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Hi,

getting confused here. I'm trying to install a second instance of reporting service sql server 2008 r2. Now does it mean I need to install a second instance of sql server or can i use the existing sql server instance to create anothe reportserver database?

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for 2005 I know that you would have to run setup again to install another instance. I am not sure if they changed it in later versions, although I believe it is still the same.

Zaid Zawaideh
another instance of sql server? or just reporting service? can we actually have two report server database on a single sql server instance?
well you can do either or both. You would have to run the installation again to get it installed with a named instance.
Zaid Zawaideh
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See "Installing Multiple Instances of Reporting Services" and "Multiple Reporting Services instances on one machine". If you want to share one database, consider a scale-out deployment.

Stuart Dunkeld
I have even before posting this question.. but no details provided on msdn (no step by step instructions).