For **Arc-enabled VMware vSphere**, manual upgrade and cloud upgrade are available. Appliances on version 1.0.15 and higher are automatically opted-in to cloud-managed upgrade. With cloud-managed upgrade, Microsoft may attempt to upgrade your Arc resource bridge at any time if it is on an appliance version that will soon be out of support. In order for either upgrade option to work, the upgrade prerequisites must be met. While Microsoft offers cloud-managed upgrade, you’re still responsible for checking that your resource bridge is healthy, online, in a "Running" status, and within the supported n-3 versions. Disruptions could cause cloud-managed upgrades to fail. Any appliances that are earlier than version 1.0.15 must be manually upgraded. A manual upgrade only upgrades the appliance to the next version, not the latest version. If you have multiple versions to upgrade, another option is to review the steps for [performing a recovery](/azure/azure-arc/vmware-vsphere/recover-from-resource-bridge-deletion), then delete the appliance VM and perform the recovery steps. This deploys a new Arc resource bridge using the latest version and reconnects pre-existing Azure resources.
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