architecture vs legacy NSX-T design patterns when to use which. Self-service consumption: IDP integration, RBAC, quota and policy guardrails. Migration and coexistence patterns from existing NSX deployments.

• Open Q&A and roadmap discussion direct to VCF Product Management Open-mic feedback block. Direct line to Rishabh and VCF PM on production pain points, deployment edge cases, feature requests, and roadmap priorities. Architect-level questions especially welcome this is the slot where complex design questions get the most useful answers.
  
   

Live Stream Direct from USA (Chip Childers)

• Broadcom · CISO briefing on frontier AI Cybersecurity and cyber resilience. 13:30 - 14:00. Chip shares insights on Broadcom's hands-on experience with frontier AI models and recommendations for navigating the rapidly evolving AI threat landscape. Live view from the Vistor Briefing Centre.