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Install both Backup Exec and BESR on same server?

marykna
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Can I install BESR 2010 on a Windows Server 2003 32-bit and later come back and install Backup Exec 2010 on the same server?  I have plenty of disk space. My concern is if both programs can share SQL Express 2005 that comes with the Symantec products. 
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teiva-boy
Level 6
Backup Exec (BE) uses a SQL instance.
Backup Exec System Recovery (BESR) for Desktops or for Servers does NOT need SQL of any kind.  

However BESR Management console does need some sort of SQL (can be Express.).  As you're pretty much deploying a full Altiris server.

That said, They should be separate.  Why?  It's not because of SQL..

It's because the Altiris management console only runs on 32bit, and BE runs best on 64bit for performance and for compatibility reasons (Exch 2k7 and Exch 2010 and Dedupe).