If you install the Presentation Services Server on a computer separate from the Oracle BI Server, you can use either a Windows or a UNIX machine. For each separate installation of the Presentation Services Server you must define a pair of service locations. For the first service location you must define all three OBIEE service types. The Install service points to the obieeinstall.cmd file on the BI Server computer. The Deploy service includes the RPD file name, and the IDE service includes the URL for the corresponding Presentation Services Server computer.

For the second service location, you define only the Install service type, pointing to the obieerestart.cmd file on the Presentation Services Server computer if it is a Windows computer or the obieerestart.sh file if it is a UNIX computer. In addition, if the Presentation Services Server computer is running on UNIX, the Details attribute of the Install service must equal the string os=unix.