Zwave2MQTT MQTT Not Connecting?

Yeah, never good to have two processes sharing the z-wave USB stick.

It’s only possible to temporarily use one or the other: How to test the OZW Beta without fully switching over

You could try overriding the usb path in configuration.yaml to a bogus one, which should keep the z-wave integration intact but no usable, then use the OZW Beta container. I’ve never tried it w/o deleting it entirely.