Hello I am looking at installing DPM 2010 and have a couple of questions 1) I understand that DPM cannot be installed on a server running exchange but my tape drive is connected to the server with exchange on, can the DPM be installed on a Virtual Machine that is our File/Print Server and can that link into the tape drive sitting on the exchange server? 2) Do i need any prerequesite software installed on this machine to enable installation of DPM 2010. 3) Does the server require reboot after installing it many thanks Mark

This is probably not going to be well answered in this forum section because of the subject area. There might be DPM knowledgeable folks here, but there will be more of them in the DPM forum.Microsoft Corporation

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