The Symantec Installation Manager will be the way to install Notification Server 7 and the rest of the Solutions (CMS, SMS, etc). As mentioned in the article, SIM downloads from the internet the solutions and installs them. A comment in the article asked how will one deal with an offline install of NS?
The solution is to create an offline installer and this article will guide you through it.
NOTE: The purpose of this article is to give a sneak peak. UI elements, help or label text, may be changed in the interim between now and the release. This article provides no guarantees or promises and what will be delivered in the final release.
In order to create this package, SIM must be installed first. A quick note about the installation is the location you install SIM into is the location NS7 and all files will be downloaded to, verify there is enough disk space on the drive you will be installing before moving forward.
Once the Symantec Installation Manger is installed, launch if from the Start Menu, currently located at Start -> All Programs -> Altiris -> Symantec Installation Manager -> Symantec Installation Manager. From the Manager, pictured before, click on "Create Install Package"
From the Select Product Page, select the Suites or Products you would like to install. In this exam we will be installing Client Management Suite. Select Client Management Suite, and provide the output location of the package. In this exam we will save it on the desktop.
Review the selected, hit next and accept the EULA (End User License Agreement)
The files will be verified and then contact information needs to be provided. (This needs to be provided to verify for export compliance for some software.)
Once you have applied any licenses, begin the build of the installation package.
After the installation package has been built, copy it to the server you would like to install Notification Server 7 on. Double click on the zip file and extract the programs to a specific location.
Once the files are extracted the Symantec Installation Manager will launch.
Once the installation is complete you will be prompted for credentials and also location of SQL. You now have an offline installation of NS7/CMS7.