Name: How to Upgrade VCF 5.2 to VCF 9
Start: 2025-11-06T00:37:00Z
End: 2025-11-06T00:38:06.000Z
Location: BrightTALK

Welcome to the BrightTALK channel for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)! Here, you'll gain powerful insights on deploying a cloud operating model that effectively integrates the scalability and agility of the public cloud with the strong security and performance of the private cloud. Join us on this exciting journey—VCF is redefining your modern private cloud experience! 

Private Cloud Architects across the globe have spoken: you want deeper observability, broader integrations, and the flexibility to tune VMware Cloud Foundation Operations to your environment — top-down from applications and Guest OS, and bottom-up into physical hardware.

In this special Architect’s Edge Live collaboration with Iwan “e1” Rahabok, we spotlight the groundbreaking work of Onur Yuzseven, Broadcom TAM (Turkey), who used the VCF Operations SDK to build a community-powered toolkit that dramatically expands what VCF Operations can do.

We’ll show you how these tools extend visibility beyond VMware, integrate cleanly into your existing operational workflows, and provide a launchpad for your own innovations. You’ll also learn how to contribute, collaborate, and elevate your presence in the global vCommunity — vExpert, VMUG, GitHub, VCP, VCDX, and beyond.

VCF Operations Power Tools: Community-Driven Extensions for Real-World Architects

In this webinar you will learn:

- How to improve visibility and control of your cloud costs. 
- Top Cloud-Cost priorities that organizations have. 
- Visibility, Analysis and Optimization of your infrastructure using VCF Cost management.

VCF Cost Management: Unlocking Efficiencies with Smarter Cost Decision Making

Session 3 – Study Resources & Exam Readiness, your go-to guide for confidently preparing for the VCF 9 Certification. In this detailed session, our VMware experts walk you through the most effective learning resources, including documentation, recommended training paths, on-demand courses, and Hands-on Labs designed to build real-world proficiency.

You’ll get an opportunity to explore mock exam questions, understand how to interpret them correctly, and learn proven techniques to manage time, handle scenario-based problems, and avoid common mistakes made by test takers. We’ll also share insights on how to structure your preparation schedule, reinforce your weak areas, and approach the exam with clarity and confidence.

Whether you’re a beginner exploring VMware Cloud Foundation or a practitioner planning to validate your skills, this session equips you with the strategies and study practices needed to succeed. Get ready to step into your exam fully prepared—with the knowledge, mindset, and confidence to achieve your VCF 9 Certification goal.

Study Resources & Exam Readiness

The session covered a deep dive into the complete VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) certification journey, designed to help confidently accelerate VCF skills and become project ready. See a step-by-step walkthrough of the VMware Learning platform, including how to access training paths, explore course catalogs, and build a personalized learning experience through the portal.

This video is the second session in a certification preparation series, focusing on the fundamentals of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).

Highly recommended for anyone preparing for VCF certification exams or seeking a comprehensive introduction to the architecture and deployment of VMware Cloud Foundation.

You will learn how to create and optimize your certification profile, track your progress, and understand the prerequisites and recommended pathways for various VCF 9 certifications. The session also provided guidance on choosing the right courses based on role—architect, administrator, consultant, or implementer, ensuring attendees invest their time in the most relevant and high-impact learning tracks.

Advance your Skills - Certification Path & Portal Navigation

Learn more about VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).  This session is highly recommended for anyone preparing for VCF certification exams or seeking a comprehensive introduction to the architecture and deployment of VMware Cloud Foundation.

- Discover the main features and benefits of making modern cloud operations possible. 
- See how VCF helps modernize existing infrastructure, simplify operations, and improve agility. 
- Discuss how to deliver a unified cloud experience, showcasing how VCF brings consistency across private and hybrid cloud environments. 
- Deep dive into how VCF helps secure and protect private cloud environments through integrated security and policy-driven controls. 
- Walkthrough of key resources available to support learning, deployment, and adoption of VMware Cloud Foundation.

This video is the first session in a certification preparation series, focusing on the fundamentals of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).

Level Up with VCF 9 – Your Path to Certification Success

Learn how to operate a consistent and scalable private cloud infrastructure with VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0. This webinar will deep dive into what fleet management can provide to drive better scalability and resource management across your VCF deployments, including:

- Lifecycle Consistency: Utilize automated processes for software updates and upgrades to ensure compliance and infrastructure uniformity.

- Centralized Management: Streamline operations with unified visibility and control over licensing, certificates, passwords, and tags from a single pane of glass.

- Identity & Security: Implement Single Sign-On (SSO) and robust certificate management across your private cloud.

Scalable Fleet Management for VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 to Achieve Consistent and Secure Operations

NSX Federation is a technology that allows for the management of multiple NSX Data Center instances across different locations. It enables stretched L2 networks and consistent security policies across these federated environments to dynamically aid disaster avoidance and recovery.  Join this session to learn more about NSX Federation and demonstrations of the capabilities.

VCF Networking Multisite using Federation

Is data an organization’s most valuable asset, or biggest liability?

With ransomware attacks becoming increasingly sophisticated and regulatory guidelines more stringent, cyber-risk management and compliance lie at the core of every strategic IT decision made by C-Suite executives and board members.

51% of leaders reported security, data protection and privacy as key priorities to enable compliant operations (Source: PwC). However, the path to achieve successful outcomes is beset with obstacles.

Join this webinar to learn about VCF Advanced Cyber Compliance. A new offering that enhances the strong compliance, availability and platform security already available to customers with core VCF entitlements by layering additional capabilities to enable continuous compliance enforcement at scale, automated ransomware and data recovery, and enhanced security with faster incident response. 

Learn more: https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2025/11/03/vmware-advanced-cyber-compliance-is-now-available-to-vcf-customers/

Find the VCF Webinar Series schedule here: https://go-vmware.broadcom.com/VCFWebinars

Elevated Cyber Compliance for VMware Cloud Foundation

In this session, see how Kubernetes integrates with VCF—starting with the vSphere Supervisor to unify Kubernetes and VM workloads—then dive into VKS, VM Service, and Supervisor add-ons, and how this model fits and scales across the wider VCF ecosystem.

Try Hands-on Labs for free: https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalog/lab/26983

Kubernetes on VCF Accelerate App Delivery with VKS & VM Service

Join us for this webinar highlighting the technology integration of the VCF Platform with Canonical Ubuntu OS.

Learn about Canonical and the widely adopted Ubuntu OS, and discover how Platform Engineers can achieve stronger security and greater efficiency when deploying modern applications.

With this integration, Developers gain the velocity, trust, and autonomy to build applications with confidence.

See it all in action with a demo and experience the benefits firsthand.

VCF Platform with Ubuntu OS: Streamline and Secure your Modern Apps

Cloud strategies are evolving as organizations prioritize flexibility, security, and control.

The new cloud playbook is built on Kubernetes, private cloud infrastructure, and open-source technologies. With 40% of organizations spending over $10 million annually on modernization, companies are modernizing to simplify operations and improve agility.

As open-source ecosystems like CNCF mature, it shapes how businesses build and run modern workloads across diverse environments.

Join us and discover how Kubernetes, private cloud infrastructure, and open-source technologies are shaping the new cloud playbook and enabling organizations to prioritize flexibility, security, and control.

The New Cloud Playbook: Kubernetes, Private Cloud, and Open Source

AI is evolving at an exponential pace and pushing enterprises to rethink how they build and scale AI. The challenge lies in choosing a platform that drives innovation while ensuring privacy, security, choice, control, and compliance.

In this webinar, Broadcom leadership Prashanth Shenoy & Shobhit Bhutani share how VMware Private AI, built on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), addresses these challenges head-on. At the center of this is VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA—the joint platform from Broadcom and NVIDIA that has earned widespread acclaim and lots of customer success.

They will also discuss Broadcom’s partnership announcement with AMD and the recent announcement of absorption of AI capabilities into VCF making it an AI-native platform. 

Also in this webinar, guest speaker Naveen Chhabra, Principal Analyst at Forrester will discuss findings from a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Broadcom covering private AI adoption and usage.

Join us to learn how VMware Private AI is powering the next era of enterprise AI.

Unlocking the era of Enterprise AI

IT teams are under pressure to modernize infrastructure, support new workloads, and do more with leaner resources. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) builds on vSphere Foundation (VVF) with a full-stack, automated platform that simplifies operations and unlocks powerful new capabilities.

Join us to learn how upgrading to VCF helps your organization.

- Automate lifecycle management and reduce Day 2 ops overhead
- Improve storage economics with 4x vSAN capacity
- Run VMs, containers, and AI workloads on one platform
- Strengthen security with built-in zero trust and compliance controls
- Enable hybrid cloud flexibility with consistent infrastructure and license portability

This session will highlight why now is the right time to move beyond VVF—and how VCF can help your team increase efficiency, reduce risk, and future-proof your private cloud.

5 Reasons to Upgrade from VMware vSphere Foundation to VMware Cloud Foundation

Join us for an engaging webinar focused on the future of application modernization and the transformative power of automation in today’s cloud environments.

We'll explore how organizations are accelerating their application development by leveraging self-service infrastructure and cloud services, enabling teams to innovate rapidly.

Attendees will see live demos of running Kubernetes clusters alongside VMs, managing containers, and deploying AI-ready infrastructure for Private AI applications.

Discover how integrating DevOps principles, like infrastructure as code, simplifies processes and drives efficiency, resulting in a streamlined path to production with robust governance.

Don’t miss the opportunity to learn how to elevate your organization’s capabilities in a secure, automated cloud landscape!

Accelerating Application Modernization with VMware Cloud Foundation

Discover how VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) empowers you to rapidly deploy and manage private cloud infrastructure on-premises, optimize Day N operations for a cloud operating model, and seamlessly extend your data center to the edge, public, and sovereign clouds. 

Based on field and customer feedback, these updated VCF use cases better align to the customer adoption journey and IT initiatives, ensuring a balanced approach across key pillars. 

Learn how VCF operations, new core platform innovations, and edge deployments contribute to improved performance, scale, and efficiency.

Infrastructure Modernization with VMware Cloud Foundation

Learn how VMware Cloud Foundation is helping customers fast-track their key IT projects across three strategic pillars: Infrastructure Modernization, Application Modernization, and Security Modernization.

In this webinar, we’ll cover:

- The key challenges organizations face in building modern infrastructure, delivering modern apps faster, and ensuring end-to-end security and resiliency.
- A deep dive into 9 proven use cases to accelerate the success of infrastructure, application, and security teams.
- Key innovations in VCF 9 that enable these use cases.
- How VMware Cloud Foundation delivers business value across these IT initiatives.

Plus, hear inspiring customer success stories that bring these use cases to life and demonstrate tangible business impact.

Modernize Your Infrastructure, Apps and Security with VCF and Unlock Real Business Value

Cyber resilience is more than just security, and most organizations that get hit find out the hard way.

Recovery is a crucial last line of defense—but cyber recovery and DR are two different things.

This webinar will debunk some key myths that will help you better protect your infrastructure from cyber threats, understand what you need to enforce true cyber resilience, and how VMware Live Recovery, an advanced service of the VCF platform, can help you get there.

Learn more: https://www.vmware.com/products/cloud-infrastructure/live-recovery

Cyber Warfare Reality Check:Resilience Isn't Just Security

Are you thinking about upgrading to VCF 9.0?

The process depends on the version of VCF that you’re currently running as well as a mix of environmental, software and hardware considerations.

Join our VCF Professional Services experts to learn about distinct VCF 9 upgrade paths and how they vary depending on what is deployed.

Walk through the process. See demos of checking and remediating prerequisites and performing an upgrade from VCF 5.2.1 to VCF 9.0. 

Get the insights you need to upgrade with confidence.

Learn more: https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2025/09/25/how-to-upgrade-to-vmware-cloud-foundation-9-0/

Need Help? If you need assistance with your upgrade, VCF Professional Services can help: https://www.vmware.com/resources/professional-services

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